Laura Walker (born November 19, 1990, as Laura Crocker) is a
Canadian
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
curler from
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
,
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
.
She is a two-time Canadian University champion, a national junior champion, world junior silver medallist and world mixed doubles bronze medallist. Walker is originally from
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census 629,941) is a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated in the eastern part of the City of Toronto. Its borders are Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue (Toronto), Steele ...
.
Career
Juniors
Walker began her junior curling career as a skip. In 2008, her Scarboro Golf & Country Club rink made it to the
provincial junior championships where her team finished with a 2–5 record. In 2010, Walker was invited to join the
Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...
junior rink at the second position. The team's regular second,
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Blair Kreviazuk (; born September 27, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Kreviazuk was born in Mississauga, Ontario, and grew up in the Nepean sector of Ottawa. She was the longtime second for the Rachel Homan rink, playing with her from 2002 ...
, was too old to play in juniors that season (but played with the team in
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...
events). The rink would win the provincial championship and the
2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and would then make it to the final of the
2010 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2010 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 5 to 14 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland.
Men
Teams
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Round-robin results
Draw 1
''Saturday, March 6, 14:00 ...
where they lost to Sweden. The following season, Walker and lead
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk (born May 2, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. She currently plays second on Team Carly Howard.
Career
Kreviazuk was the longtime lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its ...
joined up with the
Clancy Grandy junior rink. With Grandy, Walker won her second straight provincial championship but finished with a 5–7 record at the
2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, missing the playoffs.
While Walker was finding success with her junior career, she also found success representing
Sir Wilfrid Laurier University as a university curler, where she attended school from 2008 to 2012. Walker won the
2011 CIS/CCA Curling Championships defeating
Brock University
Brock University is a public university, public research university in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is the only university in Canada in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, at the centre of Canada's Niagara Peninsula on the Niagara Escarpment. The ...
in the final. In her final year at Laurier, Walker would repeat her championship, winning in the final of the
2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships against Brock once again. Walker graduated that year from Laurier with a BA in Psychology.
Women's
Following the
2011–12 season, Walker and teammates
Sarah Wilkes
Sarah Wilkes (born August 4, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from London, Ontario. She is currently the lead for Team Rachel Homan, the 2024 Scotties, 2025 Scotties, 2024 World and 2025 World Champions. She previously won the ...
and
Jen Gates moved from Ontario to curl out of
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
,
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
where they were joined by Albertan
Rebecca Pattison. Walker played in her first WCT
Grand Slam event at the
2012 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The 2012 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 5 to 8 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. It was the first women's Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam event of the 20 ...
, where her team lost in the quarter-finals. At the second Grand Slam of the season, the Crocker rink repeated that success by finishing in the quarterfinals of the
2012 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic. However at the next Slam, the
2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic her team would miss out at the quarters, by losing in the round of 16. At the
2012 Masters Grand Slam of Curling, the rink went 0–5. The team qualified for the
2013 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Crocker's first provincial women's championship appearance. The team began the tournament with four straight victories, but lost both of their playoff games. To wrap up the season, the Crocker rink made it to the quarter-finals of the
2013 Players' Championship. After the season, Wilkes became the team's alternate and was replaced by
Erin Carmody
Erin Carmody (born August 4, 1988) is a Canadian curler, originally from Prince Edward Island but residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as of 2019. She currently plays second on Team Andrea Kelly. A native of the city of Summerside, Carmody was a ...
at third.
To start the
2013–14 season, the Crocker team played in both the
2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the
2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Women's Classic
The 2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Women's Classic was held from October 25 to 28 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was the second women's Grand Slam of the season. Th ...
, failing to make the playoffs in either event. Her team played in the
2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials
The qualification event for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the Capital One Road to the Roar for sponsorship reasons), was held from November 5 to 10 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex in Kitchener, Ontario.
The t ...
, winning two games, but not qualifying for the Olympic Trials. Next, Walker played in the
2013 Winter Universiade
The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013.
This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade ...
with her Laurier University rink which included Wilkes, Gates and lead
Cheryl Kreviazuk. She would lead the team to a 4–5 record, missing the playoffs. Walker finished the season by playing third for
Val Sweeting
Valerie Sweeting (born July 9, 1987 in Redvers, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Lottie Lake, Alberta She currently plays third for Team Kerri Einarson. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the and Scotties Tournament of Heart ...
at the
2014 Players' Championship
The 2014 Players' Championship was held from April 15 to 20 at the Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. It was the fourth and final Grand Slam of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour.
On the men's side, Edmonton's ...
, where they would miss the playoffs.
Effective as of March 11, 2014, the team announced that
Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the and Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba p ...
would take over as skip of the team. Walker would move to third and Gates would remain at lead. Wilkes has left the team.
Taylor McDonald
Taylor Rae McDonald (born May 12, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. She currently plays third on Team Kate Cameron. McDonald previously played second for Team Laura Walker and Team Kelsey Rocque, with whom she won gold at the 2014 W ...
was recruited to play second for the team, while Carmody left the team. The team would win two tour titles that season, the
HDF Insurance Shoot-Out and the
Boundary Ford Curling Classic. The team played in three slams that season, making the playoffs in only the
2014 Canadian Open of Curling, where they lost in the quarterfinals. At the
2015 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team would lose in the finals.
Following the 2014–15 season, Carey formed a new team, and was replaced by
Kelsey Rocque as the team's skip. In their first season together, the Rocque rink won the
Red Deer Curling Classic
The Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The men's tournament started i ...
and the
CCT Uiseong Masters on the tour. The team played in five slams, making it to the quarterfinals in four events. Team Rocque played in the
2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, but failed to make the playoffs. The team also played in the
2015 Canada Cup of Curling, but finished with a 2–4 record, missing the playoffs. The following season, the team had less success on the tour. They would play in four slams, making it to the quarterfinals in just one event, the
2016 GSOC Tour Challenge
The 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from November 8 to 13 at the Western Financial Place and the Cranbrook Memorial Arena in Cranbrook, British Columbia. This was the second Grand Slam of the 2016–17 curling season.
