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Oregon State AD Scott Barnes in Stable Condition in Hospital After ‘Medical Event’
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Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes, who was hospitalized on Saturday night time after struggling a “medical occasion,” is reportedly in secure situation, based on Nick Daschel of the Oregonian.
Per ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, Barnes was at an awards ceremony on Saturday at his alma mater, Fresno State, when he needed to be taken to the hospital. The Oregon State athletic director, who has performed basketball at Fresno State, was set to obtain an award from the varsity.
He was taken to Fresno’s Saint Agnes Medical Middle.
“Scott Barnes is an expensive good friend, trusted colleague and extremely liked man throughout the Oregon State and Pac-12 households and all the school sports activities neighborhood,” the Pac-12 stated in a press release. “Our ideas are with Scott and his household presently.”
“All of us at Oregon State College are grateful for the medical care that Scott is receiving,” Oregon State president Jayathi Y. Murthy added.
Barnes, 60, has served as Oregon State’s athletic director since Dec. 2016. He beforehand held the identical place for Humboldt State (1997-99), Japanese Washington (1999-2005), Utah State (2008-15) and Pittsburgh (2015-16), amongst different roles within the school sports activities panorama.
In his taking part in profession, Barnes helped the Bulldogs attain two NCAA tournaments and was a second-team all-conference participant as a senior after spending his first two collegiate seasons at Division II’s Japanese Montana Faculty (since renamed Montana State College Billings after merging into the Montana College System).
He additionally performed skilled basketball in Germany, per Oregon State’s workers listing.
Barnes, who’s from Spokane, known as his place “completely a vacation spot job” upon his hiring in 2016 and famous on the time that being “again out within the Pacific Northwest is an absolute no-brainer.”
“Our capability to achieve success within the Pac-12 is one thing that creates a way of urgency—and I am enthusiastic about that,” he added. “It is a huge time convention and Oregon State is a big-time establishment.”