for the Hawaii Winter Baseball League in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, Wilson became president of the West Coast League, a top summer collegiate wood-bat baseball league, serving in that position until 2013. The following year he helped found and became president of the Great West League, a summer collegiate wood-bat baseball league that began play in 2016. In 2015 Wilson became owner and operator of the Portland Pickles, a team in the Great West League. The Pickles had 16 sellouts and played to 99% of capacity at Portland's Walker Stadium in their inaugural 2016 season. Following the season, Wilson divested himself of his ownership interest in the team and served full-time as the commissioner of the Great West League, until it ceased operating following the 2018 season. In 2020 he founded the Women's Collegiate Softball League in Portland, Oregon, to begin play with the All-Star Softball Festival in July, 2022 and a 42-game season in 2023. References 1947 births Living people American Hockey League broadcasters American radio sports announcers American television sports announcers Baseball executives California Angels announcers Chicago Blackhawks announcers Chicago White Sox announcers Cincinnati Reds announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters Minor League Baseball broadcasters National Football League announcers National Hockey League broadcasters Oakland Athletics announcers Philadelphia Eagles announcers St. Louis Blues announcers St. Louis Cardinals announcers Seattle Mariners announcers Sportspeople from Detroit University of Hawaiʻi alumni University of Michigan alumni Redford High School alumni