Brenna Greene

3 weeks ago | koin.com | Brenna Greene

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s baseball team is on a roll as of late, winning 12 of their last 13 games and earning a #5 ranking in DI Baseball’s poll this week. Someone else who’s been on a roll during that stretch? The team’s second baseman, Ryan Cooney. “Everything. It means everything. My parents went here, my brother went here. I’ve been a Duck fan my entire life, so it’s a surreal thing I get to put on the O every day,” said the Portland native.

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Brenna Greene

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s baseball team is on a roll as of late, winning 12 of their last 13 games and earning a #5 ranking in DI Baseball’s poll this week. Someone else who’s been on a roll during that stretch? The team’s second baseman, Ryan Cooney. Advertisement“Everything. It means everything. My parents went here, my brother went here. I’ve been a Duck fan my entire life, so it’s a surreal thing I get to put on the O every day,” said the Portland native.

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Brenna Greene

WEST LINN, Ore. (KOIN) — There aren’t many people who have had a more interesting college football journey over the last year than West Linn native Mark Hamper. In fact, Hamper said if someone told him a year ago about what was about to happen he would have said, “‘Gosh, the genie must’ve popped out of somewhere’ because I never would’ve imagined this.”AdvertisementHamper didn’t get offered a scholarship by Idaho until December of his senior season.

3 weeks ago | koin.com | Brenna Greene

WEST LINN, Ore. (KOIN) — There aren’t many people who have had a more interesting college football journey over the last year than West Linn native Mark Hamper. In fact, Hamper said if someone told him a year ago about what was about to happen he would have said, “‘Gosh, the genie must’ve popped out of somewhere’ because I never would’ve imagined this.”Hamper didn’t get offered a scholarship by Idaho until December of his senior season.

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Brenna Greene

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The response is what you’d expect when asking Sam Leavitt how the last year of his life has been. “It’s been pretty crazy,” reflected the West Linn alum. Even the biggest of college football fans didn’t know Sam’s name going into last season. AdvertisementHe played four games at Michigan State his freshman season, redshirted and then transferred to ASU. From there, all he did was lead an Arizona State squad no one saw coming to a College Football playoff berth.