National ChampionsOregon State defeated Arkansas in three games to claim the 2018 National Championship. The Beavers advanced to the CWS Finals by winning four elimination games. OSU, for the second time in team history - and the only program to ever do so - won six elimination games in Omaha.All-TimeBy winning the championship, the Beavers became the first team in the NCAA Super Regional era to win three titles. Oregon State, Miami (1999, 2001), Texas (2002, 2005), LSU (2000, 2009) and South Carolina (2010, 2011) have all won multiple championships since 1999.And On The Pac-12 SideThe Oregon State-Arkansas matchup was the fourth to feature a Pac-12 versus Southeastern Conference finals. The Pac-12 team has won three, with Arizona defeating South Carolina in 2012 and UCLA over Mississippi State in 2013. South Carolina defeated UCLA in 2010.Sixteen For Two Straight YearsOregon State had 16 players recognized academically by the Pac-12 Conference, withandearning first-team honors. The 16 tied the 2017 Beavers for the most in a single season.More On Grenier & AndersonThe Beavers have also been successful off the field, seeing two team grade point averages of better than 3.0 this year - OSU is on the quarter system, so two quarters have been completed. Bothandwere named Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 selections.MLB DraftOregon State set a school single-year record with three first-round selections in the MLB Draft on June 4.became the highest Oregon State player ever selected when he went fourth overall to the Chicago White Sox. He was followed by(20th overall to Minnesota) andwas taken 37th by Baltimore. All told, the Beavers had six MLB selections, with(fifth - Cleveland),(sixth - Milwaukee) and(10th - Pittsburgh) also being taken.In The Pac-12Oregon State finished the year ranked first in the Pac-12 in batting average (.321), slugging percentage (.488), on-base percentage (.416), runs scored (518), hits (753), runs batted in (480), doubles (151), home runs (67), total bases (1,145), walks (336) and sacrifice bunts (66). OSU set team single-season records in runs, hits, RBI, doubles, home runs and total bases and was two shy of breaking the walks mark.On The MoundOregon State also led the Pac-12 in strikeouts from its pitching staff, tallying a program-record 596. OSU also led the Pac-12 in saves (25) and shutouts (eight). The eight shutouts placed the Beavers in a tie for third nationally.Top Pitcher, Shortstop And FroshThe Beavers saw three players garner national honors in 2018.led the nation with 16 wins and was named the National Pitcher of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation. The CBF also namedits top shortstop, giving him the Brooks Wallace Award.was named the Freshman of the Year by D1Baseball.com after breaking the College World Series record with four wins.Clutchmanbroke the Oregon State single-season records for hits (102) and runs batted in (83). It marked just the 47th time a Pac-12 player has finished with 100 or more hits and the first since Stanford's Jason Castro in 2008. Rutschman also finished with a .408 batting average, the third-best mark in a single-season at Oregon State.Top Three For WinsOregon State pitchers(16),(10) and(eight) finished in the to three spots in the Pac-12 for wins. Additionally, Heimlich led the Pac-12 - and was second nationally - with 159 strikeouts and Abel was second with 108. Abel was the only freshman nationally to finish with 100 or more strikeouts.