Charles Fischer

(Press Release from UO Athletics) EUGENE, Ore. – Student-athletes from the football and volleyball teams when the UO Athletic Department was just beginning its current rise to national prominence, as well as a long-time staff member who began her tenure at Oregon around the same time, have been selected to receive the University of Oregon athletic department’s annual awards, athletic director Rob Mullens announced Tuesday. Football player Josh Frankel has been named the recipient of the 2021 Leo Harris Award. Volleyball’s Michelle “Shellie” Nisle has been tabbed for the 2021 Becky L. Sisley Award. Current UO athletic department staff member Beth Campbell has been named the 2021 Order of the O honoree. The 2021 Leo Harris, Becky Sisley and Order of the O awards ceremony will be determined at a later date. Leo Harris Award The Alumni Athletic Award was originated in 1967 by the late Leo Harris, former UO director of athletics, and his family and was later renamed the Leo Harris Award in his honor. It is presented to an alumni letterman on the basis of at least 20 years of achievement and service since graduation. Josh Frankel may be best remembered as the back-up kicker who came off the bench following an injury to the starter and drilled a triple overtime, game-winning field goal versus USC in 1999. He was a member of four bowl teams as the program began its assent to becoming one of the nation’s top teams. Frankel toiled on the scout team as a walk-on freshman before earning his way up the depth chart. He shared kicking duties over his next two seasons before his clutch field goal versus USC that gave Oregon a 33-30 win in three overtimes. He also made four-of-five field goals against Arizona in 1999 to preserve a 44-41 victory. He was given a scholarship following Oregon’s 24-20 win over Minnesota in the 1999 Sun Bowl. Frankel’s most productive year came as a senior in 2000 where he made 13-of-25 field goals and 37-of-39 extra point attempts. That season, the Pacific Palisades, Calif., native made a career-long 47-yard game-winning field goal in the Ducks’ 27-24 win at Washington State. He also hit five-of-five extra points in Oregon’s 35-30 victory over Texas in the 2000 Holiday Bowl. Frankel finished his career with 150 points on 26-of-41 field goals and 72-of-77 extra points and was an all-Pac-10 honorable mention selection in 1999. He received his degree in journalism the spring of 2000 and then returned to Oregon to earn an MBA in 2006. Frankel has worked in the financial sector since then and is currently an executive vice president at West Bearing Investments, a division of Ferguson Wellman, based in the Portland area. A certified financial planner and portfolio manager, Frankel has individual and institutional clients concentrated in Portland, Vancouver, Eugene, Bend, Medford, Spokane and California. He was hired by Ferguson Wellman in 2013 to launch and grow West Bearing Investments. Since 2013, he has helped grow the company to $315 million in assets under his management. Frankel has also been active in his community and as a UO alumnus. The Duck Athletic Fund and UO Foundation donor is a past chair of the Oregon Club of Portland. He is also a member of the UO Mentor Program for current student-athletes and the UO Alumni Association. Frankel is the current chair of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation and is also a board member with New Avenues for Youth. In 2020, Frankel was selected for the Wexner Heritage Leadership Program. “The UO holds a very special place in my life,” said Frankel. “My experience as a student-athlete helped prepare me to be a better father, a better husband, a business executive and community leader. I am forever grateful for the UO.” Becky L. Sisley Award The Becky L. Sisley Award is named after the University’s first director of women’s intercollegiate athletics and is awarded to a former female student-athlete to commemorate community involvement, career development and support of University ideals. Michelle “Shellie” Nisle joined the Oregon volleyball team at a time when the program was struggling to find its feet. Transferring from Iowa State, Nisle played the 1998 and 1999 seasons as a middle blocker for the Ducks. As a senior in 1999, Nisle led the Ducks in total blocks and block assists. Nisle graduated from Oregon in 2001 with a degree in psychology and then studied law at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland. After graduation, Nisle pursued a career in the legal field and served as a deputy prosecuting attorney for 12 years in Washington state, first in Cowlitz County and then in Clark County. She worked in the Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit and as prosecution leader of the Elder Justice Center where she sought convictions of those charged with physically or economically abusing seniors and incapacitated people. Nisle has also been active in the community. She helped represent pro bono a Native American tribe in a matter that was crucial to its cultural center. She is also a past board member of the Humane Society for Southwest Washington. Originally from Orient, Wash., Nisle supports her alma mater as a student-athlete mentor as well as being a member of the Duck Athletic Fund and the UO Foundation. She is also a UO football season ticket holder. Nisle and her husband Ryan live in Vancouver, Wash. Order of the O Award The Order of the O Honorarium is given annually to an individual who has made a contribution to the University of Oregon Department of Intercollegiate Athletics over an extended period of time, but was not a varsity letterwinner at the UO. Now in her 17th year with the University of Oregon’s athletic department, Beth Campbell has been selected as the 2021 Order of the O honorary member. After starting at Oregon in the business office and then later working as a program assistant with the Ducks’ lacrosse team, Campbell has been in her current role with the Duck Athletic Fund since the fall of 2004. Her day-to-day responsibilities include supporting donors and season-ticket holders, as well as the UO’s development staff. She serves as the administrative support liaison for the Order of the O board, the Leo Harris Award committee and the Becky L. Sisley Award committee. Campbell, an Oregon native who grew up in Turner, is a graduate of Springfield’s Thurston High School. She spent several years working in the banking sector before securing a position as a receptionist and bookkeeper at Jaqua & Wheatley Law firm. After 13 years with Jaqua & Wheatley, Campbell embarked on a new opportunity with Oregon Athletics and has been involved first hand in Oregon’s growth from a university known mainly for its track and field program to a well-recognized national brand across all sports. Campbell and her husband Harry have three daughters, Laurie, Kristina and Michelle, and two granddaughters. “The bonds that I have developed with our staff and donors are so special and memorable,” said Campbell. “Being an Oregon native, I feel very fortunate to work and interact with such amazing people.”

