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Zaylee Gubler sets to hurl a pitch homeward.

Yokota senior right-hander Zaylee Gubler has been named Stars and Stripes Pacific softball Athlete of the Year. (Lauren Casey/Special to Stripes)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — In virtually anything and everything she did on the field and off this year, Zaylee Gubler was successful.

The senior right-hander helped bat and pitch Yokota to its third straight Far East Division II softball tournament title and fifth overall with a 24-4-1 season record.

Off the field? Yokota senior class valedictorian. One slot behind her at salutatorian was Erica Haas, the Panthers’ No. 2 right-handed pitching ace. Catcher Kayla Bogdan was third.

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