After reaching major milestones in multiple sports at Sequim High School, Kalli Wiker has gone on to record triple-digit wins playing for George Fox University’s women’s tennis team.

The future physical therapist graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from the Newberg, Oregon university in May, and as a four-year collegiate athlete she earned 104-career singles and doubles wins for the Bruins.

A highlight, she said, was going out swinging in her last match, in a come-from-behind victory.

“I was down a set and I came back and won,” Wiker said. “It took over an hour to (win).”

She won 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 over Pacific University’s Chloe Takahashi on April 18.

Wiker said the match helped George Fox continue playing that day in the conference tournament, but they eventually fell to Pacific 4-2.

“All my teammates were cheering me on,” she said. “It was an exciting match and really fun.”

For Sequim, she and doubles teammate Jessica Dietzman made a comeback of their own in the 2019 State 2A Girls Tennis Tournament.

As a freshman, Wiker, and Dietzman, a sophomore, went undefeated through the season until the state title match against Katrina Kuntz and Nina Vongsaly of Sammamish. Sequim’s No. 1 pairs team lost 6-3, 6-3 and were named state runners-up.

The next year, Wiker (a sophomore) and Dietzman (a junior) made their way back to the state 2A title match with an undefeated record to once again face Kuntz and Vongsaly.

“We had an amazing comeback to win,” Wiker said.

“We lost the first set (6-7) and won the next two (6-2, 6-1).”

They went 40-1 as a doubles team in two seasons.

Unfortunately, COVID-19 halted competitions in 2020, and the district and state tournaments in 2021. However, Wiker took first place at the Olympic League tournament and went 14-0 in singles play her senior season.

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Along with tennis accolades, Wiker was a three-sport athlete earning an Olympic All-League first team honor in volleyball, along with being named to the second team twice and honorable mention once.

For basketball, she was named to the second team three times.

Wiker also holds the Sequim school record for boys and girls for three-pointers made in a game (nine), which still stands today. She was tied for the record with eight 3-pointers before hitting the new benchmark in June 2021.

“It’s fun to have the record,” she said, but she understands it could get broken with a hot streak.

For George Fox this season, Wiker was named All-Northwest Conference first team for the second time, and College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.

For her four years on the team she holds a 104-70 career record and was named to the All-Northwest Conference second team.

She recorded her 100th win on April 12 over Whitman’s Teleya Blunt (6-4, 2-6, 6-3).

Overall, Wiker went 37-29 in singles play and 35-27 in doubles play for spring seasons, and 32-14 in tournament play in fall seasons, according to George Fox University staff.

Photo courtesy George Fox University/ Kalli Wiker, a 2021 Sequim High School graduate, seen in a March match-up for George Fox University, plans to begin her doctorate program this August to become a physical therapist. She was a three sport athlete for SHS and won the 2A State Girls Doubles title in 2019 with Jessica Dietzman.

Path to university

Wiker said she chose George Fox because it was a smaller, Christian school but playing for the tennis team wasn’t a certainty.

“At (NCAA Division III), I wasn’t sure I’d be able to be in the lineup as a freshman,” she said.

“We have six to eight players in the lineup and I was in one of the six matches my freshman year.”

Division III also allows athletes to play both singles and doubles matches.

“It was a lot of work for sure and we were on the court a long time and we had three double-headers this year,” Wiker said.

“We had to push through and cheer each other on. Everyone was super supportive and we just really enjoyed each other.”

She fondly remembers tennis summer camps in Sequim being her first access to playing the sport.

“All the courts were full, and I remember enjoying that (experience) a lot,” Wiker said.

“I didn’t get (fully) into it until high school.”

Reflecting on her time playing in college, Wiker said she learned a lot about time management, particularly balancing classes with playing.

As for her future career in physical therapy, Wiker said she wants to go into the medical field.

“I want to help patients get them back to where they want to be,” she said.

Wiker starts the program this August and will finish in 2028.

As for tennis, she will continue her studies at George Fox and hopes to be able to hit with the team.

“I’ll definitely keep playing,” Wiker said. “I love the sport. It’s easy to get one person to hit with you.”