Really good stuff, and THANKS. Your last question is an uncomfortable one for me...

I think he is playing a lot worse that what I saw last year, and cannot imagine him playing this badly at BC and holding his position?

Can you give any information about the change of the rule? (And great comments for us to chew on--thanks.)

Whew! It is a thought I've had but was reluctant to bring up....since I bring up enough these days! After watching Brown in the limited time of last year and in the Spring Game...I am stunned at how badly he is playing now. I never thought I would see it, and yes...he is worse than at Ohio State. I really hope it is coincidence, and not coaching...

This is an extraordinarily good analysis of so many plays that if half are done correctly--Oregon rolls on. I cannot believe that, 1) Brown is this bad, and 2) that the freshmen QBs could not do as good or better.

Exemplary research for the community and commentary....again. Thanks Jon.

He certainly hasn't listened to me about the offense for the last three years--despite what his mentor and the rest of the "Playoff-3" who win the most do!

So true, and the thought of it makes me ill.

I would agree it was a key play, but there were tons of them by both us, and the officials. If Anthony Brown pitches the ball to Verdell at the end of the half instead of trying to play "hero," we are up by 14 at the end and and this is moot. Lots of plays that could have turned it... I sure agree about team discipline, and that is a surprising issue for them considering Cristobal. And normally I do not comment on posting names, but yours is unusual in reference to yours-truly. But welcome to our community--do post often!

I will politely disagree with that. Greatwood recruited agile linemen who could move, but were not giants. That was the knock on Chip, that he got overwhelmed by elite defensive linemen such as Nick Fairley. Mario announced right up front that "he was going to make his linemen tougher." Cristobal is recruiting offensive linemen that are huge, and do not have the mobility, IMHO.

He is running the New Orleans system, and under Cristobal--there has been no system. Chip had one, and Bellotti did, but...

And THAT is what many of us fear...

Feels like 2007....

I think ASU's victory over UCLA is bigger than OSU over UW, thus I would put ASU over OSU. I also think I would put the Bruins ahead of Stanford. I have no idea where to put Oregon...

His accuracy is unbelievable. Then I thought of how Brown throws....

A very low probability of all that happening, but it could...and it is a nice vision for me.

You keep writing stuff that....I absolutely love as I agree with it!

What are you talking about? Oregon Football is life! And great point about Bridges; I forgot, and that could have changed the game in the Red Zone...to have him available for each time? Great stuff oregon112...

Then you better get the towel ready. He isn't going to change... Please consider the morphing I am doing as a fan to keep my sanity and my loyalty to Our Beloved Ducks!

Yep. The thread by 30Duck had that Tweet, but I appreciate you passing along any news that can benefit our readers.

It was a wake-up call to the fans, but not MC unfortunately. Oregon had 57 players signed in the prior four years that were Rivals 4/5-Star players. Fresno had 1, yes ONE. Now granted--they did well in the portal, but your point about the talent discrepancy is on point, IMHO.

I don't think that is true unless they lose a bunch more games they shouldn't. This could be the "wake-up call" to the players and coaches that changes everything!

I love that--great analogy.

First I do want to thank you oregon112, for bringing us great topics for discussion as well as your thoughts about the football side of things. Fun to learn from others... I am now at the same spot I was at the beginning of the season; I have no idea what will happen! The margin of possibilities is vast, as there is a high upside, but there could also be some significant slippage as teams see how easy it is to defend us. I really have no idea, and my spin I'm selling to myself is how it will be great entertainment to see what happens!