Softball

May 24, 2025

Oregon edges Liberty in softball super regionals with walk-off finish

May 24, 2025

Oregon took game one over Liberty with a walk-off single in the 8th inning. Watch the end of the NCAA softball super regional matchup of Oregon vs. Liberty.

While we continue on through the college football offseason and prepare for what’s to come this fall, the NFL ranks have been providing quite a bit of content. From the 2025 NFL draft and free agency to rookie minicamps earlier this month, content has been churning out from the professional ranks.

Now, with OTAs coming up in the next few weeks, we will be hearing more from our favorite pro-Oregon Ducks as they prepare for the 2025 season. Earlier this week, ESPN’s Mike Clay put out his projections for every offense and defense in the NFL, putting numbers to names and forecasting what’s to come.

According to Clay, it could be a fun season ahead for the dozens of Ducks in the league, with breakouts and career years projected. Whether it’s as a rookie or as an experienced veteran, Oregon fans should enjoy what’s to come. Here’s how he sees the most notable Ducks performing in the upcoming season.

QB Bo Nix

Projected 2025 Stats: 3,510 yards, 24 TD, 11 INT, 3 rush TD

Stats in 2024: 3,775 yards, 29 TD, 12 INT, 4 rush TD

QB Justin Herbert

Projected 2025 Stats: 3,741 yards, 22 TD, 9 INT

Stats in 2024: 3,870 yards, 23 TD, 3 INT, 2 rush TD

QB Marcus Mariota

Projected 2025 Stats: 512 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT, 1 rush TD

Stats in 2024: 364 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT, 1 rush TD

QB Dillon Gabriel

Projected 2025 Stats: 1,205 yards, 5 TD, 4 INT, 1 rush TD

Stats in 2024: None

RB Bucky Irving

Projected 2025 Stats: 224 rushes, 1,049 yards, 7 TD, 49 catches, 379 yards, 3 TD

Stats in 2024: 207 rushes, 1,122 yards, 8 TD, 47 catches, 392 yards

RB Jordan James

Projected 2025 Stats: 12 rushes, 51 yards, 2 catches, 15 yards

Stats in 2024: None

WR Troy Franklin

Projected 2025 Stats: 16 catches, 222 yards, 2 TD

Stats in 2024: 28 catches, 263 yards, 2 TD

TE Terrance Ferguson

Projected 2025 Stats: 16 catches, 161 yards, 1 TD

Stats in 2024: None

DL Arik Armstead

Projected 2025 Stats: 30 tackles, 2.9 sacks

Stats in 2024: 29 tackles, 2 sacks

DL DeForest Buckner

Projected 2025 Stats: 79 tackles, 7 sacks

Stats in 2024: 61 tackles, 6.5 sacks

EDGE Kayvon Thibodeaux

Projected 2025 Stats: 39 tackles, 6.6 sacks

Stats in 2024: 28 tackles, 5.5 sacks

DL Derrick Harmon

Projected 2025 Stats: 33 tackles, 2.3 sacks

Stats in 2024: None

DL Jamaree Caldwell

Projected 2025 Stats: 20 tackles, 1.3 sacks

Stats in 2024: None

LB Jeffrey Bassa

Projected 2025 Stats: 6 tackles

Stats in 2024: None

LB Troy Dye

Projected 2025 Stats: 24 tackles, 0.9 sacks

Stats in 2024: 57 tackles, 1.5 sacks

CB Christian Gonzalez

Projected 2025 Stats: 68 tackles, 1.8 INT

Stats in 2024: 59 tackles, 2 INT

CB Deommodore Lenoir

Projected 2025 Stats: 94 tackles, 1.7 INT

Stats in 2024: 85 tackles, 2 INT

S Evan Williams

Projected 2025 Stats: 40 tackles

Stats in 2024: 49 tackles, 1 INT

S Jevon Holland

Projected 2025 Stats: 83 tackles, 1.7 INT

Stats in 2024: 62 tackles, 1 sack, 0 INT

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The longtime executive director of Travel Oregon, Todd Davidson, announced he is retiring today after three decades as a public employee.

While the timing appeared sudden, it came five weeks after the Oregon Journalism Project first contacted Travel Oregon about an investigation into complaints regarding Davidson’s outsized compensation and allegations of a toxic workplace. He earned $477,000 in take-home pay for fiscal 2024, far higher compensation than that of any other state agency director.

The news of Davidson’s retirement came one day before the CEO was scheduled to sit down for a long-delayed interview with OJP.

Travel Oregon, a semi-independent state agency with 73 staffers, is funded by the statewide lodging tax of 1.5% on hotel bills that brings in more than $40 million a year.

Travel Oregon maintains its chief executive’s departure was unrelated to OJP’s questions and public records requests.

Travel Oregon, also known as the Oregon Tourism Commission, exists to promote tourism, which generates $14 billion of annual economic activity and 120,000 jobs in Oregon.

An agency that once had scraped by on $3 million a year in state lottery funds grew into a powerhouse after lawmakers approved a lodging tax in 2003.

“Travel Oregon is one of the premier state travel organizations,” David Blandford, executive director of State of Washington Tourism, said in a recent interview.

As a semi-independent agency, Travel Oregon is exempt from state budget laws; personnel, salary and expense laws; and purchasing and procurement laws. Its budget is not subject to executive branch review, nor subject to approval or modification by the Legislature.

Davidson, a native of Iowa, has been Travel Oregon’s chief executive since 1996.

Davidson’s compensation and some deficient practices at the agency were widely publicized after the 2020 release of a critical audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office.

Travel Oregon is overseen by a nine-member board of commissioners who are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. Eight of the nine represent lodging and tourism sectors, and one is a public-at-large member.

Calls seeking comment from commissioners were not immediately returned Thursday.

The governor’s office confirmed Davidson’s departure but declined to comment.

OJP plans to publish its full investigation in the coming days.

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state.