Emerald Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 5

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JUNE 2010 | VOL 2, ISS 5

overcoming the odds senior football player makes a name for himself

this year in news pacifica forum, elections took center stage

this year in sports new teams shined; football had its own kind of drama

Congratulations from the alumni of the University of Oregon.

All 2010 graduates are invited to celebrate!

n Have your photo taken with the Duck!n Enjoy a root beer float!n Receive a complimentary pint glass!

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Inside4 tErraNcE mONtgOmEry senior football player faced unexpected strains as he made the transition from adversity to prosperity

6 aSUO rEVIEw student government shows it is a worthwhile endeavor

10 hIghEr EdUcatION the university was entangled in various situations this year

13 mEN’S baSkEtbaLLmediocre year ends with kent’s release, players leaving, hiring of veteran coach dana altman

14 wOmEN’S baSkEtbaLL in a season that heated up and cooled down continu-ously, seniors set records and showed their skills playing the sport at breakneck speed

16 fOOtbaLLhistorical rose bowl season started out with blows from blount, but ended up suc-cessful for chip kelly’s first year as head coach for the ducks

20 tEam StUNtS aNd gymNaStIcS hugely successful first year for team and coach prom-ises more in years to come

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15 gOLf pac-10 co-player of the year eugene wong led or-egon’s men to no. 1 in the nation, while the women qualified for the ncaa championships

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Finding passion,overcoming life’s obstacles

For senior defensive tackle Terrance Montgomery, it took time to adjust to University life after facing a rough childhood

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aboVe: university senior terrance montgomery sits with his wife tenisa and daughter dove, 4, at their home in springfield. the high school sweethearts are expecting their second child.right: terrance montgomery grew up in pittsburgh before coming to oregon to play defensive tackle on the football team.

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For many, the notion of attending college was never even a consider-ation. For many, making it out of their neighborhoods alive was the

primary concern.Senior Terrance Montgomery was one of

those kids. “Basically my grandfather and my grand-

mother wanted me to succeed at anything,” Montgomery said. “I could have been a suc-cessful mechanic and they would have been happy about it, as long as I wasn’t out on the streets.”

Montgomery, 24, grew up in Wilkins-burg, Pa., a borough of Pittsburgh, where Montgomery lived with his grandparents. Montgomery recalls plenty of crime, gang violence and drugs in his neighborhood.

With little support from either parent, Montgomery was left to his own intuition as far as things like hygiene, after school activities and schoolwork were concerned. Support from his grandparents was essential.

Montgomery was a big kid. Today he stands at around 6 feet 2 inches and weighs more than 280 pounds. He’s been playing on the D-line and at D-end since his high school years, but before he started playing ball, he was enormous. He weighed in at more than 340 pounds then and was about 5 feet 10 inches. Throw in a dose of middle school brutality, and life’s rough.

“I was always the big kid, the smelly kid. And it was stuff that wasn’t instilled in me as a child,” Montgomery said. “I had an official bath night every Sunday. And when you hit puberty, and you start getting armpit hair and smellin’ worse and you’re not bathing properly, kids are harsh, man.”

Montgomery said football saved his life. Diabetes, or worse, a heart attack, was just around the corner when he started playing in his freshman year of high school. But before he started playing, he moved out-side the city with his father to a predomi-nantly Caucasian area. The move was an experience in culture shock.

“It was strange,” Montgomery said. “I was looking at a sea of white people; it was different.”

Freshman year was rough. Living back

with his father and having to deal with hid dad’s alcoholism and drug abuse had an adverse effect on his studies.

“My dad was physically abusive to me be-cause of the depression he was in,” Mont-gomery said. “I would miss a lot of school because I would miss a lot of sleep at night, because I didn’t want the next day to come. I would just try to stay up as long as I could.”

As a result, Montgomery missed more than 85 days of school and was forced to repeat the ninth grade, but this time he came back with a renewed drive and a passion: football.

“I started gaining more acceptance be-cause of the sport,” Montgomery said. “It saved my life. I was 340 pounds in ninth grade, but if I wouldn’t have stared playing football and losing weight, I would have had a heart attack and died. That’s why football is such a big deal for me. On top of that, it was an escape from my home life.”

After high school, he enlisted in the Army, married his high school sweetheart and began playing football at Reedley Col-lege, a junior college in Reedley, Calif. In 2006, on the day the Steelers won the Super Bowl, Montgomery’s daughter was born.

In 2008, Montgomery transferred to the University and began playing for head coach Mike Bellotti. However, the pressures of school, the media and his family took a toll.

Some of the problems were systematic in nature. The benefits provided to student-athletes at the University are bountiful; however, for some, the transition of coming from nothing to the offer of everything is difficult to adjust to.

