Walker

Career Accolades

  • Three-time NCAA team champion (2021-23)
  • Two-time MPSF team champion (2022-23)
  • All-MPSF on pommel horse (2023)
  • NCAA All-American (2022: parallel bars)
  • MPSF Individual Champion (2022: parallel bars)
  • CGA Specialist of the Week (April 6, 2022)
  • Two-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021-22)
  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2022)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)

As a Junior (2023) • National Champions, MPSF Champions

  • All-MPSF (pommel horse)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Competed in the final three meets of the year on pommel horse, going 13.600 or better in each
  • Career-best 13.900 on pommel horse at the MPSF Championships to finish fourth and earn All-MPSF honors (April 1)

As a Sophomore (2022) • National Champions, MPSF Champions

  • NCAA All-American (parallel bars)
  • MPSF Individual Champion (parallel bars)
  • CGA Specialist of the Week (April 6)
  • CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished the season ranked second nationally on floor exercise (14.213) and parallel bars (14.438)
  • National runner-up on parallel bars with a score of 14.600 at NCAA Championships (April 16)
  • Won MPSF individual title on parallel bars with a score of 14.900 (April 2)
  • Won three individual event titles, including two on parallel bars and one on floor
  • Captured event title at NCAA Championships Qualifier on floor with a career-best 14.733 (April 15)
  • 13.800 on pommel horse and still rings, and a 14.550 on vault, to eventually finish with an 81.450 in the all-around at Big Flip Open (Feb. 13)
  • 15.055 on parallel bars on day one from the U.S. Winter Cup (Feb. 25)

As a Freshman (2021) • National Champions

  • CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Won the all-around event title vs. California with a score of 80.650 (March 7)
  • Season-best 14.650 on vault vs. Springfield (March 5)
  • 14.100 on parallel bars vs. Springfield (March 5) and California (March 7)

USA Gymnastics

  • Member of USA Senior National Team
  • Earned a bronze medal at 2023 World Championships team final as Team USA alternate (252.428)
  • Gold Medalist in 2023 Pan American Games team final (249.860) ... also earned silver medal in parralel bars (14.366)
  • Finished fourth in the all-around at 2023 U.S. Championships (168.811)
  • Finished eighth in the all-around at the 2023 U.S. Classic with a 79.350
  • Competed at 2022 World Championships and helped the U.S. finish fifth as a team
  • 2022 U.S. parallel bars silver medalist and vault bronze medalist
  • 2022 U.S. Classic parallel bars champion and second in all-around
  • 2022 Winter Cup vault bronze medalist
  • Led the U.S. to gold at the 2022 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup in Stuttgart, Germany
  • USA Junior National Team (2016-20)
  • 2022 World Championships, Liverpool, England - 5th-Team
  • 2022 Pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1st-Team; 2nd-PB; 5th-PH
  • 2022 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup, Stuttgart, Germany - 1st-Team
  • 2019 International Junior Team Cup, Berlin, Germany - 1st-Team; 3rd-FX; 9th-AA
  • 2019 RD761 International Junior Team Cup, Katy, Texas - 1st-VT; 2nd-Team, AA, SR, HB; 3rd-FX, PB
  • 2018 University of Calgary International Cup - 1st-SR; 2nd-VT;3rd-PB(T); 3rd-Team; 4th-AA
  • 2017 RD761 International Junior Team Cup, Katy, Texas - 3rd-Team; 4th-VT

Prior to Stanford

  • 2020 graduate of Chaparral Star Academy in Austin, Texas
  • Competed for Acrotex Gymnastics (2008-20)
  • Competed in the senior division at the 2020 Winter Cup Challenge where he placed fourth on vault
  • Finished first in the all-around, vault and parallel bars, and took second on still rings, at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, Mo.
  • Captured gold in the all-around, vault and parallel bars, while placing second on still rings, at the 2019 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships in Reno, Nev.
  • Helped team to the 2019 Elite Team Cup championship in Greensboro, N.C.
  • Won the all-around in the junior division at the 2019 Winter Cup Challenge in Las Vegas, Nev.

Personal

  • Born in Austin, Texas
  • Son of Pamela and Keith Walker
  • Has one sister, Kara
  • Aspires to work as an engineer

Career Scores

YearFloorPommelRingsVaultP-BarsH-BarAll-Around
2021 Season Highs13.95011.90013.70014.65014.10012.75080.650
2022 Season Highs14.73313.80013.80014.65015.05513.50081.502
2023 Season Highs--13.900----------
Career Highs14.73313.90013.80014.65015.05513.50081.502