EVERETT – It happens a lot.
A scout comes to see one player and falls in love with another.
Everett senior shortstop Victoria Coury wasn’t the player the University of Washington came to see last summer. They were looking at a pitcher.
But after an impressive three-day camp last July, the Huskies offered Coury a spot on their nationally-ranked fastpitch softball team. And she signed an NCAA letter of intent Wednesday accepting that offer.
“It’s a huge privilege,” Coury said. Being a Husky has been her goal “ever since I put on a glove.”
Everett coach Kyle Peacocke said Coury “kinda fell under the radar” of most college scouts.
“In fastpitch, pitchers get all the hype,” Peacocke said. “And the last couple seasons, she has played in the shadow of (Shorecrest’s) Suzie Barnes (University of Oregon) and (Lake Stevens’) Gina Carbonatto (University of Pacific).”
Coury hit .398 as a junior and made just five errors. Invited to the Husky summer camp, she gave “120 percent.”
“I knew it was my only chance to get looked at,” Coury said.
Coury said the Washington coaches told her they liked her coachability.
“They liked my work ethic,” Coury said. “I can’t stand not to give it everything I’ve got.
“They said they tried to get into my head, but there was nothing they could do to shake me up.”
Coury said she has been told she will start some as a freshman utility player. She’ll play second base, third base, shortstop and outfield.
“They want to groom me to be a third baseman,” Coury said. “They say I have quick hands.”
M-P guard heading north: In another signing, Marysville-Pilchuck senior guard Nikki Jordan, a second-team all-Wesco North selection as a junior, has accepted a scholarship to play college basketball at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
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