Coupeville Sports

Jordan Wilcox (right) celebrates his team’s championship. (Brady Manz photo)

Jordan Wilcox is going to the World Series.

The Coupeville High School grad is pounding the ball for a Western Washington University baseball squad that just claimed one of eight spots at the National Club Baseball World Series in Tampa May 24-30.

The Vikings are the Northern Pacific Regional champs and will face Illinois in the opening game of the double-elimination tourney. Western is seeded seventh, behind Texas A & M, Illinois, Iowa, Penn State, California and James Madison and ahead of Florida.

With Western offering a limited amount of “sanctioned” sports, students fill in the gaps by creating and running their own programs for sports not offered by the university.

Many of those club teams are among the most successful the school is affiliated with, from baseball to rugby and mens’ hockey, which has won multiple national titles.

Wilcox, who was a basketball and baseball star during his time in the red and black at CHS, has anchored the Vikings in the infield, while putting up nice numbers at the plate.

The most recent stats I can find show him smacking the ball to a .383 clip (18 for 47) at the plate through 15 games, with two home runs, 13 RBI, 10 runs scored and four stolen bases.