Coupeville Sports

Nick “The Big Hurt” Streubel and parents David and Nanette Streubel. (John Fisken photo)

Streubel and Dustin Van Velkinburgh, one of the coaches who taught him the game.

Nick Streubel is staying in-state.

The Coupeville High School senior lineman, a 1A all-state player this past season, verbally committed to Central Washington University Sunday.

He expects to sign with them, accept their scholarship offer and take his football skills to Ellensburg.

Streubel and parents David and Nanette made an official recruiting trip to the campus this weekend and came away impressed with what they saw.

“I’ve always loved Central from when I went there for footall camp as a freshman and loved it ever since,” Nick Streubel said. “The coaching staff is great and fun to be around, as well.”

The Wildcats will be playing for a new coach, having recently hired Ian Shoemaker from a field of 55 applicants.

He spent the past six seasons as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. While he was there, the Huskies made the playoffs three of the last four years.

CWU, which competes at the NCAA Division II level, has won the conference championship in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference seven of the last 11 seasons. They went 7-4 in 2013.