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Jonathan Nov, Chad Gates are forming university's first paintball team
Theo Hendrickson
Issue date: 2/6/09 Section: News
Two freshmen are in the process of starting an official Oregon State University paintball club.
Jonathan Nov, a mechanical engineering major, and Chad Gates, a linguistics/history major, have already joined the National Collegiate Paintball Association, which allows them to communicate with major universities in the nation such as Washington State University, UCLA and even University of Oregon.
With a squad of 16 to 20 committed members, they plan to train their "tournament squad" with a 14-page booklet that Nov wrote that contains basic skills for accuracy, communication and outlined drills.
"I can really combine my leadership skills and my knowledge to create something that hasn't been there before," Nov said.
He is a very enthusiastic "arena-ball" competitor and would watch videos of the previous NCPA Championships to get a grasp of what he and his team are up against. Nov hopes to head to this year's championships to learn and observe the best players in the collegiate world.
Corey Field, professional paintball player and current Oregon State paintball coach, chose Nov over many requests for the coaching position.
"I had seen Jonathan's post stating he was trying to promote the sport of paintball … I emailed him saying I was interested," Field said.
Nov is convinced that he can have an established team in 30 days. He has been allowed to use the name "Oregon State University" on the jerseys that he designed. The orange-and-black prototype holds the phrase, "Nulli Secundus," which means "second to none" in Latin.
"I believe it is foreshadowing of our potential," Nov said of the phrase.
Gates is enthusiastic for the development of his goal and "expects everyone to be a good student and to try hard and do your best."
Nov expressed high expectations for the future Oregon State team and is highly-committed to making this happen. Gates hopes that they will be able to call themselves "the Beavers" in the future and gain support from the university.
However, the team is currently in need of sponsorships from any paintball manufacturers and a faculty sponsor to make them an official club.
"Given the right people, the right circumstances, the right support and the right heart behind this, I really believe that Oregon State can be first and foremost in the collegiate paintball world."
Anyone who is interested in joining the team or becoming a faculty sponsor can contact Nov at OSUpaintball@gmail.com.
Theo Hendrickson, staff writer
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
Jonathan Nov, a mechanical engineering major, and Chad Gates, a linguistics/history major, have already joined the National Collegiate Paintball Association, which allows them to communicate with major universities in the nation such as Washington State University, UCLA and even University of Oregon.
With a squad of 16 to 20 committed members, they plan to train their "tournament squad" with a 14-page booklet that Nov wrote that contains basic skills for accuracy, communication and outlined drills.
"I can really combine my leadership skills and my knowledge to create something that hasn't been there before," Nov said.
He is a very enthusiastic "arena-ball" competitor and would watch videos of the previous NCPA Championships to get a grasp of what he and his team are up against. Nov hopes to head to this year's championships to learn and observe the best players in the collegiate world.
Corey Field, professional paintball player and current Oregon State paintball coach, chose Nov over many requests for the coaching position.
"I had seen Jonathan's post stating he was trying to promote the sport of paintball … I emailed him saying I was interested," Field said.
Nov is convinced that he can have an established team in 30 days. He has been allowed to use the name "Oregon State University" on the jerseys that he designed. The orange-and-black prototype holds the phrase, "Nulli Secundus," which means "second to none" in Latin.
"I believe it is foreshadowing of our potential," Nov said of the phrase.
Gates is enthusiastic for the development of his goal and "expects everyone to be a good student and to try hard and do your best."
Nov expressed high expectations for the future Oregon State team and is highly-committed to making this happen. Gates hopes that they will be able to call themselves "the Beavers" in the future and gain support from the university.
However, the team is currently in need of sponsorships from any paintball manufacturers and a faculty sponsor to make them an official club.
"Given the right people, the right circumstances, the right support and the right heart behind this, I really believe that Oregon State can be first and foremost in the collegiate paintball world."
Anyone who is interested in joining the team or becoming a faculty sponsor can contact Nov at OSUpaintball@gmail.com.
Theo Hendrickson, staff writer
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
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Jonathan Bass
posted 2/11/09 @ 2:52 PM PST
Great work, Theo!
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