The state's returning Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year, the 5-foot-2 sophomore raced to the Class 6A individual state championship this past season with a state-record time of 17:56.3 over the 5-kilometer course, breaking the tape more than
Walden has maintained a 3.71 GPA in the classroom.
A member of her local Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter, she has volunteered locally at the Sand Springs Children's Home and as a youth track coach.