“People expect that individuals that come from that type of environment to switch off that environment,” Montgomery said. “It doesn’t work that way. There needs to be a bigger support system for people that are coming from nothing.”

What Montgomery has recognized is something that hasn’t been addressed by the administration. Drawing athletes from lower income areas and placing them in the most prestigious position in a large univer-sity can be overwhelming for students who

have lived without a lot their entire lives. “Maybe they come from not eating food

every night to coming in and the school say-ing, ‘Here’s a thousand dollars,’” Montgom-ery said. “The measure of a man is not based on one single action. It’s based on a series of events that may or may not have been fortunate in his life.”

Montgomery has been forced to face his own demons concerning the issue.

Last year, he and his wife separated for a period of time, and she returned to Penn-sylvania. It was during that period that Montgomery was able to reflect on the importance of his family, his past and the priorities he needed to lay out in his mind.

Montgomery has started attending church regularly, something he finds has strengthened his integrity and provided a support system that was absent before. He wants to see his daughter grow and wants to provide her with the support, guidance and security he didn’t have during his child-hood. And he wants to see that for his next child too, one that’s already on the way.

After graduation, Montgomery is think-ing of moving to Florida with his wife. Besides football, he’s found a passion for mixed martial arts fighting. But really, he just wants to pursue something that makes him happy.

“I’m not saying I’m perfect, I’m not saying I’m better than anybody, but I have started to live my life happily, and that’s how I want to continue to live my life,” he said.

“The measure of a man is not based on one single action. it’s based on a series of events

that may or may not have been fortunate in his life.”

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It’s tempting to write off the ASUO as irrel-evant. Certainly that’s what a great swath of the student population does, judging by how happy everyone in student government seems to be about the record 25 percent voter turnout in the 2010 election.

But the ASUO is not irrelevant. Here are five events that argue against the irrelevance of the ASUO from the past year:

• Pacifica Forum: For those unfamiliar, the Pacifica Forum is a free speech group that meets on campus. Members’ decisions to invite speakers who deny the Holocaust happened and present anti-Semitic speeches make the Forum controversial.

Community members have been protesting the group for a while, but in winter term, the protests became more visible, resulting in the Forum being moved farther from the heart of campus.

ASUO President Emma Kallaway and others called for the group’s removal from University property. But that call was controversial; it pit-ted those who said removing the Pacifica Forum would damage free speech against those who said the group’s presence on campus contributes to unsafe feelings among nonwhite students.

In part it was important precisely because of the attention it received. One ASUO senator broke

out in tears on the Senate floor when presented with the idea that the Pacifica Forum’s presence on campus might attach Holocaust denial and racism to the University’s reputation.

• 24-hour library: Knight Library stays open from 11 a.m. Sunday until 7 p.m. Friday during academic weeks 3–10 because of ASUO funding. Questions of how to make the service permanent in the ASUO’s budget have existed since the ser-vice began last year. This year, the ASUO found a way to circumvent snags in union contracts to keep the building open.

• LTD contract: Students can ride Lane Transit District buses for free with their University I.D. cards because of the ASUO’s contract with the bus service provider.

That contract is volatile, however. This year, the ASUO negotiated a special rate for the contract

because it couldn’t pay for the contract with its own money, but next year LTD leaders say the ASUO must pay for the contract in full.

ASUO leaders say they hope to negotiate a lower permanent rate because students are one of LTD’s biggest clients. Both sides periodically men-tion dropping the contract. That’s not likely to happen, but it’s reason enough to pay attention.

• Conduct code: The University has tried periodically to greatly extend how long it can keep disciplinary records of students from the residence halls, but the ASUO has opposed that effort this year, successfully convincing the state to block the University’s efforts.

• Security cameras: The EMU will likely install security cameras by the end of the summer — an ASUO initiative.

How the University’s student government has influenced student life, programs this year

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2009-10 asuo president emma kallaway and Vice president getachew kassa discuss the pacifica forum resolution during the feb. 3 asuo senate meeting.

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With the sun finally disrobing itself from a seemingly endless cloak of gray clouds, it’s easy to launch headlong into summertime and forget what an eventful year it’s been for city and state pol-itics. Here’s a review of local political occurrences during the 2009-2010 academic year.

• Taser case: Last September, the incident of Eugene police officer Judd Warden entering the home of a University student and using a Taser on the student, whom the officer said he mistook as a trespasser, led to a high profile controversy and public outcry that kept the case in limbo through the winter and all the way into April, when the case was finally declared closed for review by City Attorney Glen Klein. The incident, originally deemed “within police procedure” by Police Chief Peter Kerns, was reviewed by a civilian review board that attempted to compel the Eugene Police

Department to reopen the case. The city attorney, after about a month of deliberation, decided the ci-vilian review board does not wield this authority, rendering this case closed.

