Beavers plan to send 4 to Bend
James Nygren is a junior in Corvallis. He saw limited action in the 2009 summer making five appearances, including three starts, for the Corvallis Knights. Went 2-0 with a 2.21 ERA in 20 1/3 innings, racking up one save and 13 strikeouts while opponents hit .211 against him. In his sophomore year for the Beavers. James made 18 appearances, all in relief ... Posted a 2-0 record and 4.45 ERA in 30 1/3 innings ... Saved one game ... Struck out 17 ... Played in seven games in Pac-10 play, going 1-0 with a 4.66 ERA. The Klamath Falls, Oregon native origially attended Western Nevada College before transferring to Corvallis.
Tyler Smith is a freshman from Thousand Oaks, California where he lettered three years at Thousand Oaks high school ... Served as team captain senior year and earned all-league honorable mention honors ... As a junior, earned second-team all-league honors ... As a sophomore, earned first-team all-league honors.
Nick Stiltner, from Eugene, Oregon made 10 appearances for the Bend Elks last summer including three starts ... Went 1-1 with a 2.73 ERA ... Worked 29 2/3 innings, scattering 28 hits and 11 runs, nine of which were earned ... Opponents hit .255 against him and he had 26 strikeouts. Nick had two back to back clutch complete games late in the season in leading the Elks to the post season. For the Beavers in 2009 he made four appearances, going 1-0 with a 4.76 ERA in 5 2/3 innings ... Threw two scoreless innings against Oregon, striking out two (5/20) ... Earned his first career win after throwing one inning, allowing two hits and two runs against Texas Tech (3/8) ... Made his first career appearance, striking out two in 1 2/3 inning of work.
Chris Viegas transferred to Corvallis from Canada College in the Bay Area. He earned first-team all-league honors his sophomore year. Chris batted .351 with six home runs, 30 RBI and 30 stolen bases. HIs freshman year he player at the University of San Diego. Chris earned 4 letters at St Francis high school in Menlo Park, California. He batted .378 with two home runs as a senior, earned second-team all-league honors ... As a junior, batted .352 with two home runs to earn a second-team all-league honor.