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How The West Was Won: The 1998 Pacific Men's Soccer Team - Part 2

In part two of this look back at the first Pacific team to reach the NCAA Division III postseason, the Boxers show their resiliency in weathering a tough non-conference schedule and a bumpy start to the Northwest Conference to end the season on an incredible run.

Sydnie Binder Celebrates Winning A Point In Tennis

Break Point: Sydnie Binder '22 MFA '24 Rediscovers Her Love For Tennis

The experience of competing at the NCAA Division I wasn't all that Sydnie Binder '22 MFA '24 hoped for. She has become a standout at the Division III level for Pacific, both on the tennis court and in the classroom.

Graduates On The Gridiron: Wood, Pitre Make The Balance Work

Balancing the workloads of a varsity sport and graduate school can be tough. Rob Wood '22, MBA '23 and Isaiah Pitre '22 MSW '24 took on graduate programs to continue their dream of playing football for the Boxers.

How The West Was Won: The 1998 Pacific Men's Soccer Team - Part 1

We take a look back at the 1998 Pacific men's soccer team, the first Boxer squad to reach the NCAA Division III postseason. Part one of this series looks at the key players and how the team came together in the preseason.

Making The Turn: Maddie Russell '24 Embraces SAAC Leadership Lessons

The senior swimmer and sports leadership and management major is soaking in the experience of leadership of Pacific's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and making connections at the NCAA Convention.

Pacific University Leads Way For New Handball Eyewear Standards

Members and coaches of the Pacific handball team come together with the College of Optometry and the U.S. Handball Association to develop ASTM eye protection standards for the sport.

Koby Murata ʻ23 Wins ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award

Murata is the 2023 NCAA Division III menʻs winner of the annual award named for the late Grand Slam champion, honoring tennis student-athletes nationwide that have exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership.

Carl Boeck '75 Enlisted More Than 25 Years After Graduating, Then Delivered the Gift of Vision Around the Globe

Pacific University Alumnus Carl Boeck '75 enlisted after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and went on to deliver the gift of sight to people in places around the world where the military was conducting civil affairs work.

Boxer Softball — and Judy Sherman — Turned a Corner in 1980

The 1980 softball season was the year everything changed for a talented group of softball players, and for their coach, Judy Sherman.

Zach Binkerd '14, MAT '16 Aims to Help Boxer Wrestling Get Off the Mat

Boxer wrestling hopes to make waves again, guided by a son-father team of Boxer alumni.

It's Christmastime, so Brittany Hartmann '13, MAT '14 is Blowing Up Snowmen on TV

Brittany Hartmann '13, MAT '14 showed America how Santa makes a fast getaway.

Eye Care Offers A Window To Athletes’ Concussions

DeAnn Fitzgerald ’81, OD ’84 of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become well known for her focus on using optometry as a way to manage athletes’ concussions. She has developed protocols for young athletes who suffer head injuries, and her work has been widely shared and emulated around the country.