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11/13/2019 - 11/13/2019
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Two-time National Champion Mitch Canham was named the 21st head coach in Oregon State baseball’s history on June 13, 2019. Canham was revered by Beaver Nation in four years as a student-athlete, and is one of the most popular players in school history. He was a 2007 All-American and guided the Beavers to three trips to Omaha, culminating in National Championships in 2006 and 2007.  Canham came to Oregon State from Lake Stevens, Wash., in 2004. As a player he lettered three seasons for the Beavers - 2005-07 - and played in 183 games. The Beavers won 46, 50 and 49 games, respectively, during his three on-the-field seasons, including 27 victories in the postseason. The 50 wins in 2006, at the time, marked an Oregon State single-season record. Canham was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 Corvallis Regional and was selected to the All-College World Series Team in 2007. Following his senior season, the Pac-10 honored Canham as OSU’s male recipient of the 2007 Tom Hansen Award, presented annually to the outstanding senior student-athlete based on exhibition of the greatest combination of performance, and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
 
Following his stellar career at Oregon State, Canham was selected in the first round, 57th overall, by the San Diego Padres in the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft. He was the sixth first-round selection in Oregon State history. He spent four seasons with the Padres’ organization, reaching as high as Triple-A Portland. He also spent time with the Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals and Washington Nationals’ organizations before ending his professional playing career with the independent Lincoln Saltdogs in 2015.
 
As a business administration graduate, he excelled off the field while at OSU earning 2007 Academic All-America accolades and three-time membership on the Pac-10 Academic team. The five-time OSU Dean’s List member was also a leader on Oregon State’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was presented the Beavers’ Glenn Klein Award for his community service contributions.

Coach Canham, a native of Richland, Wash., came back to the collegiate ranks after spending three-and-a-half seasons as a manager in the Seattle Mariners’ organization.

Canham’s contributions to local communities have continued during his professional career and include founding and serving as the CEO of BASE By Pros LLC, an organization that provides personalized baseball instruction and mentorship to kids across the country.

Canham’s business administration degree from Oregon State came in 2011. He and his wife, Marlis, have two childen, Mack and Mya.