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AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021-22): NCAA Championships qualifier … All-South Atlantic Conference Carolinas (1^st Team) … Compiled a 16-7 record, including one win by major decision, two via technical fall and three by pin … Was 6-0 against SACC opponents … Tallied a 9-4 mark in dual meets, posting 36 points while yielding 13 … Won all three matches at the Pembroke Classic … Also posted a 3-1 mark at the NCAA Super Regional 2 Tournament (2^nd place) … Loss in title bout of regional tournament snapped a personal nine-match win streak … Went 0-2 at NCAA Championships.
 
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21): NCAA Championships qualifier … Tallied an 11-6 record, including seven wins via pin … Finished fourth at the Mountain East Conference Championships … Went 3-1 at the NCAA Super Regional 2 Tournament on the way to third-place finish … Won first five matches of season … Split four matches at the MEC Championships … Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships, including a 9-3 decision over Mercyhurst’s Luke McGonigal in his opening bout.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18):  Tallied an 16-22 (.421) record, including an 8-10 clip in dual meets … Registered five wins via pin and two others by major decision … Finished 7^th at the Citrus Invitational … Went 2-2 at the season-opening Hokie Open … Tallied three victories at both the Midwest Classic and the Citrus Invitational … Turned in a perfect 3-0 day at LIU Post-hosted Long Island Wrestling Day … Performance came amid a season-longest six-match win streak.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17): Compiled a 9-10 (.474) record, including a 7-4 clip in tournaments … Tallied two wins via pin and two others by major decision … Went 4-8 against NCAA Division II competition … Picked up first collegiate victory with a 12-4 major decision over Central Florida’s Rohan Phillip at the Pembroke Classic … Recorded a 3-1 record on the way to a third place finish at the event … Strung together three-straight victories to capture top honors at the Star City Open … Logged first dual meet victory against Emmanuel, while also picking up a dual meet victory against King … Went 0-2 at the NCAA Midwest Super Regional.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Ragsdale High School for his father and coach Lewis Walker … Compiled a 51-4 (.927) record as a senior on the way to his second-straight state championship … Tallied a 52-4 (.929) record as a junior.
 
PERSONAL: The son of Sharna Newton and Lewis Walker … Has three brothers – Brach, Brandon and Balen – and one sister, Britney … Brother, Brach, was a former standout wrestler at UNC Pembroke … Maintained a 3.0 cumulative grade point average at Ragsdale High School … Enrolled in pre-major studies at UNCP.