Earlham College

2018: Second Team All-HCAC… posted a 5-2 record in 10 appearances with nine starts… charted a 2.33 ERA with 18 earned runs allowed over 69-and-two-thirds innings… fourth among HCAC pitchers in ERA... led Earlham pitchers with 64 strikeouts against only six walks… led the HCAC and seventh among NCAA Division III leaders in strikeout-to-walk ratio (10.67)... also among D-III leaders in walks allowed per nine innings (11th, 0.78) and WHIP (38th, 0.99)... recorded a season-high 16 strikeouts in an eight-inning no-decision appearance against Bluffton (3/30)… posted complete game victories against Washington College (3/13) with five strikeouts in a 3-0 win, and against Manchester (5/6) with nine strikeouts in a 3-0 loss… named HCAC Pitcher of the Week on March 19 for his performance in the win over the Washington College Shorebirds.

2017: HCAC All-Tournament selection… recorded a 2.60 ERA over 27.2 innings pitched… finished the season with a 2-1 record… recorded 26 strikeouts, with a season-high eight K’s versus Wilmington College (3/18).

2016: HCAC Freshman of the Year…D3baseball.com Mideast Region Rookie of the Year…led the HCAC in wins (10), ERA (1.91), complete games (5), and strikeouts (87)…established single season program records for wins, strikeouts and innings pitched (89.1).

Get to know Walter:
Major: Pre-Med/Neuroscience
Favorite Baseball Player: Clayton Kershaw
Favorite Sports Team: Los Angeles Dodgers
Favorite Aspect of Earlham: The diversity, and the baseball facilities.