PSU Magazine Winter 1997

FOOTBALL: PSU's transition to Division I and the Big Sky Conference was a tough one. Coach Tim Walsh endured his first lo ing season, 3-8, in eight years of coach– ing-three at Portland State. He invested in the future by redshirting 16 freshmen players. Portland State becomes eligible for the Big Sky championship and 1-AA playoffs in 1998 after the NCAA compliance period. In season highlights: sophomore linebacker Elm Matij acic and senior cornerback Paul Bradford were selected to the Big Sky all-star first team, and freshman quarterback Matt O'Connor earned national Division I-AA player of the week for completing 24 of 46 passes for 464 yards and five touchdowns in a 38-31 win over Sacramento State. VOLLEYBALL: Playing with only one senior this year, the women's volleyball team ended its season with a 12-18 record. The Vikings defeated University of Portland in their fi nal match. PSU's Hannah Long earned honorable mention in the All-Big Sky and the Academic All– District. Coach Chris Stanley looks forward to 1997 when he will have 10 returning players. WOMEN'S SOCCER: Coach Bernie Fagan's soccer team started slowly in its first Division I season but won five and tied one match out of its last eight games. Its 5-13-1 record included a 2-0 win over Oklahoma and a season– ending victory over the University of Oregon. MEN'S GOLF: Two PSU player earned spots on the All– Big Sky Conference team. Darin Danekas tied for fourth in the conference after finishing sixth in the Nike Northwest C lass ic in Corvallis. Steve Kunselman was just two strokes behind Danekas to help PSU to a fourth place Big Sky finish . Danekas and Kunselman are both juniors. FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM: + Green and White Breakfasts , sponsored by the Viking C lub, are scheduled for Wednesday mornings at 7:30 Jan . 29, Feb. 12, and Feb. 26. The booster events will feature men's and women's basketball and wrestling. For more info rmation , call Dodie Warner at 725-5639. + Neil Lomax '82, former PSU football great, will serve as honorary chairman for the Viking Club's 1997 annual fund dri ve. The goal for the seven-week campaign (April through May) is to raise in excess of $150,000 for athletic scholarships. If you are interested in helping out with this year's drive, please call Michael Rodgers at the Viking C lub, 725-5677 . Cash contributions are alway the number one goal; however, the Viking C lub also welcomes gift-in-kind contributions for the various 16 sports. The theme for this year's fund drive i The Future Begins Now! + The third annual PSU Baseball Diamond Dinner scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 1, will feature fo rmer major league manager Tom Trebelhorn '71. The classy baseball fund -raiser will again be held at a Red Lion hotel with a $49 admission that includes dinner, free merchandise certificates, and raffle tickets for some great prizes. Portland State's 1962 NAIA national runner-up team will be honored on its 35th anniversary. For tickets and information, contact Coach Dave Dangler at 725 -3852. + The fo urth annual Portland Golf Show, Feb. 15- 16 at Memori al Coliseum, will benefit the Viking golf program. The brainchild of PSU Golf Coach Eric Stinson, the show is the largest on the West Coast with more than 87 companies represented. This year's show is being presented by Subaru and runs from 10 a. m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $6; kids 12 and under are free. + PSU athletic tickets are going to disadvantaged children and others thanks to the efforts of such area companies as U.S. Bank, Noram Telecommunications, Beckley and Associates, and Racker Investments. The tickets, which are tax deductible, have gone to Boys C lub of Portland , G irl Scout , Mainstream Youth Programs, and Head Start, to name a few. For more information about the Viking Ticket Grant Program, call 725-5607. BASKETBALL ON TV AND AT THE ROSE GARDEN: The women's basketball team will be on Fox Telev ision Jan. 17 playing University of Montana in Missoula. Fox will also broadca t the men's team when they play at Montana State on Feb. 21. Both games start at 6 p.m. Pacific time. There will be no TV coverage, but both the men's and women's team are scheduled for a double– header in the Rose Garden on Thursday, Feb. 6, against Sacra– mento State. The women play at 5 p.m. and the men at 7 p.m. NUMBERS RETIRED: Women's basketball numbers 24 and 31 will never be worn again. . Junior guard Jenny Hoselton is a lead scorer for the team. Those numbers, belonging to the Vikings' 1995 and 1996 All-American Kristi Smith '96 and Kim Manifesto '96, will be retired at the PSU-Eastern Washington basketball game on Satu rday, Feb. 1., at a special pre-game ceremony. D WINTER 1997 PSU MAGAZI E 29