Career: Has converted 73 percent (45-for-62) of career stolen base attempts ... has played every outfield position.
1999: Purdue’s true leadoff man... one of only three Boilermakers to start all 54 games... led the team in stolen bases with 21-30, which was third in the Big Ten... finished the season with a .332 BA, good enough for fourth on the team, and punched out 48 runs, 22 RBI on 73 hits... legged out 13 doubles and two triples... closed out the year with 93 total bases, fifth on the team... had five multi-hit games in his first six starts, including a 3-for-6 appearance in a 4-3 win against Kent (3/6), where he had four RBI and scored two, and nailed his first double of the year... had a 3-for-4 day at the plate the following day, as he lighted up the line score adding a double, a triple and a home run against Louisville... had his first two-stolen base game in a 17-12 win over St. Jospeh’s (3/24)...followed that with four other multi-steals games, against Valparaiso (3/25), Northern Illinois (3/27), Evansville (4/14), and Illinois (5/15)... had season-high four-hit performance against Princeton (3/15), all of which where doubles... began the season with an eight-game hitting streak, and closed out the season hitting in four straight games.
1998: Named Academic All-Big Ten ... played in all but one game ... flirted with the .400 mark most of the season, finishing at .379 ... led the team with 38 runs scored, 20 stolen bases and four triples ... had an on-base percentage of .440 ... struck out only 16 times in 169 at-bats ... hit .345 with seven stolen bases in Big Ten play ... went 6-for-10 with three RBI, four stolen bases and five runs scored against Louisville (2/21-22) ... went 5-for-7 with a double, triple and four RBI in double-header sweep of Miami of Ohio (3/21) ... hit .500 (23-for-46) during 13-game hitting streak (3/13-4/5) ... slugged game-winning home run against Virginia Tech in Fresno, Calif., to snap an 0-for-17 slump (3/13) ... hit .452 (19-for-42) with eight stolen bases and 15 runs scored during 11-game hitting streak (4/18-5/2) ... went 6-for-14 with five stolen bases against Northwestern (4/24-26).
1997: Went 3-for-6 with a double and an RBI vs. Stetson (3/8, Game 1) ... had a triple, sacrifice fly and three RBI in 5-4 victory over Liberty (3/15, Game 2) ... went 2-for-5 with a double, stolen base and two RBI vs. Illinois (4/5, Game 2) ... was 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI vs. Indiana (5/4).
1996: Redshirted after making the team as a walkon.
Providence Catholic High School: Four-year letterwinner in baseball and football, three in basketball ... batted .417 as a senior with seven doubles and two triples ... member of the National Honor Society ... helped his high school to the state title in football as a senior ... baseball coach was Mike Napolean. Personal: Parents are Melvin Walker and Juanita Carr ... has a sister and a brother, Mallori and Jason ... majoring in organizational leadership ... two letters.
Walker's Career Stats
Yr. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG
1997 31-15 68 6 16 3 1 0 11 4 4 8 .235
1998 51-46 169 38 64 6 4 1 23 20 17 16 .379
1999 54-54 220 48 73 13 2 1 22 21 22 12 .332
Totals 136-115 457 92 153 22 7 2 56 45 43 36 .359
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