[1] Walkenbach's coaching career began in the early 2000s, when he served as an assistant at Division III Emory from 2002 to 2003.
In 2005, the Big Red won their first Gehrig Division title but lost to Harvard in the Ivy Championship Series.
It beat Gwynedd Mercy in the opener, then lost to TCNJ and Montclair State and was eliminated.
They defeated the Tigers in the divisional playoff game but lost to Dartmouth in the Ivy Championship Series.
It was Cornell's first Ivy League Title and gave them an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament.
In 2012, pitcher Kellon Urbon was unanimously selected the Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
[3][15][16][17] Prior to the 2016 season, Walkenbach left Cornell to accept the head coaching position at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, a Division III program in his hometown.