The Class of 1995: ATHLETES

LEE SHINN (1936-1940)

Lee Shinn lettered in baseball all four years at Willamette and later played for the Salem Senators minor league baseball team (1940-41). However, his athletic career reached higher-level years later. Shinn was introduced to the game of handball while stationed with the Navy in Bremerton, Wash., during WWII. He went on to win 13 national championships in the sport: six singles titles and seven doubles crowns. He also won six national YMCA championships in singles and doubles. Shinn was the Salem Breakfast Club Athlete of the Year in 1976-77 and was inducted into the Multnomah Athletic Club Wall of Fame in 1982. He was honored by Willamette in 1989 for his dedication and support of its athletic booster club, Cardinal Round Table. Shinn worked for 31 years in Salem in the automobile business.

JUNE BRASTED CHIPMAN (1936-1940)

June Brasted participated in five sports at Willamette: basketball, softball, badminton, tennis and soccer. In the summer of 1937, she played on Portland’s Pade-Barrick state championship softball team. She began teaching and coaching at Ashland High and Junior High School in 1940 and remained there through 1942. She later taught and coached at the University of Washington (1944-1945); Mills College in Oakland, Cali. (1945-1954); and the University of California-Berkeley. Brasted also served as a playground director in the Portland public parks system for seven summers (1939-1945) and was a volleyball and softball official in the Bay Area. She sas also chairman of the Women’s National Officials Rating Committee (1954-1956).

LOU SCRIVENS (1948-1952)

Lou Scrivens lettered four years each in basketball and baseball at Willamette under Hall of Fame coach John Lewis. The basketball team was 66-38 during his four years: twice winning the Northwest Conference championship outright (1950, 1952) and twice sharing the title (1949, 1951). He was and all-Conference guard in 1950 and 1952. The 1952 team went 22-5 and advanced to the district championship game. The Bearcat Baseball team didn’t have a losing season in Scrivens’ four years. Willamette was 55-32 during that span, winning the NWC crown in 1950. He was an all-Conference pitcher in 1950 and 1951. Scrivens played two seasons for the Salem Senators minor League Baseball team in the 1950s and coached high school baseball for nine years.

TOMMY LEE (1959-1963)

Tommy Lee lettered four years each in football and baseball at Willamette. He later became head coach of the Bearcat football program (1974-81) and served as athletic director. He joins his brother, Calvin, into the WU athletic Hall of Fame. Tommy has coached football at the high school, college and professional level, after a one-year playing stint in the Canadian Football League (Ottawa, 1963). Tommy became the starting quarterback at Willamette as a freshman and the bracts were 23-10-1 under his direction, winning Northwest Conference titles in his first two seasons. The honor following his senior season cam in waves: first-team all-Northwest Conference; first-team all-NAIA District 2, AP Little All-Coast; UIP Little All-Coast (second team); honorable mention Little All-American; and first-team All-Methodist. In his four years, hecompleted 52 percent of his passes for 3197 yards and 32 touchdowns.

BOB WOODLE (1959-1963)

Bob Woodle lettered three times each in golf and basketball at Willamette. Woodle placed seventh in the NAIA golf tournament his senior year, leading the Bearcats to a seventh-place finish. The team and individual placings are still all-time bests at Willamette. In golf, Woodle was a three-time all-Northwest Conference and two-time all-NAIA District 2 performer. His stroke average as a senior was 71.8. In basketball, he was a second-team all-Conference guard as a senior in 1963. Woodle remained at Willamette following graduation, serving as director of information services until 1977. Much of his time during those 14 years was spent publicizing the school’s athletic program. His athletic recruiting brochure in 1974 won a “best in nation” award. He was inducted into the NAIA District 2 Hall of Fame in 1975.

CARRIE MARTIN GREG (1973-1977)

Carrie Martin lettered in volleyball, basketball, softball and tennis at Willamette. She was an all-Conference performer three times each in basketball (1974, 1975, 1977) and softball (1974, 1975, 1976), and twice in volleyball (1974, 1975). The Bearcats women’s athletic program won the Women’s Conference of Independent Colleges (WCIC) all-sports trophy in each of Martin’s four years. Martin, who scored the first basket in Cone Fieldhouse in March of 1974, led the 1975 basketball team to the WCIC championship. She is currently a commander in the Navy.

The Class of 1995: TEAM

1960 FOOTBALL TEAM

The 1960 football team went 8-0 en route to winning a third straight Northwest Conference championship. That squad, led by Hall of Fame coach Ted Ogdahl, outscored its opponents 247-96. The 1960 squad is the only one in school history to go undefeated during a season of at least five games. The Bearcats offense rushed for 2,443 years for an average of 305 yards per game. The defense intercepted 18 of the opponents’ 146 passes. Willamette landed five starters on the all-Conference team: Lee Weaver, a senior receiver, Jim Robinson, a senior offensive tackle, Stan Soloman, a Senior halfback, Stuart Hall, a junior linebacker and Bob Bowman, a sophomore defensive back. Quaterback Tommy Lee, who stared as a freshman in 1960, is being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year as an individual. The senior class graduated with a 10-game winning streak and the honorable distinction of never losing a game at McCulloch Stadium.

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