• Ballot measures:The first half of the year saw the passing of several measures that helped schools pad themselves against the budget short-falls caused by the economic downturn. Measures 66 and 67 were passed into law by a wide margin on January 26 and raised taxes on high-income earners and corporations, designating the rev-enue toward core state services, such as educa-tion. Measures 68 and 69, passed by voters this month, modernized the laws surrounding edu-cational institutions’ ability to use state funds for educational projects.

• Special session: At the start of February, Or-egon’s legislature convened a special session ripe with cross-party tension over the then-recent campaigns for tax measures 66 and 67. The special session, held only in the “event of an emergency,” was called by the legislature in response to dreadful economic indicators in the state. At the time, the economic numbers were 11 percent unemploy-ment, 100,000 people running out of unemploy-ment benefits and a $2.5 billion budget gap waiting for lawmakers next year.

The special session produced 100 bills and as-sorted resolutions. Notable measures included a bill that scavenged billions from reserve funds and allocated them into school districts, college grants and daycare for low-income workers; a bill that extended unemployment benefits for an estimated 18,600 Oregonians among the 100,000 who are expected to exhaust their eligibility this year; and a bill that extended an existing ban on offshore drilling along Oregon coasts for another 10 years.

One notable point on which the legislature did not pass legislation was the proposed elimi-nation of Oregon’s “kicker” tax rebate, which bundles excess tax revenue collected by the state and returns it to taxpayers. The kicker remained intact, and the special session was wrapped up three days ahead of schedule after 25 days of legislation.

• Urban renewal: At the city level, urban renew-al was the song of the season. In sessions through February and March, city councilors passed mea-sures that assured the development of downtown Eugene. Mayor Kitty Piercy and the Eugene City Council designated millions of dollars toward downtown renewal, including money for the con-struction of a downtown campus for Lane Com-munity College that would house a new police

Tasers, ballots dominateOregon politics saw a slew of ballot measures affecting education; a Taser incident ignited members on campus

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oregon sen. floyd prozanski responds to a question from 2009-10 asuo president emma kallaway about measures 66 and 67 on november 9. the panel, primarily consisting of oregon legislators, met to discuss the measures and their potential impact on the university and its students.

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station in its basement.• High-speed rail: On March 10, proponents

for a high-speed rail system in Oregon held a summit at LCC to lay out plans for the big-budget transportation project. President Obama’s $780 billion stimulus package, aka the American Re-covery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), allocated $8 billion for high speed rail projects around the country. Though Washington got a chunk of that money to the tune of $200 million, Oregon got the equivalent of ARRA pocket change, or $8 million, spurring local transportation moguls to fast-track a comprehensive plan for a high-speed rail that ex-tends from Vancouver to Eugene, along the already existing Northwest corridor. High-speed rail advo-cates around the country are hoping to attract fed-eral money in subsequent distributions of stimulus

money, and high speed rail advocates in Oregon are making sure that this time around, the state is up in the running.

• Gubernatorial race: The recent May 18 pri-mary election narrowed the major party guber-natorial candidates to two: Democrat and former governor John Kitzhaber, and Republican and for-mer NBA center Chris Dudley. Kitzhaber emerged from a three-man race on the Democratic side, and Dudley claimed his party’s nomination over eight other Republican candidates. Less decisive was the race for West Lane County Commissioner, which resulted in a runoff between former commissioner Jerry Rust and EWEB engineer Jay Bolsevich. The West Lane County Commissioner represents thousands of Eugene residents. The runoff will be held in the upcoming November election.

former governor John kitzhaber (left) and former secretary of state bill bradbury speak at a gubernatorial debate hosted by the college democrats on april 14.

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The University saw many controversies and events over the 2009-10 academic year, with the biggest headlines including swine flu hitting the University and the nation, the opening of the John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Ath-letes, the construction of the Matthew Knight Arena, former Athletic Director Mike Bellotti’s buyout, the controversies surrounding the Paci-fica Forum and students fighting University ad-ministrators to keep political science instructor Ken DeBevoise at the University.

• Swine flu: The H1N1 virus hit the Univer-sity as students returned from summer vacation, and the virus was considered a health threat in schools nationwide. University Housing and University Health Center officials took extra precautions to help curb the impact of the virus, including keeping sick residence hall students away from food centers and asking professors to relax their attendance policies. Health officials advised students to refrain from drinking alco-hol, smoking and sharing food and drinks, and to get plenty of rest to stay healthy.

• Student-athletes: The Jaqua Center opened at the beginning of winter term. The cost of the center was never released to the public, and funds to construct the glass building mostly came from the University alumnus for whom the building was named and Nike co-founder Phil Knight. Two of the three stories are open only to the Uni-versity’s 515 student-athletes, coaches and staff members of Services for Student Athletes.

