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A four-year starter at shortstop/second base and a Second Team NAIA All-American selection (1998), Vallie Wells Takahashi excelled on the field and in the classroom during her Boxer career. Named Pacific's Outstanding Female Athlete as a senior (1999), Vallie was a two-time All-West Region selection—one at the NAIA level (1998) and also in Pacific's first season as a NCAA Division III member (1999). She earned First Team All-NCW honors as a freshman in 1996 at shortstop and again as a second baseman in 1998 and 1999. She left campus with three single season school records (hits, runs, stolen bases) and one career mark (at bats). Vallie helped lead the Boxers to the 1998 NWC championship and graduated one year later cum laude with a degree in exercise science.