Malai Walker

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Monroe, N.C.
High School:
Charlotte Latin

Walker's PRs
• 100- 11.73
• 200- 24.23

Junior Year:Competed in the 60 and 200 at the ACC Indoor Championships • Helped women's 4x100 team to fifth-place finish at ACC Outdoor Championships and also competed in the 100 and 200

Sophomore Year: Competed at ACC Indoor Championships in the 60 and 200 • Competed at ACC Outdoor Championships in the 100 and 200 • Led team in the 100 with personal best 11.74 finish

Freshman Year: Earned All-East Regional honors with a sixth place finish in the 4x100 relay • Academic All-American • Named to Dean's List both semesters • Personal record in the 200 at the 2009 Chick-Fil-A UNC Elite Meet with a time of 24.20.

Prep: Three-time state champion in track and field • Holds 15 individual championships • Named all-state and all-conference • Named MVP all four years • Named All-America in Indoor 200m • Named All-Observer Female Athlete of the Year • Also a four-time State Champion in Volleyball leading the team in blocks her junior and senior years • Also was named all-conference and MVP in basketball her junior and senior years.

Personal: History major • Hobbies include drawing and sketching • Names former track coach Trenton Guy, Sr. as having the greatest influence on her athletic career • Favorite book is "Kindred" • Favorite TV show is "So You Think You Can Dance?" • Favorite food is pasta • Malai Symone Walker is the daughter of Kimberly Walker and Chad Armstrong • Born November 4, 1989, in Monroe, N.C.