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Walker Named GoHuskies.com SAOTW
Junior Bryana Walker
 
Junior Bryana Walker

Feb. 25, 2013

SEATTLE -Junior Bryana Walker from the softball team has been named the GoHuskies.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 18-24.

Walker had an outstanding weekend in the circle as the Huskies went a perfect 4-0 for the first time on the season and has won five games in a row.

Walker was pitching in front of family and friends just outside of her home town, La Quinta, Calif., in nearby Cathedral City as a part of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.

She went 3-0 on the weekend in 21.0 innings and allowed just one earned run and one walk with 28 strikeouts and a 0.43 ERA with wins over Virginia, No. 23/23 Florida State and No. 13/16 Georgia.

In the first game against Virginia she allowed just one earned run with a career-high 12 strikeouts. In the 2-0 shutout vs. FSU she allowed just three hits and had eight strikeouts.

Washington handed Georgia its third-straight loss and defeated its highest ranked team of the season. In the complete game she allowed just four hits and no earned runs while striking out eight.

Other nominees include: Austin Voth (baseball), Jazmine Davis (women's basketball), Lauren Rogers (gymnastics), Scott Suggs (men's basketball), Chris Williams (men's golf), Max Manthou (men's tennis), Megan Goethals (women's track and field), Joey Bywater (men's track and field) and SooBin Kim (women's golf).

Go Huskies!