Wallace has been appointed chief scorer for Softball New Zealand, 15 years after starting to immerse herself in batting averages and bases on balls.
The Dunedin woman was pinching herself after learning of her appointment.
"Basically, it's the pinnacle for me. It's the highest place I can get to as a statistician," Wallace said.
"I'm sort of the captain of a team. I've got three deputies and about 120 scorers the length of the country."
Wallace (43) will meet her key lieutenants every four or five months to appoint scorers for the major tournaments and teams.
She has been both chief statistician and chief scorer for dozens of tournaments.
She was also the scorer for both the Black Sox and the Junior Black Sox, and attended the world junior championships in Canada in 2005.
Wallace obtained her New Zealand scorer's badge in 1994, reached the seventh grade (the highest) in softball statistics in 2000 and has been on the national panel for six years.
Being appointed the top scorer in the country was the fulfillment of a dream, she said.
"It was always a goal, right from when I took up scoring and gave up playing. I'm really excited. It's a big challenge, like anything.
"It's a voluntary role and it involves a lot of personalities that you have to consider. It's also really nice to see somebody in southern softball get an opportunity like this."
Wallace has been given a two-year appointment but can then re-apply.
She holds the eventual goal of getting an international scoring appointment.
The Dunedin City Council arrears officer started playing softball at 15.
With a mother like Ima Hodges, the godmother of Otago softball, the sport was always going to figure large in her life.
"It's in my blood and I love it. I've had overseas tours through softball that I wouldn't otherwise have had."
Pens and paper are still Wallace's stock in trade but she looks forward to a day when softball introduces electronic scoring, to both make life easier for the scorers and the game more accessible to the fans.
