Oregon State University Baseball

Two-time National Champion Mitch Canham was named the 21st head coach in Oregon State baseball’s history on June 13, 2019. Canham, the Pat Casey Head Basebal...

Former Oregon State outfielder Brady Kasper is in his first season as an undergraduate assistant coach in 2025. Kasper, a native of Mission Viejo, Calif., lettered for the Beavers from 2021-24. He played in 117 games for Oregon State during that stretch, batting .279 with 14 doubles, three triples, 20 home runs and 80 runs batted in. Kasper hit .304 as a junior in 2023, collecting six doubles, two triples and 12 home runs while driving in 41. He followed that with seven home runs and 33 RBI as a senior. He came to Corvallis from Capistrano Valley High School where he was an All-League selection.

Hank Hager is in his sixth year as an assistant director of Athletic Communications at Oregon State, working with the baseball, volleyball and football teams...

Former Oregon State infielder and 2007 National Champion Joey Wong returned to Beaver Nation as an assistant coach in August 2023. • Wong helped mentor second baseman Travis Bazzana, who was the second No. 1 overall pick in school history in 2024. Bazzana was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy and was named a unanimous First-Team All-American. • Wong coached left side infielders Trent Caraway and Elijah Hainline in their first seasons in Corvallis. Caraway hit .339 as a freshman, adding five doubles and two home runs. Hainline, meanwhile, manned shortstop for most of the season and hit .280 with 16 doubles, 11 home runs and 45 runs batted in. The Salem, Ore., native came back to Corvallis after two seasons at Seattle University where he coached first base and worked with the Redhawks’ infielders. Wong, prior to heading to Seattle, spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons as an undergraduate assistant coach with the Beavers. In 2021, the Beavers set a school record with a .982 fielding percentage and he also coached first base. Wong returned to Corvallis after 10 seasons playing professionally. He spent time with the Colorado Rockies, Seattle Mariners and New York Mets organizations, appearing in 817 games, where he collected 119 doubles, 16 triples, 20 home runs and 254 RBI. Wong played for Oregon State from 2007-09, helping the Beavers to a College World Series Championship as a freshman. He turned what could be called the most historic double play in progr

Mike Henriques was appointed Assistant Sports Performance Coach for Baseball and Men's Golf in August of 2021. Henriques, prior to arriving in Corvallis, spent the last four years with Grand Canyon University, as the Associate Director of Sports Performance. Before GCU, Henriques spent 12 seasons in professional baseball, the last six with the Oakland Athletics. Outside of Baseball, Henriques has also worked with the Portland Trail Blazers as an assistant strength and Conditioning Coach. Henriques is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS,RSCC*D). He and his wife, Emily, are parents to daughters, Sloane and Demi.

Rich Dorman was appointed by Pat Casey Baseball Head Coach Mitch Canham as the team’s pitching coach on August 9, 2019. Dorman came to Oregon State after thr...

Former infielder and 2006 national champion Ryan Gipson is in his sixth season as an assistant coach with Oregon State after joining the program in October 2018. • The Oregon State alum helped mentor the second No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft - both in Gipson’s tenure - in 2024 in Travis Bazzana. He was named a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy while being selected an All-American and the Pac-12 Player of the Year. • The Beavers set a program-record with 118 home runs in 2024, marking the second-most ever by a Pac-12 program. Bazzana tallied a program-record 28 while Gavin Turley had 19. Turley was also selected as an All-American in 2024. • The Beavers batted .297 as a team, hit 128 doubles and 20 triples and tied the program’s single-season record with 518 runs scored. • Gipson helped the Beavers to their sixth consecutive postseason appearance in 2023, and OSU featured one of the most balanced offenses in the Pac-12. The Beavers led the league in stolen bases and walks, set the school’s single-season record with 89 home runs and were among the league’s best in batting average, doubles and runs scored. • Five different position players have been named All-Americans during Gipson’s tenure. • Jacob Melton became one of just four players in OSU history to be named a First-Team All-American by at least six organizations. The Pac-12 Player of the Year, he belted 17 home runs with 22 doubles and tied the OSU single-season record with 83 runs batted in. • Jus

Former Oregon State infielder, catcher and pitcher Ryan Gorton is in his second season as an undergraduate assistant coach with the Beavers. Gorton returned to Corvallis after four seasons in the Oakland Athletics’ organization after being selected in the 31st round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft in 2012. He began his professional career as a position player but moved to the mound permanently in 2015. A native of Tigard, Ore., he ended his career with a 2-2 record and 4.59 earned run average in 23 appearances, all of which came in relief. Gorton lettered at Oregon State from 2009-12, where he saw action in the infield, behind the plate and on the mound. He batted .281 in 61 games, adding five doubles and 21 runs batted in. He appeared in 46 games on the mound, including six starts, and tallied a 6-3 record with a 4.41 ERA. He threw a total of 87 2/3 innings, striking out 65. The Tigard High School alum lettered four years in baseball, three in football and two in basketball.

Toni Langhans was appointed Sports Dietitian at Oregon State in September 2019. Langhans is responsible for the planning, development, implementation, evaluation and management of nutrition services provided to the 500-plus Beaver student-athletes. Langhans, a native of Greenfield, Ind., comes to Oregon State after recently completing her Masters of Business Administration and Masters Certificate in Marketing from Washington State University. Previous to that she worked at WSU for three years as a Sports Dietitian, then in Okinawa, Japan aiding Marines and their families with nutrition needs. She received her BS in Dietetics from Indiana State University. Langhans holds the credential of Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). She competed on the Track and Field team at Indiana State University in long sprints and multis. She now competes in Ironmans, Ultramarathons, and a variety of races with her husband, Zach.

Zak Taylor, a former Oregon State infielder and 2018 National Champion, re-joined the program as Oregon State's Director of Beaver Baseball Development in August of 2023. The 2025 season marks his second in his return to Corvallis. With Oregon State, Taylor is responsible for working with the team's alumni, OSU's camps as well as the mental skills aspect of baseball. He returned to Oregon State after working as a mental performance trainer with ROKKE performance therapy. Taylor, who graduated with a degree in psychology after the 2019 season, played in 141 games over four seasons for the Beavers, starting in 82. He batted .233 with 20 doubles, one triple, three home runs and 40 runs batted in. The Sherwood, Ore., native drew a walk to open the ninth inning in game two of the 2018 College World Series Championship Series against Arkansas.