WILL WALKER OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a junior on the men's swimming and diving team from Houston, Texas, has been selected the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Character and Community Male Student Athlete of the Week for the week beginning October 21.
The SCAC Character & Community award honors the efforts of student-athletes who excel in the field of athletics, and also serve their campus and community.
Walker has won two SCAC Championships as part of the Trinity men’s swimming & diving team, as well being a part of the SCAC Championship 800 freestyle relay teams in 2023 and 2024. Walker also earned All-SCAC honors in two other events – the 200 freestyle in 2023 and the 200 butterfly in both 2023 and 2024. He was also named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team last season, and he has also been named to the SCAC Academic Honor Roll the past two years. Walker has earned a spot on the Trinity Dean’s List three times, including both semesters last year.
Walker is a member of Trinity’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee, is the Chapter office for The Hidden Opponent club, and is also a member of the Special Olympics Club. He is the service liaison for the swimming & diving team who has volunteered at the food bank and helped organize a river clean-up. Walker also organized the team’s “Pink Meet” to open the season, which was a fundraiser for breast cancer research and breast cancer awareness.
In addition to swimming with the Tigers, Walker also works on campus as a lifeguard and a swim instructor. In the classroom, he is doing mitochondrial DNA replication protein research in a biochemistry research lab with Dr. Gustafson at Trinity. Walker is a Biochemistry major at Trinity, who is also a member of the Outdoor Recreation Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
The Tigers opened the season against fellow SCAC member Colorado College on Friday, October 25, and Walker won the 100 fly and was second in the 200 fly at the meet. He was also a part of the winning 400 free relay and the runner-up 400 medley relay teams. Trinity’s men have won five consecutive SCAC Championships and will be seeking its fourth in the spring.