• Facilities: The Matthew Knight Arena, which will replace McArthur Court as the Uni-versity’s volleyball and basketball venue next year, is near completion. The $200-million facil-ity drew criticism from state legislators for what Sen. Rick Metsger, D-Welches, called “lax over-sight” because the University was slow to release records, changed original design and bid costs and did not account for all its state bonds.

• Athletic department: On March 19, Mike Bellotti announced he was leaving the University to become an ESPN college football analyst. Me-dia coverage exploded when it was discovered that Bellotti never had a written contract and was bought out for $2.3 million. Lariviere sub-sequently removed University Counsel Melinda Grier from her position and has since then sworn to keep all University dealings transparent.

• Pacifica Forum: The Forum became a hot issue at the University when students who called the group racist and anti-Semitic began to protest its weekly meeting in the EMU. As student dem-onstrations increased, the University moved the

meetings to Agate Hall, but the demonstrations persisted until the University decided to move the Forum to the Baker Center on East 10th Av-enue and High Street. But scheduling conflicts in the Baker Center allowed the Pacifica Forum to return to the main campus. Protesters dem-onstrating against the Forum in May weeks set off stink bombs, leading to several citations and an arrest.

• Faculty: In January, political science students and alumni discovered that the

department was not renewing senior instructor Ken DeBevoise’s contract for the next academic year. They decided to fight for DeBevoise’s job by creating the Keep Ken Coalition. Showing that organized students can make their voices heard, the students created enough controversy and fi-nally were obliged by Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Russ Tomlin, who announced at a cam-pus forum that the political science department is currently reviewing the decision to terminate DeBevoise’s contract.

Criticism and controversySwine flu, campus construction, Pacifica Forum, athletics and faculty concerns permeated the University

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the John e. Jaqua academic center for student-athletes’ limited public access has drawn criticism from many people on campus, including university professors.

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2010 started off as a year of scientific break-throughs, health discoveries and environmental advances. Experts and professionals have banded together to work on projects that aim to improve both humanity and the environment.

Here are the top 10 biggest breakthroughs in business, health and science:

• Alternative energy: Researchers off the Ore-gon coast are testing wave energy buoys that could harness ocean power. Wave energy could mean less of a reliance on gas, fossil fuels, coal and other non-sustainable forms of energy. Lighting up a home with electricity powered by the ocean could be one more step toward sustainable living.

• Public transportation: In March, Google published bike routes for the entire city of Eu-gene to easily enable cyclists and commuters from around the community to bike to school and work.

• Reproduction: Eugene’s Planned Parenthood began providing the abortion pill in March. The

50th anniversary of the birth control pill in May marked a time of society’s improving attitudes toward women’s health and reproductive rights.

• Technology: New types of cell phones, laptops and hand-held devices like the iPad are making it easier for people to communicate, regardless of lo-cation and distance. A string of lapses in privacy and policy changes led to public scrutiny and re-thinking of consumer attitudes toward Facebook.

• Green businesses: Being “green” is becoming easier for many businesses. University professors in the Green Product Design Network are com-bining their expertise in chemistry, product design, business and journalism to create environmental-ly sound, practical products. University business professor Michael Russo released his book, a guide to sustainable business that highlights companies decreasing their carbon footprint and taking steps toward being more environmentally friendly.

• Food: Local and organic foods are becom-ing more popular than ever before. Eugene’s own market is thriving with buzz around eating healthy and locally.

• Diabetes: Oregon has the lowest rate of child-hood obesity in the nation, according to a federal study released in May. First lady Michelle Obama announced her plans for helping to decrease na-tional youth obesity rates. The new television

show “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” aims to encourage American children to eat healthier and think about where their food comes from. A new government mandate requiring fast food restaurants to post calorie information is another step toward raising consumer health awareness.

• Autism: The guidelines for diagnosing fe-males with autism are changing, a sign toward progress for parents and health professionals. There might be more young girls out there with autism than previously thought. Professionals at the University are leading the educational process of diagnosing and researching girls with autism.

• Homes: Solar awnings and water light shelves, invented by University profes-sors and students, aim to improve the qual-ity of life and balance the indoor and out-door space of a home or business. Bringing natural processes into daily living spaces can connect people to their environments and decrease dependence on non-renewable energy.

• Nature: An acoustic device, invented by sci-entists from Oregon State University, will send sound signals to whales to protect them from possibly dangerous man-made devices, such as the wave energy buoys mentioned above. This acoustic device could be used for other types of animals in various locations around the world.

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Within weeks of the football team com-ing back to Eugene for winter term, a rash of incidents landed the Ducks back in the national spotlight, but for all the wrong reasons.

• Jeremiah Masoli: First was a rumor and a police report that quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and former wide receiver Garret Embry were involved in a theft at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity near campus. They were accused of stealing two laptops, a pro-jector and a guitar, and after a lengthy in-vestigation, Masoli and Embry (who, it was later found, was already kicked off the team for breaking a team rule) were charged with the crime. Both were forced to pay restitu-tion and were given community service and probation. Masoli was also suspended for the entire 2010 season.

