Jackson, Cook, Moseley Selected for UO Honors
07/12/24 | General, Men's Basketball, Softball
EUGENE, Ore. – Former Duck student-athletes who thrilled fans at McArthur Court and Howe Field and the editor-in-chief of GoDucks.com have been selected to receive the University of Oregon Athletic Department's distinguished alumni awards, athletic director Rob Mullens announced Friday.
Men's basketball hall of famer Luke Jackson has been named the recipient of the 2024 Leo Harris Award, while softball alumna Janell Bergstrom Cook has been chosen to receive the 2024 Becky L. Sisley Award.
Additionally, Rob Moseley, the editor and main writer for the Athletic Department's website and social media, has been named the 2024 Order of the O honoree.
The 2024 Leo Harris, Becky Sisley and Order of the O awards ceremonies will be held in conjunction with the Oct. 26 Illinois football game.
Leo Harris Award
The Alumni Athletic Award was originated in 1967 by the late Leo Harris, former UO director of athletics, and his family and was later renamed the Leo Harris Award in his honor. It is presented to an alumni letterman on the basis of at least 20 years of achievement and service since graduation.
A 2004 Wooden and Naismith Award finalist, Luke Jackson grew from hometown hero into one of the best players in the country. He was inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.
Following his graduation after one of the most prolific careers in program history, Jackson went to play in the National Basketball Association before returning to Eugene as the head men's basketball coach at Northwest Christian University (now known as Bushnell University). After his coaching career, Jackson remained in the Willamette Valley and has been influential in both the business community and youth sports programs.
Only the second player in Pac-10 history to accumulate 1,900 career points, 700 rebounds and 400 assists, Jackson was an integral part of Oregon's magical 2001-02 season that saw the Ducks win their first outright conference title in 63 years and advance to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight. As a senior during the 2003-04 season, the consensus All-American was one of only six players in the nation to lead his team in scoring (21.2 per game), rebounds (7.2) and assists (4.5). The all-Pac-10 first-team selection was second in the conference in scoring his final year and 14th nationally.
Some of the most iconic performances in school history were scripted by the Creswell, Ore., native - the most remarkable of which came in the opening-round win of the 2004 National Invitation Tournament against Colorado. The 6-7 forward scored 29 consecutive points in the second half and overtime to rally the Ducks from an 18-point deficit. He finished with 40 points in arguably the most impressive individual performance at venerable Mac Court. He also scored the most points ever by a Duck in the old gym with 42 against No. 14 Arizona earlier that season.
Selected 10th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2004 NBA Draft, Jackson finished his collegiate career ranked in an unprecedented nine career top 10 categories at Oregon. His 656 points as a senior are the second most in a single season for the Green and Yellow, while his 506 career free throws made remains the program standard.
Jackson spent parts of four seasons in the NBA with Cleveland, the Los Angeles Clippers, Toronto and Miami. After his playing career, Jackson got into the coaching ranks and was a two-time Cascade Conference Coach of the Year at Northwest Christian. He led the Crusaders to an 88-38 record over four seasons and his teams advanced to the NAIA national tournament three times.
Jackson then founded Emerald National Laboratory, a highly-regarded medical testing facility in Corvallis, Ore. He remains a partner and CMO for ENL. Jackson recently took on two new roles. He was hired as the boy's basketball coach at Pleasant Hill High School. Jackson will also join the Oregon Sports Network as a radio broadcast analyst next season for men's basketball.
A 2004 graduate with a degree in political science, Jackson has been an active community member in a wide-ranging variety of volunteer and service roles. Among them are Looking Glass Community Services board member, Hope Restored Building Project volunteer, prison ministry and Al Forthan Scholarship committee member, among countless other service endeavors. He also serves on the UO Athletic Hall of Fame committee and the Leo Harris Award committee and has represented the University at numerous fundraising and charity events.
Becky L. Sisley Award
The Becky L. Sisley Award is named after the University's first director of women's intercollegiate athletics and is awarded to a former female student-athlete to commemorate community involvement, career development and support of University ideals.
A four-time letterwinner on Oregon's softball team from 2000-03, Janell Bergstrom Cook has been involved in college athletics at the University of Oregon and on the national level for more than 20 years. She is currently the executive director of the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association.
