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University of Oregon men’s basketball season ticket holders may renew their seats now for the 2014-15 season, which will include home games against Arizona, UCLA, Washington, Oregon State and Mississippi, among others, at Matthew Knight Arena. Fans who go online at www.goducks.com/mbbtix to renew their tickets will automatically receive an appointment to select their seats later this summer.
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Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota and three teammates were named Monday to preseason watch lists for prestigious national awards. Mariota, running back Byron Marshall and running back Thomas Tyner made the watch list for the Maxwell Award, given to the college football player of the year as selected by the Maxwell Football Club. Mariota was a semifinalist last fall. Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, a senior cornerback, was named to the watch list for the Bednarik Award, which the Maxwell Football Club bestows upon the defensive player of the year. Ekpre-Olomu was a semifinalist last season. The Ducks begin the 2014 campaign with their first practice scheduled for August 4th.
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Oregon State quarterback Sean Mannion has been named to the 78th annual Maxwell Award Watch List, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday. Mannion is among five semifinalists from 2013 for the award presented to the college player of the year. Mannion, a senior from Pleasanton, Calif., is in the process of re-writing the Oregon State and Pac-12 Conference record books. In 2013, Mannion set the league record passing for 4,662 yards and the OSU record with 37 touchdown tosses. He ranks second in OSU history – and 10th in Pac-12 history – with 10,436 career yards through the air. Beaver sophomore wide receiver/returner Victor Bolden has been selected to the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, presented by Texas Roadhouse. The annual award is presented to the most versatile player in major college football by the Louisville Sports Commission. Bolden, a native of Fontana, Calif., was among the Pac-12 Conference leaders for all-purpose yards (Rush, Rec., PR, KR) last season averaging 104.2 yards per game. He returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown against Washington and for the season accumulated 1,198 yards. Bolden’s overall total for all-purpose yards was 1,355 trailing only Brandin Cooks’ 2,019 on the Beavers’ roster.