FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Evan O’Kelly Director of Communications O: (406) 657-2130 E: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Walters’ World: Sibling connection deeply rooted in Yellowjacket Athletics By: Rio Frame, MSUB Media Relations Intern
MSUB golfers Austin Walter and Sammy Walter are the latest in a family connection to Yellowjacket Athletics, carrying on the legacy of older sister Chelsey Walter who is a volleyball alumna. MSUB SPORTS – The average height of a pro golfer is between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot-1. Montana State University Billings freshman golfer, Austin Walter stands at around 6-foot-7. He towers above the rest of his teammates who are all coincidentally either 5-foot-10 or 6-foot-1. A taller golfer theoretically has an advantage of a larger arc swing, however timing and control are more difficult to control. For Austin to decide that golf was the sport that he wanted to play and continue into college demonstrates that he is not afraid of a challenge and that he is extremely mentally tough. This toughness that Austin, and his siblings Sammy Walter and Chelsey Walter display could have been learned from a family trip to Canada where they all went golfing. The Walter family consists of 2015 graduate and volleyball player Chelsey, sophomore women’s golf player Sammy, and Austin along with their parents Chris and Otto Walter. On said trip it was the siblings’ mother, Chris Walter’s turn in the tee box. She took her first swing, missed, let loose her second swing, missed, and her third swing was another miss. By this time her family was trying to stifle its laughter behind her. But by around her 12th try and first actual hit, the four others were falling out of their cart in hysterics over Chris’