• LaMichael Jones: The second big event of the off-season was running back LaMi-chael James being arrested for alleged do-mestic violence involving his girlfriend. James was eventually charged with a lesser crime of assault and was given probation, community service and the potential of jail time that he will not have to serve. James will serve a one-game suspension to begin the 2010 season.

• Rob Beard: The same night as the SAE

theft, kicker Rob Beard was involved in a fight that left him in the hospital. The details slowly came out that he was going to the aid of a fellow teammate. After the fact, Beard was charged with assault after a woman pressed charges.

• Kiki Alonso: Linebacker Kiko Alonso was also cited for a DUII the next week, and wide receiver Jamere Holland was kicked off the team for breaking team rules. Alonso was also suspended for the entire 2010 season.

Arrests consume offseasonFive Oregon players were arrested in the early weeks of winter term, bringing unwanted national attention

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It was another tough year for the young Oregon men’s basketball team.

The Ducks finished the season with a 16-16 record overall and a 7-11 mark in Pacific-10 Con-ference play, tying for ninth in the league with the Stanford Cardinal. Though the team did show some improvement from the brutal 2008-09 campaign, Ernie Kent’s contract was not renewed following his 13th season at Oregon’s helm.

Rumors spread like wildfire about the future of Kent’s career at Oregon throughout the season, and after the Ducks’ final loss to California in the second round of the Pac-10 tournament, those rumors were finally laid to rest.

Following a lengthy search for Kent’s replace-ment, which saw the likes of Michigan State’s Tom Izzo and Butler’s Brad Stevens rumored, Oregon signed 16-year coaching veteran Dana Altman as the Ducks’ 19th head coach.

Altman tallied 13 consecutive postseason tournament appearances and 11 straight 20-win seasons during his time at Creighton University

in Omaha, Neb. That success earned Altman the opportunity to coach a young Oregon squad, signing a seven-year contract with a guaranteed annual salary of $1.8 million.

Kent’s departure, however, took a toll on the Ducks’ roster. Sophomores Josh Crittle, Mat-thew Humphrey and Drew Wiley each decided to pursue other programs. Crittle signed with the University of Central Florida, Wiley transferred to Boise State, and Humphrey has yet to confirm his plans for next season.

On the court, senior guard Tajuan Porter became the all-time Pac-10 leader for career 3-pointers made (345) and attempted (896), while leading the Ducks with 13.1 points per game. Sophomore transfers Malcolm Armstead and Jeremy Jacob also proved to be consistent scoring threats in their first year with the team. Armstead’s 10.3 points per game ranked second on the team, while his 138 assists and 65 steals were both team-highs. Jacob, on the other hand, though somewhat undersized against conference opponents, was the team’s top rebounder with 153 boards on the year.

So far this offseason, Altman has inked two recruits into the program with the help of new assistant coach Brian Fish. Oregon will welcome forward Tyrone Nared from Monroe College (The Bronx, N.Y.) and point guard Johnathan Loyd from Las Vegas.

A YEAR In REvIEW: SPORTS — MEn’S bASkETbAll —

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michael dunigan slams home the ball against winston-salem state on nov. 13, 2009. dunigan and the ducks went 7-11 in pac-10 play last year.

Running to the top againOut with Galen Rupp, in with Jordan

Hasay. The freshman phenom from Arroyo Grande, Calif., came into the cross coun-try season with high expectations and put on a show at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, Oregon’s first home meet of the season. Hasay finished sixth overall on the Spring-field Country Club course, second among Ducks (to Alex Kosinski) as the Oregon women finished second to eventual national champion Villanova.

The Oregon men, in a veritable rebuilding mode after losing Rupp and Shadrack Biwott, entered the season ranked No. 1 but had less pressure internally. The Ducks opened at Dellinger with a third-place finish, behind Alabama and Brigham Young University.

At the Pacific-10 Conference Champion-ships, the women made their biggest case yet

for national title contention. Nicole Blood became the first Oregon women’s Pac-10 in-dividual champion in 17 years as the Ducks finished a close second to defending national champion Washington. The Duck men placed three runners in the top eight but succumbed to Stanford, whose runners held down the top three places.

The NCAA West Regional saw the Oregon women yet again finish second to Washing-ton, while the men appeared to take a step back in finishing third to Stanford and Port-land. All that was thrown out, however, at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind. The Duck men placed four runners in the top 31 to come home the NCAA runners-up (to Oklahoma State), while Hasay, who took 18th place, led the women to a ninth-place finish.

oregon runners nicole blood and alex kosinski run ahead of the pack at the dellinger invitational on oct. 2, 2009. the women finished ninth at ncaas.

