Tom Walter hasn’t allowed himself to take a break. It’s because he can’t afford to. The Wake Forest Head Baseball Coach, just weeks removed from his 2023 team engineering one of the most historic seasons in Demon Deacon baseball history, is consumed everyday by roster construction. And more specifically: the Transfer Portal.

Listen as Walter reflects on the incredible success of this past season, while still maintaining perspective on how to best keep the machine humming into 2024 & beyond. Walter recounts his favorite moments, takes inventory of the program’s build to the top in his 14 years in Winston-Salem, spotlights a culture-shifting moment during his tenure, and details the enormous decision to donate a kidney to one of his players very early on and the goodwill that’s resulted from it. Plus, Walter measures his appreciation for the Wake Forest fans and the impact they’ve made.

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