CORVALLIS – Oregon State senior Joel Walker has been named Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced Friday.
Walker is the first Beaver men's soccer player to be named Scholar Athlete of the Year. The forward is a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, and has proven to be an asset to Oregon State in the classroom, in the community and on the field.
A Colorado Springs native, Walker, along with women's soccer player Maddy Ellsworth, helped to launch the Dam Change initiative, a platform designed to bring awareness regarding the issues of systemic racism in today's society.