Missouri State

Honors
• MVC All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
• MVC Honor Roll (2021-22)

Senior (2022)/Career Summary
Played in 50 games with 36 starts his final season, hitting .331 with six homers, 19 RBI and 26 runs scored...Hit .363 after April 1 and .380 in MVC games...Batted .420 during a 13-game hit streak from April 1-23, tying the longest streak for an MSU player on the season...Hit .455 with two homers and a perfect fielding percentage in the MVC Tournament to earn all-tourney honors.

2021 (Senior)
MSU’s starting shortstop in 42 games, posting a .964 fielding percentage and swiping a team-high 11 bases in 13 tries...Batted .208 with eight RBI and 21 runs scored, which ranked second on the team...Had a .972 fielding percentage with just two errors in MVC play...Reached base four times and stole three bases in the April 13 win at Missouri...Logged five multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 day at Central Arkansas (March 7)...Drove in multiple runs versus Bradley (April 3) and at Evansville (April 16), adding his lone homer of the season against the Purple Aces...Drew 14 walks and was hit by six pitches.

Background
Spent the 2020 season at Virginia and the prior two seasons at Madison College in Wisconsin ... Appeared in four games at UVA in 2020 following a stellar junior college career in which he hit .350 over the course of 91 games ... First-team all-region and Region IV Gold Glove winner as a sophomore, posting 30 stolen bases and a .342 batting average ... Hit .374 as a freshman and helped the WolfPack qualify for its first of two consecutive NJCAA Division II World Series appearances during his career ... First-team all-state pick as well as the Big Eight Conference and Wisconsin State Journal player of the year as a high school senior ... Earned all-conference honors four times, helped Sun Prairie High to a pair of state title games, and was a four-time letterman as a wide receiver and defensive back on the football field.

Personal
Walker Jenkins is the son of Russell and Kelly Jenkins...Born June 17, 1998, in Fort Hood, Texas...Father played college baseball at Delta State...Earned his general studies degree in Summer 2021 and is working on a Master’s in sports management.