Norfolk State University Athletics

2013 (Freshman Year): Competed in five games … Had one hit in three at bats with a run scored … Had a pinch hit single and later scored in the inning on March 29 in game 2 against Howard … Played in her first collegiate game on Feb. 20 in game 2 against North Carolina Central … Also played one time in the field, at second base in game 2 March 6 at Savannah State.

High School: Competed on the varsity softball team all four years under coach Meredith Schmidt … Earned All-Bay Rivers District first-team honors and honorable mention All-Region I as a senior shortstop in 2012 … Named second-team all-district her first three years … Tabbed the Virginia Gazette Player of the Year as a senior … Team captain her senior season and team MVP her sophomore, junior and senior years … Was named the team’s best defensive player as a freshman when she fielded .987 with a .425 batting average … Also played on the basketball team all four years and the volleyball team her freshman, sophomore and senior seasons … Earned honorable mention all-district honors in basketball senior season … Member of the cheerleading squad her junior year … A member of the scholar-athlete team as well throughout her time at Warhill.

Club: Competed on the Va Lady Pilots U-18 team, hitting .490 in the summer of 2011.

Personal: Full name is Malinka Paige Walters … Born on Feb. 16, 1994 … Daughter of Tracy and Alicia Walters … Has one younger sister, Jewel … Majoring in biology … Wants to someday become a reconstructive plastic surgeon … Enjoys going to the beach and striking up conversations.

Walters' Career Hitting Stats

YEAR	AVG	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2013	.333	5-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0-1
Totals	.333	5-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0-1