UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
Played in eight games for the Gauchos, making 60 saves to just 36 goals allowed in 200 minutes … Matched her career high with 18 saves in the Gauchos’ win over Salem on Jan. 26 … Also made 11 saves in Santa Barbara’s overtime game against Fresno State on Jan. 31 … Did not allow a goal in 16 minutes of action against Carthage on Jan. 25.
2024
All-Big West Honorable Mention … Named to USA Water Polo’s midseason watchlist for the Cutino Award, given annually to the best collegiate water polo player in the nation … Received UC Santa Barbara's Golden Eagle Award as the player on the team with the highest GPA ... ACWPC All-Academic Team, Outstanding level ... CSC Academic All-District selection ... Big West Academic All-Conference honoree ... Started all 29 games in goal for the Gauchos, recording a career-high 221 saves on the season, the most in one season since 2016 and the eighth-highest single-season mark in program history, out-doing her 2023 total of 211 … Ranked second in The Big West in total saves, save percentage (.533) and goals-against average (8.06) … Her 42 steals ranked third among all Big West players and led all goalies in the conference … Made the 300th save of her career on Feb. 23 against No. 4 Stanford and the 400th of her career on Apr. 7 against No. 12 UC San Diego … Added five assists on the season, including a two-assist day against Ottawa Arizona on Feb. 10 … Had eight double-digit save performances, making a season-high 15 stops at No. 9 UC San Diego on Feb. 4.
2023
All-Big West Honorable Mention … All-Big West Freshman Team selection … ACWPC Academic All-American, Outstanding level ... Voted Co-Rookie of the Year by her teammates … Played in 24 of UC Santa Barbara’s games, starting 19 of them … Made 211 saves, the most in one season since 2016 and the ninth-highest single-season mark in UC Santa Barbara history … Ranked fourth in The Big West for total saves and second in saves per game … Also provided seven assists and recorded 26 steals … Made double-digit saves on 10 different occasions, including a career-high 18 against CSUN (April 1) … Made 15 saves in her Big West Championship debut, April 28 against Long Beach State … Recorded double-digit stops in both of the team’s meetings with No. 3 UCLA, 10 on Jan. 22 and 12 on Feb. 24.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Davis Senior High School playing in the Sac-Joaquin Section (SJS) under coach Doug Wright … Also played for Diablo Alliance Water Polo Club … Four-time varsity letter winner … 2018, 2019, 2021 CIF SJS Champions … 2021 Northern California Regional Runner-Up … 2019, 2021 Delta Valley All-Conference First Team … 2019, 2021 CIF SJS DI First Team, 2019, 2021 Kai-California-Hawaii All-American Second Team … 2019, 2020 NISCA All-American Second Team, 2021 SJS- North Fall Scholar Athlete of the Year … Cumulative high school GPA of 4.6 … also competed in swim
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kelly Doerzbacher and Matthew Walker in Burlington, California ... Has a younger sister, Mackenzie, and a younger brother, Alex … Plans to major in physics and aspires to become a research scientist in the field of astrophysics … Roots for the New England Patriots, Golden State Warriors, and Boston Celtics … Favorite movies are Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Interstellar, and Everything and Nothing … Favorite TV Shows are Star Wars: The Clone Wars, My Little Pony, and Santa Clarita Diet … Favorite musicians/bands are Ed Sheeran, Imagine Dragons, Eminem, and Taylor Swift… Enjoys playing piano, singing, and lifting weights.