Cook helped the Ducks reach the NCAA Tournament in both her freshman (2000) and senior (2003) campaigns. She played in 140 career games and had 66 hits, 16 doubles and 35 RBI. She was a first-team Pac-10 all-academic selection in 2003. As an undergrad, Cook was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Following her graduation with a degree in family and human services in 2003, Cook was awarded a Pac-10 postgraduate scholarship. She served as a graduate assistant in student services at Oregon from 2003-05 while obtaining her Master's degree in educational leadership. She spent the following year at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., as the varsity sports coordinator, working with compliance, event management, student enhancement and special projects.
The following year, Cook returned to Oregon as an academic adviser for Services for Student-Athletes, a position she held from July 2006 to September 2008. She oversaw all aspects of university academic advising for student-athletes competing on various squads.
Cook then moved into administration as a special assistant to the Executive Senior Athletic Administration and worked on special projects within the athletic department. She assisted with major projects such as Matthew Knight Arena and hosting the NCAA Men's Basketball First and Second rounds in Portland. Other duties included developing donor relationships, planning major student-athlete events and serving on the Athletic Diversity Action Plan team.
The El Dorado Hills, Calif., native then joined Paul Westhead's staff as director of operations for women's basketball and held that role until 2013 when she joined the Duck Athletic Fund as executive director for constituent engagement. She also helped launch Oregon's Women In Flight program.
The following year, Cook became executive director of the NCATA and has held that position for the last decade. During that time, she helped secure NCAA Emerging Sport status for acrobatics and tumbling and has overseen the growth of the sport from 14 member institutions to 53. The sport now encompasses more than 1,000 female student-athletes competing across all collegiate divisions.
Outside of her career, Cook has been a youth coach for softball, basketball and soccer and has been involved with organizations that support opportunities for girls and women in sports like N4A, WBCA, WeCoach and Women Leaders in College Sports. Cook also served on the board of the Order of the O.
Order of the O Award
The Order of the O Honorarium is given annually to an individual who has made a contribution to the University of Oregon Department of Intercollegiate Athletics over an extended period of time, but was not a varsity letterwinner at the UO.
Rob Moseley covered his first Oregon Duck football game in 1997, and has been closely involved with the Athletic Department for over 25 years. After spending more than a decade as a reporter for The Eugene Register-Guard, he joined the UO Athletics staff in 2013 and has worked since as Editor-In-Chief of GoDucks.com.
His specialty is connecting Oregon fans with the teams and student-athletes they love, utilizing both the written word as well as photography and video on the Department's website and social media channels to shine a light on the unique story every Oregon student-athlete has to tell.
Moseley was a freshman in the stands at Autzen Stadium that fall afternoon in 1994 when Kenny Wheaton scored his famous touchdown against Washington. Later that season, he made a road trip to the Rose Bowl in January, and then returned to campus in time to cheer from the front row of McArthur Court as the UO men's basketball team handed UCLA its only loss of the 1994-95 campaign.
His talent for writing and love of sports made him a perfect fit for the Daily Emerald campus newspaper. Joining that staff solidified his passion for sports journalism. In the years since, reporting on games from press boxes and press rows around the country, Moseley has covered more Duck sporting events than any other writer over the last two decades.
He has also authored or co-authored three Oregon football history anthologies: "Game Day: Oregon Football (2007)," "What It Means to Be a Duck: Mike Bellotti and Oregon's Greatest Players (2009)," and "100 Things Oregon Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (2013)."
One of the department's most active community service members, Moseley chaperoned the O Heroes Courts for Kids trip to Nicaragua in 2017. He has also emceed a number of alumni and Duck Athletic Fund events such as Ducks in Tahoe, Willamette Valley Fly-In and the softball Diamond Dinner. Additionally, he has mentored those student-athletes who have shown an interest in media as a profession and previously served on the Daily Emerald's board of directors.
A 1999 graduate of the School of Journalism and Communication, Moseley spent the summer of that year as an intern with the Bend (Ore.) Bulletin. The native of the San Francisco Bay Area returned to the Willamette Valley later in 1999 and has lived full-time in Eugene since his arrival on campus, doing what he describes as "his dream job" covering the Ducks.
