- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my top choice because of soccer and it's friendly."
- Selected VWC over Virginia Commonwealth University
Career Highs
Goals: 3 – (Eastern Mennonite – 10/20/12)
Assists: 1 – (3x, most recent, Lynchburg – 11/6/13)
Points: 6 – (Eastern Mennonite – 10/20/12)
2012 All-ODAC Third Team
Junior (2014): Appeared in 12 contests, making nine starts on the year… Scored two goals, coming in back-to-back games against Randolph College and Bridgewater College.
Sophomore (2013): Scored solo goals against Christopher Newport University, Southern Virginia University, Emory & Henry College, North Carolina Wesleyan College, and Lynchburg College.
First-Year (2012): Co-led the Marlins with eight goals scored… Scored his first intercollegiate goal in a 2-2 tie with Marymount University… Tallied a season-high three goals in a 4-0 win over Eastern Mennonite University.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient… Two-time Dean's List honoree… Posted a 4.00 GPA winter session 2013.
Before VWC: First Team All-Beach District, All-Eastern Region, and All-Tidewater Area as a senior… Second team All-Virginia Group AAA… Second leading goal scorer in Hampton Roads as a senior with 20 goals… Selected as Landstown's Most Valuable Player as a senior… Competed for the Beach FC U18 Boys Red team, a premier travel team that competed in the Virginia Club Champions League and the Atlantic Soccer League… Honor Roll student.
Personal: Son of Erin and William Walke… Has a brother and sister, Garrett and Kelsey.
Get to Know Travis
- A fan of Spanish soccer star Andres Iniesta and soccer team A.C. Milan
- Favorites include the movie "The Book of Eli" and the TV series "Family Guy"
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "hard-working, smart, diligent"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "playing the sport I love."
- The part of my game I've most improved is: "speed."
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to just not pass academically, but exceed the minimum requirements."
- If I could spend the day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Iniesta, because I want to know what it would be like to be with Barcelona."
- If I could possess one superpower it would be: "teleporting, so I could go anywhere anytime."
- The most important advice I've received is: "be careful taking advice from everyone because not everyone will put as much thought into it as you." -- Dad
