"Stevie Walker epitomizes all that is great about college athletics," said Terrier varsity soccer coach Neil Roberts.
These are not just idle words for there is strong evidence to support the veteran coach's laudatory comments.
On the pitch, Steve Walker was a strong ball-winning back who also had the ability to move forward to play offense. Case in point are the 32 points he scored, which ranked 31st on the school's all-time list at the time of his induction.
He played in 78 games, starting 77 of them, and, during his four-year career, the team compiled and overall record of 54-21-9. In conference play, the Terriers were 24-1-1 as they won the North Atlantic title all four years. The team advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times, and, in two of those years, the Terriers won their first-round games.
In the classroom, he excelled in the University's physical therapy program, and today is a successful therapist in Scotland.
His performances earned him All-America honors both for his athletic and academic accomplishments.
As an athlete, Steve was a one of the nation's Elite Eleven Defenders as selected by Soccer News, was All-New England, All-Conference as well as the team's MVP and All-America as a senior. As a student his final year, he was the conference's top male student-athlete in soccer, the team's student-athlete award winner, as well as GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America.
"You could always depend that Stevie would perform at the highest level no matter what he did," said Roberts. "He was very disciplined and was always focused on what he had to do both on and off the field.
"He was a quality player, but more importantly, he was and still is a quality person."
