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Conference: Pac-10
2009 Record: 8-5 Overall, 6-3 Pac-10
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Feb. 7

Terron Ward, RB

Concord, CA

De La Salle High School

Scouts Grade: 40

De La Salle running back Terron Ward to grayshirt with the Beavers

Terron Ward of De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) has accepted a grayshirt scholarship offer from Oregon State.

Considered a commitment for the Class of 2010, Ward plans to take classes at OSU this fall and officially join the team in January 2011.

The 5-foot-7, 185-pound tailback ran for 2,050 yards and 26 touchdowns as a senior to break De La Salle's single-season rushing mark while leading the Spartans to the 2009 CIF State Open Division title. In the title game, a 28-14 victory over Crenshaw (Los Angeles, Calif.), he piled up 166 yards and scored three touchdowns.

He is the younger brother of defensive back T.J. Ward of Oregon who finished his senior year this past fall.

Feb. 5

Happy Iona, DT

Spanaway, WA

Bethel High School

Scouts Grade: 76

Position Rank: 70

Junior college looks like next step for Happy Iona

Three-star defensive tackle Happy Iona (Spanaway, Wash./Bethel) appears headed to junior college, ESPN Pac Ten blogger Ted Miller reports.

Feb. 3

Owamagbe Odighizuwa, DE

Portland, OR

David Douglas High School

Scouts Grade: 84
ESPN150 Rank: 17
Position Rank: 2

Bruins win recruiting battle for Owamagbe Odighizuwa

ESPNU 150 defensive end Owa Odighizuwa (Portland, Ore./Douglas) committed to sign with UCLA on ESPNU.

He selected the Bruins over Oregon State and Nebraska.

Feb. 3

Christian Thomas, TE

Palmdale, CA

Highland High School

Scouts Grade: 80

Position Rank: 8

TE Christian Thomas picks USC over Ducks, Beavers and Canes

Christian Thomas, a four-star tight end from Highland (Palmdale, Calif.), has signed with the USC Trojans for the Class of 2010.

He also considered Oregon, Oregon State and Miami-Florida. Among his other offers were California, Florida State, UCLA and Washington.

USC may have collected the top group of tight ends in the Class of 2010 as the 6-foot-3, 235-pound Thomas joins two other four-star tight ends in Xavier Grimble of Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) and tight end Randall Telfer of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

Feb. 3

Shaydon Akuna, OLB

Kapolei, HI

Kapolei High School

Scouts Grade: 79

Position Rank: 22

Oregon State lands widely-recruited linebacker Shaydon Akuna

Four-star outside linebacker Shaydon Akuna of Kapolei, Hawaii, has signed with the Beavers for the Class of 2010.

The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Akuna also had offers from Oregon, Florida State, Arkansas, California, Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA, West Virginia and Hawaii.

Feb. 1

Kirifi Taula, DT

Anaheim, CA

Servite High School

Scouts Grade: 79

Position Rank: 25

Four-star defensive lineman Kirifi Taula reaffirms Arizona pledge

After taking trips to Washington and Oregon State, 6-foot-4, 275-pound defensive lineman Kirifi Taula of Servite (Anaheim, Calif.), has firmed his commitment to the Pac-10 Wildcats for the Class of 2010.

Among the four-star's many other offers were Arizona State, Nebraska, UCLA, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State and Utah.

Jan. 30

Sealii Epenesa, DT

Honolulu, HI

Iolani School

Scouts Grade: 76

Position Rank: 79

Iolani's Sealii Epenesa gives UCLA another top defensive tackle

Sealii Epenesa, a 6-foot-2 300-pound defensive lineman from Iolani (Honolulu, Hawaii), has committed to the Bruins for the Class of 2010.

Rated as a three-star prospect, he chose the Bruins over Oregon State, Baylor and Hawaii. Washington, Colorado and Texas Tech had also offered.

Jan. 29

Giovanni Bernard, RB

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Saint Thomas Aquinas School

Scouts Grade: 79

Position Rank: 16

Former Irish pledge Giovanni Bernard picks North Carolina

Four-star running back Giovanni Bernard of St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), who recently decommitted from Notre Dame, has pledged to the Tar Heels.

He also considered Oregon State.

Other programs including Oklahoma, West Virginia, Maryland, Auburn, Rutgers, Boston College, Pittsburgh, UConn and Arkansas also offered the 5-foot-9, 195-pound prospect.

Bernard, who missed most of his senior season with a hamstring injury, finished his career with 2603 rushing yards and 29 touchdowns.

Jan. 27

Scott Crichton, DE

Tacoma, WA

Henry Foss High School

Scouts Grade: 40

Beavers build stronger defense with pledge from Scott Crichton

A 6-foot-5, 220-pound defensive end, Scott Crichton of Henry Foss HS (Tacoma, Wash.) has made his Class of 2010 decision for Oregon State.

He also has an offer from Washington State, plus interest from Washington and Oregon.

Jan. 26

Dominic Glover, DT

Mission Viejo, CA

Saddleback College (CA)

Beavers land former Duck Dominic Glover

6-foot-4, 275-pound defensive lineman Dominic Glover from Mission Viejo, Calif./Oregon/Saddleback CC, Calif., has chosen Oregon State for the Class of 2010.

Glover redshirted as a freshman for the Ducks and was injured during 2008.

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