THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021 Page 17 SPORTS | FROM PAGE 14 The three opponents wanted to test Everett in their first seasons in the newly expanded Greater Boston League. Coach DiLoreto said it was a memorable first season for him at the helm and he was happy at how the team and coaches came together for such a successful season. WALKER | FROM PAGE 5 bury. Following high school, he went on to play football for Boston College. Although he only played in six games, Walker still valued the experience of competing on the collegiate level. “When I was there, I walked onto the football team, which was crazy,” he said during a May 13 question and answer session sponsored by Everett High School. After graduating college with a bachelor’s degree in human development, Walker was unsure about his plans for the future. “I was a young 20-something and had no idea what life had to offer,” he said. However, he found a home with Boston Scholar Athletes and remained with the organization for four years. “From there, I took a risk,” he said, adding that he wanted to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Therefore, he started working at the Nike Store on Newbury Street in Boston to save enough money for his move to southern California. However, something unexpected began to transpire. “What ended up happening was I began climbing the ranks at Nike,” he said. Eventually, Walker was transferred out of the retail division and took a marketing position at Nike’s Boston office. Despite his success in Boston, Walker had not forgotten about the West Coast. Therefore, he would periodically travel to Nike LA to pitch ideas for marketing campaigns. Three years later, his efforts paid off when Nike offered him the opportunity to go to Los Angeles. However, life in southern California was much different than life in Boston. “It was a night and day experience,” said Walker. During his two years with Nike LA, Walker organized a road race in Inglewood, California, a community that was still recovering from a crack cocaine epidemic which struck during the 1980s. “We shut down a freeway to have a race,” he said. Although Walker had the opportunity to take a position at Nike’s corporate office in Oregon, he opted to go work for the NFL, where WALKER | SEE PAGE 21
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