Gardner-Webb University Athletics

2015 at Gardner-Webb: Emerged as the mid-week starter early as a sophomore … Made 14 appearances and 12 starts … Went 2-5 with a 4.97 ERA in 63.1 innings of work … Struck out 48 batters and walked 19 … Threw only one wild pitch … Did not allow an earned run in either of his first two starts of the season … Worked a season-high 7.2 innings twice … First came in a no decision vs. Cornell (2/22) … Also hurled 7.2 innings and allowed three runs in a no decision at Furman (3/25) … Worked 5.0 innings to earn a victory vs. North Carolina A&T (4/22).

2014 at Gardner-Webb: Made six appearances and three starts after missing the first half of the season … Went 3-2 with a 4.15 ERA in 17.1 innings of solid work … Fanned eight batters and held opponents to a .254 average at the plate … Did not allow a run in his first four appearances of the season … Worked 2.0 innings on a pitch count in his debut and fanned three to beat USC Upstate (4/2) in relief … Worked 4.0 predetermined innings without allowing a run for a win vs. Brevard (4.9) … Hurled 2.0 scoreless innings of relief for a win over Coastal Carolina (4/25) … Pitched a season-high 5.0 innings vs. Furman (4/30) … Also earned a start in Shelby, N.C., vs. North Carolina (5/13) and fanned two in 3.1 innings pitched … Was 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two appearances against Big South competition … Allowed just one hit in 3.0 innings pitched against league foes.

High School: Played at Calvary Baptist (N.C.) School under Coach Dean Epling … Is the younger brother of Gardner-Webb sophomore Jacob Walker … Hard-throwing righty boasts a fastball that reaches into the low 90s … Was rated as the No. 3 prospect in the Carolina-Virginia Summer Collegiate League by Perfect Game, the only incoming freshman among the top-5 prospects listed …  Went 4-1 with a 1.83 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 42.0 innings of work for the Winston-Salem Crushers … A 2013 Atlantic Region honorable mention choice by Perfect Game … Also a 2012 Underclass honorable mention choice by that group … One of the top right-handed pitchers in the Tar Heel State as a senior … Posted a 7-1 record and 1.59 ERA as a junior at Calvary Baptist.