Walls made an immediate impact in the field, earning Field Performer of the Year honors in his first season. He became the first first-year student-athlete to receive this award since Susquehanna’s Chris Petraskie and is the second straight Greyhound to claim the honor, joining current teammate Anthony Morillo. Walls is the eighth Moravian student-athlete to be named Field Performer of the Year. He captured the gold medal in the long jump with a leap of 6.60 meters and also finished fifth in the high jump at 1.87 meters.