Cliff Kirkpatrick

Cliff Kirkpatrick has covered the athletics programs at Oregon State University for the Corvallis Gazette-Times since July 2004. Most of his work focuses on the football team, but includes a variety of sports. Before he moved to Oregon, he worked for the North County Times in Escondido, Calif., covering high school sports, pro and international soccer, motor sports and the 1996 World Series.

Kirkpatrick has received multiple writing awards for his football and baseball coverage of Oregon State. His game story about the baseball team's victory over Michigan in the 2005 Super Regional to reach the College World Series won best sports writing from the Oregon Newspaper Publishing Association. The 1995 graduate of Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego, Calif.) lives in Corvallis, Ore., and considers the 2006 and 2007 College World Series to be the greatest events he has ever covered, thanks in large part to the Beavers' dramatic runs to the national titles.