Deedra Walker

Biography

Deedra Walker, a former All-American setter at Colorado State, is in her first season as an assistant coach with the Air Force volleyball team after joining the program in August 2025. Walker joined the Academy after seven years at the Colorado Juniors Volleyball Club, where she worked with the 17 Open team that finished first at the 2023 Nike Mideast Qualifier. She also was on the sideline for teams that placed 13th at the 17 Open Nationals that year and the 16 Open team that finished fifth at the 2022 Nationals. The lead coach for the club’s Rookie Program, she was also responsible for running setter camps and clinics. Prior to her time with Colorado Juniors, she also spent time coaching at MAVS Volleyball (head coach), Kapaun Mt. Carmel (JV coach) and Wichita Volleyball Academy (head coach). As a two-time All-American setter at Colorado State, Walker is no stranger to the Mountain West. Her maiden name of Foss can be found throughout the Rams’ record book, as she remains ranked among the program’s all-time top five in career assists (4,833 – second in the modern era at CSU). Accumulating over 1200 helpers during both her junior and senior years, she finished those years ranked among the nation’s top 10 in setting (10th as a junior, third as a senior). Walker claimed back-to-back MW Setter of the Year honors and capped her stellar career as the 2014 Mountain West Player of the Year. A two-time All-American (honorable mention in 2013, third team in 2014), Walker helped the R