As the Beavers enter the post-GP2 era, Tres Tinkle has filled the veteran leadership role that The Mitt left behind in only his second year on the team. Tres, son of head coach and the refrigerator wearing a suit on the sideline, Wayne, is exactly the player that OSU was missing during the anticlimactic loss to VCU in the national tournament last March. Despite spending the entire summer rehabbing a broken foot, the Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention will serve as co-captain alongside fellow sophomore, Drew Eubanks.
Last season, after working his way into the starting lineup, the Beavers won 6 of 11 in their toughest stretch of competition prior to Tres’s injury before the loss at USC.