Career Accolades
- Four-time NCAA team champion (2021-24)
- Three-time MPSF team champion (2022-24)
- Four-time NCAA All-American: parallel bars (2022: parallel bars; 2024: parallel bars; 2025: parallel bars, vault)
- All-MPSF on pommel horse (2023); all-around and parallel bars (2024)
- MPSF Individual Champion (2022: parallel bars)
- CGA Specialist of the Week (April 6, 2022)
- Three-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2022, 2024-25)
- Four-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-24)
- Three-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021-22, 2024)
- CGA Second Team All-America Scholar-Athlete (2025)
As a Fifth-Year (2025)
- Two-time NCAA All-American (parallel bars, vault)
- CGA Regular Season All-American (parallel bars)
- CGA Second Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- MPSF All-Academic Team
- Finished as the national runner-up on parallel bars (14.133) and sixth on vault (14.400) at NCAA Championships
- Won three event titles on all-around, floor, and vault at the Cal Benefit Cup (Jan. 13)
- Earned the parallel bars event crown at the Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 18)
- Appeared in nine events for the Cardinal this season
- Finished the regular season ranked fourth nationally on parallel bars
As a Senior (2024) • National Champions, MPSF Champions
- Nissen-Emery Award Winner
- NCAA All-American (Parallel Bars)
- All-MPSF Team (Parallel Bars, All-Around)
- CGA First Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
- All-MPSF Academic Team
- Appeared in eight meets for the Cardinal, winning two event titles on the season
- Posted a 14.650 to win floor exercise event title at Stanford Open (Jan. 27)
- Won the floor exercise event title against Air Force with a 14.150 routine (14.150)
- Turned in a 14.700 on parallel bars at MPSF Championships to earn all-conference honors, while also posting career-highs on still rings and the all-around (April 6)
- Registered a new career-high of 14.666 on vault in the NCAA qualifier (April 19)
- Earned second career parallel bars All-America honors at NCAA Championships, posting a 14.466 to finish sixth (April 20)
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
| Year | Floor | Pommel | Rings | Vault | P-Bars | H-Bar | All-Around |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Season Highs | 13.950 | 11.900 | 13.700 | 14.650 | 14.100 | 12.750 | 80.650 |
| 2022 Season Highs | 14.733 | 13.800 | 13.800 | 14.650 | 15.055 | 13.500 | 81.502 |
| 2023 Season Highs | -- | 13.900 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 Season Highs | 14.650 | 13.850 | 14.100 | 14.666 | 14.700 | 13.300 | 83.850 |
| 2025 Season Highs | 14.100 | 13.300 | 13.750 | 14.400 | 14.133 | 13.600 | |
| Career Highs | 14.733 | 13.900 | 14.100 | 14.666 | 15.055 | 13.500 | 83.850 |