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First-year head coach Paul Westhead prom-ised an up-tempo, full-court, fast-breaking offense matched with an intense pressure defense, a combination intended to intrigue both players and fans and revitalize the Oregon program.

The Ducks averaged 109 points in two ex-hibition games and took off from there, go-ing 9-3 in their out-of-conference games. The preseason included the second-highest scoring game in Oregon history (a 117-69 win over Cal State Fullerton), as well as a last-second loss to Wisconsin, spurred by a controversial late call that awarded the Badgers the final possession.

The Ducks started out conference play 3-0 but quickly cooled, swept by Arizona State and Arizona on a road trip that saw Oregon lose the highest-scoring women’s Pacific-10 Confer-ence game in history (119-112 to the Wildcats). The Ducks would lose the next three games be-fore upsetting USC in Los Angeles to end the first half of Pac-10 play at 4-5 in conference, making the postseason a real possibility.

Oregon parlayed the USC victory into a four-game winning streak, but a rough sweep in the Bay Area by Stanford and Cal led to a six-game losing streak to close out conference play. The Ducks received the sixth seed for the conference tournament, but fell to USC in the first round.

The season would live on, however, as the Ducks received an at-large bid for the Women’s National Invitational Tourna-ment. Oregon beat Eastern Washington and New Mexico at McArthur Court in the first two rounds, setting up yet another matchup with Cal. The Golden Bears defeated the

Ducks 71-57 for the third time this season at McArthur Court, ending Oregon’s banner year.

Senior guard Taylor Lilley made 124 three-pointers over the course of the season, the third-highest total in Oregon history, while setting a career record for three-pointers with 270. Senior guard Micaela Cocks played in her 125th game for the Ducks against Cal, also a school record.

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oregon guard micaela cocks sets up for a layup against southern oregon on nov. 3, 2009. cocks and the ducks finished sixth in the pac-10, one year after winning only nine games all season.

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It is easy to forget that less than a year ago, the outlooks for both the men’s and women’s golf teams were unclear. The youth-driven men knew they had talent, but how soon would it ma-terialize? Meanwhile, the women had a brand new head coach in Ria Quiazon and were just as unsure about exactly what to expect.

Fast forward to the final week of May. The men are ranked No. 1 in the nation and just won their Regional tournament by a commanding

10 strokes. Under the tutelage of Quiazon, the women blitzed through the postseason, making it all the way to the NCAA Championships for the first time in 10 years.

In all, it would not be a stretch to declare that both the men and women have vastly exceeded expectations this year. And the men are far from finished, as they put their No. 1 ranking to the test against the nation’s best in the NCAA Championships the week this magazine went to press.

It was a season full of highlights for the men, but the turning point came at the USC Invita-tional in Southern California, which the Ducks won by an astonishing 16 strokes. Sopho-more Eugene Wong also took the individual crown, the first of two victories for the eventual Pacific-10 co-Golfer of the Year.

By season’s end, head coach Casey Mar-tin had been named Pac-10 Coach of the Year, sophomore Daniel Miernicki earned a spot on the All-Pac-10 first team and sopho-more Andrew Vijarro garnered an All-Pac-10 honorable mention.

The women may not have taken home as much hardware, but their season was arguably just as impressive. The Ducks took third place in the Pac-10 Championships (the best finish in team history), and that was just the start of their run. At regionals, the team finished sixth overall, punching a ticket to the NCAA Championships in the process.

The season finally came to a close the last week of May, as the Ducks finished tied for 23rd overall at the NCAA Championships.

As of press time, it remains to be seen how the men’s season will end. If prior events are any indication, fans will not be disappointed.

Men, women make nCAAs

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oregon golfer eugene wong launches a ball out of a sand trap in practice on may 12. wong was named a pac-10 golfer of the year in 2010 after winning two tournaments.

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High expectations followed first-year head coach Chip Kelly as the Ducks entered fall camp ranked No. 16 in the nation. But it didn’t take that long

for those expectations to fall to the ground, as Oregon dropped its opening game on na-tional television to the No. 14 Boise State Broncos 19-8.

The more notable news from that game, however, came in the form of a punch thrown by Oregon running back LeGar-rette Blount to the jaw of Boise State line-backer Byron Hout. This started a tirade from Blount that was splashed all over ESPN and every other national sports outlet, and the next day Kelly suspended Blount in-definitely. That suspension lasted a month, as Kelly revisited it at the start of October, saying that if Blount met academic and

behavioral goals laid out for him, he could again play for Oregon.

Blount made appearances in the last two games of the season, though the specifics of his rehabilitation plan were never released.

