Background
Reggie is the son of Gene and Judy Willits of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma.
Reggie is the son of Gene and Judy Willits of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma.
He attended junior high and high school at Fort Cobb-Broxton.
He is currently the baseball coach at Binger-Oney (Oklahoma) high school. He is an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma, and he played junior college baseball at Seminole State in Seminole, Oklahoma. Willits was drafted by the Angels in the 7th round (210th overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft.
Willits made his Major League Baseball debut with the Angels on April 26, 2006.
On August 17, 2011, he was designated for assignment by the Angels after five seasons in Anaheim. After the 2011 season, he elected for free agency.
Willits married Amber Klugh of Fort Cobb. They have two children, Jaxon and Eli.
Reggie has an older sister Wendi Willits Wells, who played basketball at Arkansas and for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association. She"s been head girls" basketball coach at Shawnee Oklahoma High School since 2008-2009.
Willits decided to save money and work on his game by moving the family into the batting cage, outfitted with an open plan. In 2007, the home was finally completed. Reggie was named after Reggie Jackson.
Coincidentally, Willits" first son is named Jaxon.
Around the same time, Mollie"s brother (who no longer lived with the Donnells) was naming his kid Jaxon, and Mollie jokingly suggested the name. Amber loved it, and she knew Reggie would as well because of the significance it held for them.
A third son, Hunter was born recently.