- www.GoDucks.com -
Men's basketball hall of famer Luke Jackson has been named the recipient of the 2024 Leo Harris Award, while softball alumna Janell Bergstrom Cook has been chosen to receive the 2024 Becky L. Sisley Award.
Additionally, Rob Moseley, the editor and main writer for the Athletic Department's website and social media, has been named the 2024 Order of the O honoree.
The 2024 Leo Harris, Becky Sisley and Order of the O awards ceremonies will be held in conjunction with the Oct. 26 Illinois football game.
Leo Harris Award
The Alumni Athletic Award was originated in 1967 by the late Leo Harris, former UO director of athletics, and his family and was later renamed the Leo Harris Award in his honor. It is presented to an alumni letterman on the basis of at least 20 years of achievement and service since graduation.
A 2004 Wooden and Naismith Award finalist, Luke Jackson grew from hometown hero into one of the best players in the country. He was inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.
Following his graduation after one of the most prolific careers in program history, Jackson went to play in the National Basketball Association before returning to Eugene as the head men's basketball coach at Northwest Christian University (now known as Bushnell University). After his coaching career, Jackson remained in the Willamette Valley and has been influential in both the business community and youth sports programs.
Only the second player in Pac-10 history to accumulate 1,900 career points, 700 rebounds and 400 assists, Jackson was an integral part of Oregon's magical 2001-02 season that saw the Ducks win their first outright conference title in 63 years and advance to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight. As a senior during the 2003-04 season, the consensus All-American was one of only six players in the nation to lead his team in scoring (21.2 per game), rebounds (7.2) and assists (4.5). The all-Pac-10 first-team selection was second in the conference in scoring his final year and 14th nationally.
Some of the most iconic performances in school history were scripted by the Creswell, Ore., native - the most remarkable of which came in the opening-round win of the 2004 National Invitation Tournament against Colorado. The 6-7 forward scored 29 consecutive points in the second half and overtime to rally the Ducks from an 18-point deficit. He finished with 40 points in arguably the most impressive individual performance at venerable Mac Court. He also scored the most points ever by a Duck in the old gym with 42 against No. 14 Arizona earlier that season.
Selected 10th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2004 NBA Draft, Jackson finished his collegiate career ranked in an unprecedented nine career top 10 categories at Oregon. His 656 points as a senior are the second most in a single season for the Green and Yellow, while his 506 career free throws made remains the program standard.
Jackson spent parts of four seasons in the NBA with Cleveland, the Los Angeles Clippers, Toronto and Miami. After his playing career, Jackson got into the coaching ranks and was a two-time Cascade Conference Coach of the Year at Northwest Christian. He led the Crusaders to an 88-38 record over four seasons and his teams advanced to the NAIA national tournament three times.
Jackson then founded Emerald National Laboratory, a highly-regarded medical testing facility in Corvallis, Ore. He remains a partner and CMO for ENL. Jackson recently took on two new roles. He was hired as the boy's basketball coach at Pleasant Hill High School. Jackson will also join the Oregon Sports Network as a radio broadcast analyst next season for men's basketball.
A 2004 graduate with a degree in political science, Jackson has been an active community member in a wide-ranging variety of volunteer and service roles. Among them are Looking Glass Community Services board member, Hope Restored Building Project volunteer, prison ministry and Al Forthan Scholarship committee member, among countless other service endeavors. He also serves on the UO Athletic Hall of Fame committee and the Leo Harris Award committee and has represented the University at numerous fundraising and charity events.
Becky L. Sisley Award
The Becky L. Sisley Award is named after the University's first director of women's intercollegiate athletics and is awarded to a former female student-athlete to commemorate community involvement, career development and support of University ideals.
A four-time letterwinner on Oregon's softball team from 2000-03, Janell Bergstrom Cook has been involved in college athletics at the University of Oregon and on the national level for more than 20 years. She is currently the executive director of the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association.
Cook helped the Ducks reach the NCAA Tournament in both her freshman (2000) and senior (2003) campaigns. She played in 140 career games and had 66 hits, 16 doubles and 35 RBI. She was a first-team Pac-10 all-academic selection in 2003. As an undergrad, Cook was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Following her graduation with a degree in family and human services in 2003, Cook was awarded a Pac-10 postgraduate scholarship. She served as a graduate assistant in student services at Oregon from 2003-05 while obtaining her Master's degree in educational leadership. She spent the following year at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., as the varsity sports coordinator, working with compliance, event management, student enhancement and special projects.
