Washburn University Athletics

At Washburn: Has had 96 appearances making 79 starts going 43-23 in the circle with a 2.77 earned run average in 422 innings pitched … has three career no-hitters … 43 career wins is eighth all-time at Washburn and she is fifth on the Ichabod career strikeout chart with 389 and second in saves with six … a three-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and the MIAA Academic Excellence listings. 

In 2025: Led the Ichabods with 15 wins in the circle and 141 strikeouts in 158 1/3 innings pitched … made 36 appearances and 28 starts throwing 14 complete games with five shutouts and two combined shutouts adding three saves … tossed her third career no-hitter against Northern State in a complete game shutout striking out 13 in the win … struck out a school record 16 against Rockhurst allowing one hit in a complete game victory …  a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and the MIAA Academic Excellence listings.  

In 2024: A second-team all-MIAA pick as a pitcher leading the Ichabods with a 1.66 earned run average going 20-9 in the circle with 17 complete games and six shutouts, six combined shutouts adding three saves striking out 151 batters overall … Walker's 20 wins was second in the MIAA as were her 169 innings pitched … she is also ranked third in strikeouts and fifth in saves in the MIAA statistics … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and the MIAA Academic Excellence listings. 

In 2023: Made 22 starts in the circle going 8-4 with a 3.11 ERA in 94 2/3 innings pitched while striking out 97 tossing three combined shutouts … tossed a season-high 10 innings with nine strikeouts in a 7-5 win over Northeastern State and then pitched nine more the next game out on senior day striking out five against Emporia State in a 3-1 win … struck out a career-high 10 in six innings against Missouri Southern … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and the MIAA Academic Excellence listings.

Background: Played volleyball, wrestled and softball as a senior earning second-team all-state honors as a pitcher while also earning first-team all-league as a pitcher … as a junior she was a first-team all-league pitcher and an honorable mention selection as an outfielder … named first-team all-state pitcher … batted .660 with a 1.227 slugging percentage with 53 RBI while tossing 62 innings allowing 12 earned runs and striking out 104 for an ERA of 1.35 as a junior … part of volleyball state-qualifying team as a sophomore at Eudora High School … as a freshman at Eudora she was an all-league honorable mention pick and an all-state honorable mention selection as well.

Personal: Daughter of Paul and Katie Walker … a brother, Cole and a sister, Ellie … her mother played basketball at Central Missouri … majoring in nursing.