The season-opening loss to Boise State sparked Oregon into a seven-game win streak. The Ducks beat Purdue and Utah at home — albeit without much of an offense — and entered the first Pac-10 game of the season against No. 6 Cal as the decisive underdogs. Instead, it was Oregon’s coming-out party, as the Ducks won 42-3, and the Ducks reeled off wins against Washington State, UCLA, Wash-ington and No. 4 USC on Halloween night in Eugene.

Oregon hit a road bump in a heartbreak-ing loss to the Stanford Cardinal after the win against the Trojans, but the team righted the

ship, ending the season with ab37-33 win over No. 13 Oregon State to punch a ticket to the Rose Bowl. It was the first time since 1995 that the Ducks would play in the Granddaddy of Them All.

Unfortunately for the Ducks, the Jan. 1 game against the Ohio State Buckeyes didn’t go in their favor. Led by quarterback phenom Ter-relle Pryor — who chose Ohio State over Oregon in recruit-ing — the Buckeyes won 26-17. Despite the loss, the Bowl Championship Se-ries berth put Oregon on the map, leading to even higher ex-pectations for the 2010 season.

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Oregon’s season was defined by LeGarrette Blount’s punch and the trip to its first Rose Bowl in 15 years

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Oregon rebounded with wins over Iona and Cincinnati, but four losses in a row again set the team back. It didn’t get any better either, with the team losing four of its last seven games to finish 7-11. To cap it all, the Ducks lost 13-11 to Denver in the first round of the MPSF Tournament to end the season.

Sophomore Jana Drummond led the team in goals scored with 43, and junior Alex Brein-er led the team in scoring with 50 points — 36 goals and 14 assists. The good news for the Ducks is that only five players are graduating, leaving 20 returners for head coach Jen Larsen to improve on this season.

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Usually when a team goes 14-42, expecta-tions for the next season are low. The base-ball team was rebuilding a program that had been defunct for 28 years, and head coach George Horton’s squad was young. He had bolstered the roster with two top-10 re-cruiting classes, but in just the second year, it looked to be much of the same as 2009.

Instead, the Ducks roared out of the gates, beating No. 4 Cal State Fullerton to start the season in California. By the time Pac-10 play started, Oregon was 17-6.

In conference, Oregon lost the first two series to Arizona and Arizona State, but in a 12-inning marathon against the No. 1 Sun Devils, the Ducks won 6-5 to break the team’s undefeated streak. It was a turn-ing point that translated into Oregon’s first Pac-10 series win in more than 28 years over No. 22 Stanford the following

week. That started a string of four con-secutive conference series wins by Oregon, including a 2-1 series win over No. 1 UCLA.

The Ducks continued to win, jumping to No. 15 in the nation by the beginning of May. However, the team lost four straight games and was swept by the last-place Or-egon State Beavers in Corvallis. The Ducks turned it around the following Tuesday with a 13-4 win over No. 19 San Diego in Eugene, followed by a series sweep of East Tennessee State and a series win against the Washington Huskies.

Going into the last series of the season against California, the Ducks were 37-19 and 12-12 in conference. Speculation was that the team had enough wins to make it to an NCAA Regional, and if so, it would be the first time since the 1970s that Oregon would play postseason baseball.

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— TEAM STUnTS AnD gYMnASTICS —

In her first full season as an of-f ic ia l program head coach, Fele-cia Mulkey shaped the Oregon team stunts and gymnastics squad into a national contender.

Oregon took home first place in six of its eight regular season meets, including two top finishes at the first annual Duck Invi-tational at McArthur Court. Those six wins gave Mulkey’s squad plenty of confidence heading into the National Cheerleaders As-sociation Collegiate National Champion-ships in Daytona Beach, Fla.

The Ducks managed to come away from their first national championship appear-ance with a third-place trophy, falling only to traditional powerhouses Maryland and Louisville. The Ducks scored a 9.177 out of 10 in that competition, while Louisville took second with a score of 9.618, and Maryland took home top honors with a mark of 9.639.

Competing in the all-girl 1A division, Or-egon beat out North Carolina State, South Carolina, Georgia and Michigan State in the finals. There’s no doubt Mulkey has set the precedent for a long and illustrious ca-reer with the Ducks, and with only two se-niors departing from the squad, it seems the program will only continue to improve.

Instant contenders

the oregon stunts and gymnastics team practices in the moshofsky center on nov. 9, 2009. the teams inaugural season ended with a third-place finish at nationals.

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It was a season of ups and downs for the Oregon women’s volleyball team. There were monumental wins against the likes of Stanford and Washington, and there were disappoint-ing losses at the hands of Oregon State and eventually Kentucky to end the season.

Yet, perhaps the most lasting images of the 2009-10 season were those of three seniors who led the team both on and off the court. Sonja Newcombe, Neticia Enesi and Nevena Djord-jevic embodied just about every leadership qual-ity imaginable, while also producing dominant seasons on the court.

