CORVALLIS – The Oregon State women's basketball team received a prestigious honor on Thursday, as the team was named as the Pac-12 Sportsmanship Award winner for the 2019-20 season.
The Beavers earned the award for reaching out to the Oregon women's basketball team prior to the teams' Civil War matchup at Gill Coliseum on Jan. 26, when the two squads learned of the passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and nine others, including Bryant's daughter Gianna.
Over an hour prior to game time, as both teams were warming up, the news of Bryant's death began to circulate within the two teams.