Kirkland native named to All-Tournament Team for Linfield College

Kirkland native Clayton Truex, who was a member of Linfield College’s NCAA Division III National Championship baseball team this spring, was named to the All-Tournament Team after hitting .429

Kirkland native Clayton Truex, who was a member of Linfield College’s NCAA Division III National Championship baseball team this spring, was named to the All-Tournament Team after hitting .429 (9-for-21) in five games at the national tournament held recently at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wis.

On the year, Truex, a first baseman, hit a career-high .333 with 17 extra-base hits – including four home runs – and was an honorable mention on the All-Northwest Conference Baseball Team. He registered the fifth-highest batting average for Linfield, drove in 34 runs and was involved in 41 of the Wildcats’ program-record 54 double plays.

Truex graduated from Lake Washington High School in 2009.

Top-ranked Linfield defeated the University of Southern Maine, 4-1, during the championship game to claim the program’s first national title of the NCAA era (and third overall, including two NAIA crowns in 1966 and 1971).

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The Wildcats set numerous program records throughout their championship run, including 42 victories. To get to the finals, Linfield first captured the Northwest Conference regular-season title with a 21-3 record before defeating then sixth-ranked Trinity (Texas) in a winner-take-all championship game at the Austin Regional.