WALKER'S ATHLETICS

Playing the Game

Athletics are an integral part of our girls’ experience. When young women train and compete, they rise to meet new challenges, step into leadership roles, and emerge physically and intellectually stronger — as individuals and as team members. Each girl competes with a passion and determination, and with pride in the Walker’s name. In every aspect of their life at Walker’s, students are empowered to lead with confidence, courage, conviction, and integrity.

Walker’s athletic teams compete in the Founders League, a league of highly selective college preparatory schools, and nationally recognized as one of the most competitive and respected leagues in the country. As a member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC), Walker’s Athletics program supports the NEPSAC Code of Ethics.

Middle School Athletics

At Walker’s Middle School, girls play sports at the level that meets their abilities. Some students excel on Middle School teams while others have the skill to play at the JV or varsity level. At the start of each season, some Middle School athletes are invited by Walker’s Athletic Director or coaches to try out for a JV or varsity team.

spotlight on 2023 Varsity Soccer

Walker’s varsity soccer team recently hosted Frederick Gunn in a matchup of two NEPSAC Class C opponents. The Wildcats remained undefeated in their Class C games with a 10-1 victory on the day,

Ayden Riendeau ’26 scored for the third game in a row as she put Walker’s on the board just two minutes and 29 seconds after the kickoff. Allison Hayes ’25 recorded her first of four assists on the day on the play. The hosts would continue to put pressure on for the rest of the first half and Lucie Martinelli ’27 scored her first of the afternoon about 10 minutes later. Her unassisted effort was scored when she stole the ball on the endline and then beat the goalkeeper at the near post on a very difficult angle with the outside of her right foot.

Martinelli would score six minutes later from the penalty spot and then complete a hat-trick two minutes after that on Hayes’s second assist. Less than a minute later, Martinelli recorded her fourth of the afternoon when she ripped a shot from the right side of the field inside the upper corner at the far post. Hayes gave Walker’s a 6-0 lead in the 21st minute when she took a shot left-footed near the top of the penalty box. Riendeau recorded her first assist of the season on the goal.

Martinelli would score her fifth of the afternoon less than two minutes later when Marlo Meador ’25 played a long ball forward for her first assist this fall. For Martinelli, she now has nine goals and one assist in six games played on the season. Walker’s would add an eighth goal before halftime when Hayes played a great pass to the back post for Gisselle Peña ’26. On the season, Peña now has 10 goals and six assists while Hayes has five goals and nine assists. Both of them have played in all of Walker’s seven games this campaign.

Frederick Gunn got on the scoreboard in the final two minutes of the first half. They earned a corner after Jenna Hamel ’25 made a save on a breakaway. Hamel made two more saves on the ensuing corner, but Gunn’s forward followed up the second rebound to find the back of the net.

After the break, Ava DeSio ’25 scored her first career goal to give Walker’s a 9-1 lead and then Maddie Connelly ’24 finished the scoring on the day with her first of the season late in the contest. Caroline Hayes ’27 recorded her first assist on the play. Both Connelly and Emma Mazur ’27 played 20 minutes in the goal for Walker’s, and each helped maintain a second-half shutout with saves of their own.