The 5-foot freshman raced to the Class 6A individual state championship this past season with a time of 11:19.5 over the 3,200-meter course, breaking the tape nearly 11 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Sandites to 10th place as
Walden has maintained a 3.67 GPA in the classroom.
She has volunteered locally for multiple community service initiatives in association with her church youth group.
