Leo Harris, Becky Sisley Award Winners Named
EUGENE, Ore. - Former Oregon softball player Cesilee Coulson and former UO golfer Cameron Martin have been named the 2014 winners of the Becky L. Sisley Award and the Leo Harris Award, respectively.
BECKY L. SISLEY AWARD
The Becky L Sisley Award, named in honor of Oregon's first director of women's intercollegiate athletics, was established to honor former women's varsity athletes 20 years after graduation who have excelled in their profession, been an active member in their community, and have provided support to the University of Oregon. It parallels the Leo Harris Award given to a former male athlete each fall.
Cesilee "Ces" Coulson played softball for the Ducks during the 1989 and 1990 seasons, helping Oregon to the Women's College World Series following the 1989 campaign.Oregon went 54-18 during the 1989 season, which was previously the school wins record until the Ducks went 56-9-1 this past year. Coulson and the Ducks knocked off UMass and UConn in the regional round before going 1-2 at the WCWS, with a 1-0 win over South Carolina. The WCWS was held in Sunnyvale, Calif., that season.
Before coming to the university, Coulson was a standout softball player in USSSA ranks in Washington. She was inducted into the Washington State USSSA Softball Hall of Fame in 2006.
After graduating from Oregon with a bachelor's in athletic training in 1991, Coulson worked as an assistant coach for the Ducks while earning a master's in social psychology of sport in 1993.
Coulson is currently the director of the Washington Initiative for Supported Employment (W.I.S.E), which works to promote equitable employment for people with developmental disabilities through training and technical assistance. She also works with Live Inclusive and National APSE.
Coulson is a member of the Order of the O and the University Alumni Association.
LEO HARRIS AWARD
The Leo Harris Award is presented to an alumnus letterman who has been out of college for at least 20 years and who has demonstrated continued service and leadership to the university. Harris was the University of Oregon's first athletics director.
Cameron Martin was a member of the Oregon men's golf team from 1990-93. As a senior, Martin won the Western Intercollegiate Tournament championship and the U.S. Intercollegiate Tournament title en route to being named second-team all-Pac-12. He won the Oregon Amateur title in 1992.
After graduting from the UO in 1993, Martin played golf professionally for one year before working in the financial sector. After a long career with Citigroup and IMS Capital Management, Martin co-founded Martin Capital Partners in 2010, where he is the chief investment officer.
In the community, Martin has served on the boards of both the Hosea Youth Services Project and the Eugene Country Club. A 15-year member of the DAF, Martin helped fundraise for the Steve and Bunny Nosler endowed men's golf scholarship.
Martin is deeply tied to the UO. His grandfather, Thomas Condon, was one of the first professors ever at the university while his mother, father and both sets of grandparents were all Ducks as well. His brother, Casey Martin, is currently Oregon's men's golf head coach.
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