Newcombe and Enesi were both named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America team, Newcombe on the second team and Enesi on the third team.

Djordjevic, meanwhile, finished her career as Oregon’s all-time assist leader with 4,400 and was the table-setter behind many of Enesi and Newcombe’s powerful spikes throughout the season. Wins and losses may be forgot-ten, but there is little doubt these three seniors will be remembered forever among Oregon’s

all-time greats.That is not to say the games themselves were

not memorable. The signature win of the season arguably came in an epic five-setter at home against Stanford. It was the first win for the Ducks against the Cardinal in 20 years, and one that a crowd of 1,717 would not soon forget.

The Ducks also picked up their first win against Washington since 2000, shocking the

Huskies in five sets in Seattle. Not surprisingly, it was Newcombe who paced Oregon with 36 kills and a .382 hitting percentage.

In the postseason, Oregon made quick work of Clemson in three sets before being ousted in the second round by Kentucky. A disappoint-ing ending, without a doubt, but one would be hard pressed to declare the season anything but a success.

the oregon volleyball team celebrates after scoring a point against california on oct. 6, 2009. oregon lost in the second round of the ncaa tournament.

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Seniors set tone

freshmen change cultureWith the help of four starting freshmen and

a new head coach, the Oregon women’s softball team had a remarkable year in 2010. Ranking in the top 25 for the final two months of the season, Oregon made a great deal of noise within the demanding Pacific-10 Conference.

Though the Ducks finished seventh in the fi-nal standings, Oregon’s 8-13 league record was a huge improvement from the three-win confer-ence bill in 2009. In a conference littered with the nation’s best teams, the Ducks managed to take wins from Oregon State (twice), California (three times), Washington, Arizona State and Arizona along the way.

The final three series of the season were rough on first-year head coach Mike White’s team, which saw the losing end of nine of its final 10 league games. But none of that mattered once regional play began, as Oregon swept the Atlanta Regional with three straight wins over Auburn (1-0) and Georgia Tech (11-2, 4-3), to advance to the Super Regional round for the first time in more than 20 years.

On the field, the Oregon freshmen made an immediate impact as they each started in more

than 50 games. Freshman right fielder Samantha Pappas was tabbed the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year for her efforts, leading the Ducks in at-bats (162), hits (63), home runs (11), RBI (48), walks (25) and stolen bases (11). She was also the only freshman position player named to the 15-player All-Pac-10 first team.

Freshman pitcher Jessica Moore earned All-Pac-10 second team honors after break-ing Oregon’s single-season strikeout record (216).

Fellow freshman Allie Burger was selected to the All-Pac-10 freshman team — along with Moore and Pappas — and freshman second baseman Kaylan Howard took home honor-able mention accolades. Senior center fielder Neena Bryant, sophomore shortstop Kelsey Chambers, sophomore pitcher Samantha Skill-ingstad, and Burger were all named All-Pac-10 honorable mentions.

Oregon will match up with Missouri later this week to play for a trip to the College Soft-ball World Series. Of the 16 teams remain-ing in postseason action, six come from the Pac-10.

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oregon reliever mikayla endicott winds up to pitch against washington on april 16. endicott and the ducks qualified for the ncaa super regional for the first time in more than 20 years.

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Pac-10 play pitiful

oregon men’s tennis player ric mortera hits a forehand on feb. 7. mortera and the ducks failed to win a conference match this year.

It was a difficult season for the men’s and women’s tennis teams, as both struggled to find a consistent rhythm throughout the year.

The men finished the year at 12-11 and 0-6 in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Ducks ac-tually started out with a solid 11-3 record, but a powerful Pac-10 Conference proved too much to handle, as they lost eight of nine down the stretch.

Despite the team’s struggles, senior Alexander Cornelissen was determined to end his career on a high note. At season’s end, the team still had one competition left: the Pac-10 Championships.

The tournament was based solely around singles and doubles play, with team scores not factored in. In singles play, Cornelissen caught fire early and defeated his first two opponents en route to the quarterfinals. There, he was finally defeated by USC’s Robert Farah.

The season came to an end after the Pac-10 Tournament, and the men will look to take another step in their development next year.

The women experienced similar grow-ing pains throughout the year, going 7-15 and 1-7 in the Pac-10. The low point came when the team lost 11 straight dual match-es before finally scoring a win against

Montana State.As discouraging as things became throughout

the season, the team did its best to maintain the positive outlook exhibited by head coach Paul Re-ber. As Reber saw it, this particular season was only a stepping stone toward better things to come.

As the season drew to a close, each of the wom-en seemed excited to hone their game during the summer. It may have been a rough go this season, but count on both the men and women bouncing back strongly next year.

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oregon tennis player sho higuchi lines up a backhand against portland state on feb. 7. the ducks went 12-11 overall in 2010.

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