Leo Harris, Becky Sisley and Order of the O Awards
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. (Above: 1947 photo of University of Oregon Athletic Director Leo Harris (left) and Oregon Governor Douglas McKay with the Governor's Trophy, which was presented annually to the winner of the Oregon-St. Mary's (California) football game.)
1967 Robert Koch
1968 Norman Van Brocklin
1969 John McKay
1970 Mel Kraus
1971 Phil Settecase
1972 Hal Dunham
1973 Dr. Richard Zimmerman
1974 Ron Lowell
1975 Bill Dellinger
1976 Phil McHugh
1977 John Robinson
1978 Jim Grelle
1979 Wayne Henninger
1980 Riley Mattson
1981 Mickey Bruce
1982 Charles E. Warren
1983 Ron Snidow
1984 Dave Wilcox
1985 Bob Berry
1986 Dick Winn
1987 Thomas Jernstedt
1988 Gundars Tilmanis
1989 Keith Sherman
1990 Roscoe Divine
1991 Bob Newland
1992 Ahmad Rashad
1993 Dan Fouts
1994 Paul Halupa
1995 Timothy R. Slapnicka
1996 Tinker Hatfield
1997 Dave Taylor
1998 Mike Drummond
1999 Rob Closs
2000 Mike Ritchey
2001 Alberto Salazar & Rudy Chapa
2002 Ed Hagerty
2003 Cliff Gibson
2004 Jim Hill
2005 Mike Jorgensen
2006 Paul Weinhold
2007 Chris Miller
2008 Keith Balderston
2009 Greg Erwin
2010 Aaron Thomas
2011 Chris Leupold
2012 Bill Musgrave
2013 Dan Vidlak
2014 Cameron Martin
2015 Bryon Rockwell
2016 Terrell Brandon
2017 Brian Brown
2018 Derrick Deadwiler
2019 Jody Mortimore
2020 Steve Fein
2021 Josh Frankel
2022 Dietrich Moore
2023 Santiago Lorenzo
2024 Luke Jackson
2025 Michael DeLaGrange
Becky L. Sisley Award
The Becky L. Sisley Award is named after the University’s first director of women’s intercollegiate athletics (above left) and is awarded to a former female student-athlete to commemorate community involvement, career development and support of University ideals.
2000 Rachelle “Shelley” Briggs
2001 Peg Rees
2002 Mary Brorby & Diane L. Smith
2003 Tama Cuddeback Rowan
2004 Krista Parent
2005 Sally Blickle Cassidy
2006 Bev Smith
2007 Kim Roth Geelan
2008 Charlene Carter & June Liu
2009 Lauri Tennant Landerholm
2010 Sarah Grall
2011 Helen Higgins (Zech)
2012 Grace Golden
2013 Liz Wilson
2014 Kim Hyatt (Winter)
2014 Cesilee Coulson (Fall)
2015 Dawnn Eikenberry
2016 Jennifer Piper
2017 Betty Ann Boeving
2018 Elise Ryan
2019 Kaarin Knudson
2020 Missy Koke
2021 Michelle Nisle
2022 Katie Mackey Harris
2023 Ndidi Unaka
2024 Janell Bergstrom Cook
2025 Sarah Peters
Order of the O Honoree
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.
1997 Fitz Brewer, John E. Jaqua & Harold Taylor
1998 Herb Yamanaka
1999
2000 Bill Gatch & Becky L. Sisley
2001
2002 Jeanne Havercroft & Ken Morrow
2003 Ron Finley
2004 Buzz Summers
2005 Dorothy Landry
2006 Larry Standifer & Tom Heinonen
2007 Neal Zoumboukos
2008 Lou Osternig
2009 Don Essig
2010 Dave Frohnmayer
2011 Dr. Ken Singer & Dr. Robert Crist
2012 Jimmy Dollar
2013 Lorraine Davis
2014 Twinkle Morton
2015 Rich Brooks
2016 Lois Youngen
2017 Dave Williford (above)
2018 Pat Conrad
2019 Karen Nelson
2020 Manfred Tschan
2021 Beth Campbell
2022 David Salmon
2023 Kim Murray
2024 Rob Moseley
2025 Jerry Allen
