Jayhawk coach Dave Bingham turned to Walker, who had been a reliever all season for KU, to start the Regional Final.

In the tenth, Brent Wilhelm scored on Darryl Monroe's hot shot to short stop.

Once in Omaha the joy was short-lived, as the Jayhawks lost to Texas A&M, and then Long Beach State for an early exit.

The Jayhawks made the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament as a 3 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional and went 2–2.

[6] In 2014, the Jayhawks made their 5th NCAA tournament appearance,[7] but were eliminated after losing 8-6 against Kentucky and finishing 1–2 in the Louisville Regional.