Banquet - The Seniors!

 

Lucas Mondragon

Following the presentation of the awards, the six seniors on the team had their opportunity to share their thoughts with the crowd.

Lucas Mondragon, originally from Hood River, OR, looked back over his career at Oregon State and ahead to his future. He returned to campus for the banquet, as he has already graduated at the end of fall term. Lucas is now working for Multnomah County and has plans to apply for work with the FBI or Secret Service.

Tyler Sherman followed suit with a short talk on his years at

Tyler Sherman

Oregon State. Wrestling will continue to be a part of his life as he plans to return to his hometown of Dayton, Oregon, where he plans to work as a counselor and help coach wrestling.  

John Tuck

John Tuck, from LaGrande, OR, had his career cut short by injury earlier this season, so he focused his talk on the future. In John's case, working for the Fish and Wildlife Department figures large in his plans.


  Austin Morehead, Sutter, California, was a transfer, so he

Austin Morehead

has only been at Oregon State for the last two seasons. That was enough to accumulate a lot of happy memories. He was grateful for the support of his family, who did a lot of travelling to cheer on Austin and the Beavers.

RJ Pena

RJ Pena, Salem, OR, has many memories from his wrestling days at Oregon State and before. However, he announced that he will be switching his focus to a career in business, working with his father at Beaver State Insurance in Salem. In fact, he announced that anyone needing insurance should come see him! Who wouldn't want RJ in their corner?

Scott Sakaguchi, of Clovis, California, has also had a

Scott Sakaguchi

long and successful career in wrestling. He admitted the season hadn't ended for him as he had planned, but that he didn't back down to anyone. Although he did not mention it in his talk, I understand that he is looking forward to the challenge of the business world and a career in marketing, with an internship waiting for him.

Good luck to all of our seniors! "The FALL" Club wishes you all long and successful careers, and we hope that you return every chance you get to cheer on your Beaver successors! We'll see you in the stands!

Many thanks to Michael Denison for his photos of the seniors used here.

Go Beavs!