The following year, Cook returned to Oregon as an academic adviser for Services for Student-Athletes, a position she held from July 2006 to September 2008. She oversaw all aspects of university academic advising for student-athletes competing on various squads.
Cook then moved into administration as a special assistant to the Executive Senior Athletic Administration and worked on special projects within the athletic department. She assisted with major projects such as Matthew Knight Arena and hosting the NCAA Men's Basketball First and Second rounds in Portland. Other duties included developing donor relationships, planning major student-athlete events and serving on the Athletic Diversity Action Plan team.
The El Dorado Hills, Calif., native then joined Paul Westhead's staff as director of operations for women's basketball and held that role until 2013 when she joined the Duck Athletic Fund as executive director for constituent engagement. She also helped launch Oregon's Women In Flight program.
The following year, Cook became executive director of the NCATA and has held that position for the last decade. During that time, she helped secure NCAA Emerging Sport status for acrobatics and tumbling and has overseen the growth of the sport from 14 member institutions to 53. The sport now encompasses more than 1,000 female student-athletes competing across all collegiate divisions.
Outside of her career, Cook has been a youth coach for softball, basketball and soccer and has been involved with organizations that support opportunities for girls and women in sports like N4A, WBCA, WeCoach and Women Leaders in College Sports. Cook also served on the board of the Order of the O.
Order of the O Award
The Order of the O Honorarium is given annually to an individual who has made a contribution to the University of Oregon Department of Intercollegiate Athletics over an extended period of time, but was not a varsity letterwinner at the UO.
Rob Moseley covered his first Oregon Duck football game in 1997, and has been closely involved with the Athletic Department for over 25 years. After spending more than a decade as a reporter for The Eugene Register-Guard, he joined the UO Athletics staff in 2013 and has worked since as Editor-In-Chief of GoDucks.com.
His specialty is connecting Oregon fans with the teams and student-athletes they love, utilizing both the written word as well as photography and video on the Department's website and social media channels to shine a light on the unique story every Oregon student-athlete has to tell.
Moseley was a freshman in the stands at Autzen Stadium that fall afternoon in 1994 when Kenny Wheaton scored his famous touchdown against Washington. Later that season, he made a road trip to the Rose Bowl in January, and then returned to campus in time to cheer from the front row of McArthur Court as the UO men's basketball team handed UCLA its only loss of the 1994-95 campaign.
His talent for writing and love of sports made him a perfect fit for the Daily Emerald campus newspaper. Joining that staff solidified his passion for sports journalism. In the years since, reporting on games from press boxes and press rows around the country, Moseley has covered more Duck sporting events than any other writer over the last two decades.
He has also authored or co-authored three Oregon football history anthologies: "Game Day: Oregon Football (2007)," "What It Means to Be a Duck: Mike Bellotti and Oregon's Greatest Players (2009)," and "100 Things Oregon Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (2013)."
One of the department's most active community service members, Moseley chaperoned the O Heroes Courts for Kids trip to Nicaragua in 2017. He has also emceed a number of alumni and Duck Athletic Fund events such as Ducks in Tahoe, Willamette Valley Fly-In and the softball Diamond Dinner. Additionally, he has mentored those student-athletes who have shown an interest in media as a profession and previously served on the Daily Emerald's board of directors.
A 1999 graduate of the School of Journalism and Communication, Moseley spent the summer of that year as an intern with the Bend (Ore.) Bulletin. The native of the San Francisco Bay Area returned to the Willamette Valley later in 1999 and has lived full-time in Eugene since his arrival on campus, doing what he describes as "his dream job" covering the Ducks.
- www.GoDucks.com -
2026 Oregon Football Uniform Reveal | Indiana
Tuesday, January 06
Duck Insider 1-5-26
Monday, January 05
Matayo Uiagalelei | CFP Semifinal | Peach Bowl Preview
Monday, January 05
Aaron Flowers | CFP Semifinal | Peach Bowl Preview
Monday, January 05
