Portland State Magazine Fall 2012

JUNIOR PUNTER Thomas Duyndam and other members of the Viking special team performed brilliantly in 2011. Photo by Nick Fochtman. Big Sky football kicks off Sept. 22 THE CHALLENGE OF THE 2012 season for third-year head football coach Nigel Burton and his team is to finally break through rhe top of the Big Sky Conference and into the NCM playoffs. The Vikings climbed to third place in 2011, finishing 7-4 overall, 5-3 in the Big Sky Conference. The team cakes on new Big Sky Conference ream Southern Utah at home in JELD-WEN field at 5:05 p.m. on September 22 for its first conference play. The Vikings also host Idaho Seate, October 6; Northern Colorado, November 3; and Eastern Washington, November 17 in league games. Big Sky road games include Northern Arizona, September 29; Cal Poly, October 20; UC Davis, October 27; and Montana Scace, November 10. The winning 1962 Viking baseball team is being inducted into the PSU Athletics Hall of Fame. :·······--···--·--·--········--··········· ···--···----·· -~·--··1 · GET ALL OF THE LATEST sports news • at www.GoViks.com. Game stories, statistics, schedules, and much more are available and updated daily. You can also hear and/or see game broadcasts. Buy season and single game tickets on line at www GoViks.com or call 1-888-VIK-TIKS or 503-725-3307. PORTLAND STATE ATHLETICS will introduce new members to its Hall of Fame during halftime at the October 6 Viking football game. Representing the outstand– ing history of athletics at Portland Scace is the 1962 Viking baseball team, which was a NAIA national runner-up; career-hitting second baseman and pitcher Jim Dunn; PSU's first-ever Big Sky Basketball Player of the Year Seamus Boxley; second all-time leading rusher Ryan Fuqua; 2005 Big Sky Conference Golfer of the Year and three-time team champion, Saral1 Tiller; and PSU's longest tenure and most winning football coach, Tim Walsh. ■ FALL 2012 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 23