Southern Oregon University Athletics

Michael Ashe, whose specialty was in distance swimming, left a six-time All-American and 10-time NAIA District 12 champion, breaking school records in the 500-, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyles from 1978-82. As a water polo player, he was part of a run in which Southern Oregon captured 12 consecutive titles at the Northwest Water Polo Championships, and the streaks continued while he served as an assistant coach before earning a degree in health and physical education, anatomy and physiology in 1984.