Grinnell College Athletics

Amy E. Walters ’01 was a three-sport standout athlete at Grinnell. In soccer she was an All-Midwest Conference First Team performer all four years, and was named MWC Player of the Year in 1998 and All-Region in 2000. She is the school record holder for career points and points per game and is second in career goals and career assists. In basketball, she was a three-time All-Conference player, and the school record holder for assists, second in steals, and seventh in career scoring. In track and field, Walters was the MWC champion in the 400-meter dash and was top 10 in school history in the 400, 800, 4x400 relay, and distance medley relay as well as the school record holder in the 4x100 relay. Unsurprisingly, she was named Freshman Athlete of the Year in 1998 and three years later claimed the Joyce Buck ’56 Memorial Trophy and Honor G Service Award. She graduated from Grinnell with a degree in sociology and began a career coaching soccer and teaching middle school. She has been teaching at Blake School in Hopkins, Minn., since 2001. After coaching soccer at Augsburg College and Hopkins High School, she is currently assistant coach for the boys' varsity team at Blake and lives in St. Louis Park, Minn.