Steve Walker
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Sport:
Soccer |
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Year
Graduated: 1994 |
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Year
Inducted: 1999 |
"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, he was a strong ballwinning back who also had
the ability to move forward to play offense. Case in point
are the 32 points he scored which ranks 31st on the school's
all-time list.
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, they 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,
they won their first-round games.
In the classroom, he excelled in the University's physical
therapy program, and today is a very 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, and All-Conference as well as the teams 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."