The men's tier 1 fina ...
. The team played in the
2016 Canada Cup of Curling, but once again missed the playoffs with a 2–4 record. In the
2017–18 season, Team Rocque would win the
Curl Mesabi Classic and would play in three slams, making it to the quarterfinals at just the
2018 Meridian Canadian Open. The team played in the
2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials, losing in the playoffs. Midway through the season, Walker took over skipping duties of the team, but remained throwing third stones. The Rocque rink played with the new arrangement at the
2018 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they narrowly missed the playoffs. The next month it was announced that the team would be splitting up. In their final event together, with Rocque off the team, the rink would lose in a tiebreaker at the
2018 Players' Championship
The 2018 Players' Championship was held from April 10 to 15, 2018 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam event of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour.
On the ...
with Walker skipping and
Kendra Lilly brought in to play third.
For the
2018–19 season, Walker skipped a new team of
Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham (born Cathy Overton, July 19, 1969) nicknamed "Cathy O" is a Canadian curling, curler. Overton-Clapham is one of Manitoba's most decorated female curlers, with one world championship, five national championships, and thirte ...
,
Lori Olson-Johns
Lori Olson (born on November 24, 1976), better known as Lori Olson-Johns is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. From 2014–2018, she played third for Val Sweeting and with Sweeting, finished runner-up at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of ...
and
Laine Peters
Laine Peters ronounced: LAY-nee(born March 24, 1970, in Arborfield, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler, from Calgary. Peters has played in 11 Tournament of Hearts and six World Championships. Peters grew up in Carrot River, Saskatchewan.
Ca ...
. They played in four of seven Slams and were knocked out of the
2019 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts 9–2 by
Jodi Marthaller. Outside of her team, Walker spared in two other Grand Slam events. She replaced
Joanne Courtney
Joanne Margaret Courtney (born March 7, 1989, as Joanne Taylor) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. From 2014 to 2022, she was a member of the Rachel Homan rink which won the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship and represented Cana ...
on
Team Homan at the
Players' Championship
The Players' Championship, currently known as the AMJ Players' Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the final event of the Grand Slam of Curling tour, and is formerly the championship of the World Curling Tour season.
From 2016 to 2019, i ...
partway through the event and replaced
Allison Flaxey
Allison "Alli" Flaxey ( Nimik; born February 13, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Carly Howard. She is a former Canadian Mixed champion, and World Mixed Doubles bronze medallist.
Career
Flaxey ...
at skip for her team at the
2019 Champions Cup, where they had a quarterfinal finish.
On March 15, 2019, it was announced that Walker was once again skipping a new team of
Kate Cameron,
Taylor McDonald
Taylor Rae McDonald (born May 12, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. She currently plays third on Team Kate Cameron. McDonald previously played second for Team Laura Walker and Team Kelsey Rocque, with whom she won gold at the 2014 W ...
and
Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland (born October 4, 1990 as Nadine Chyz) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.
Career
Scotland's first breakout event was at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where she represented Team Alberta. She skipped the ...
for the
2019–20 season. They did not qualify for the playoffs in their first two events, the
2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker and the
Booster Juice Shoot-Out before winning the 2019
Mother Club Fall Curling Classic
The Mother Club Fall Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's curling tour. It is held annually in late September at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces ...
after posting a perfect 7–0 record. Walker won her first provincial title this season as well, defeating former teammate
Kelsey Rocque 7–4 in the
2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts final. Representing Alberta at the
2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 15 to 23 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The winning team was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Women's Cur ...
, Walker led her team to a 3–4 record, failing to qualify for the championship round. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the
Players' Championship
The Players' Championship, currently known as the AMJ Players' Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the final event of the Grand Slam of Curling tour, and is formerly the championship of the World Curling Tour season.
From 2016 to 2019, i ...
and the
Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
Due to the pandemic, the 2021 Alberta Scotties were cancelled, so
Curling Alberta
Curling Alberta is the regional governing body for the sport of curling in Alberta. It was incorporated in 2018 as an amalgamate of the Alberta Curling Federation (ACF), the Northern Alberta Curling Association (NACA), the Southern Alberta Curli ...
appointed the Walker rink to represent the province at the
2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 19 to 28 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada ...
. Walker's regular lead
Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland (born October 4, 1990 as Nadine Chyz) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.
Career
Scotland's first breakout event was at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where she represented Team Alberta. She skipped the ...
, who was three-months pregnant, opted not to play in the tournament, which was being held in a "bubble" due to the pandemic. She was replaced by
Rachel Brown. Due to COVID restrictions, there was no one in attendance for the event, including family members, but Walker, was allowed to bring her five month-old son and her husband as a caregiver. Her son was the only baby in the "bubble". In the tournament itself, Walker led Alberta to a 9–3 round robin record, tied for third with Manitoba, skipped by
Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned more than five decades, she was nomin ...
. Walker beat Jones in the tiebreaker, but lost in the semifinal against the defending champion Team Canada rink, skipped by
Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...
, settling for a bronze medal. Walker returned to the bubble in April 2021 as she was scheduled to spare for the
Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...
rink for the only two Grand Slam events of the abbreviated season. Up until the day the event started,
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew (born February 14, 1989) is a Canadian curler. She is a three-time World and five-time Canadian champion curler as a member of the Rachel Homan rink. She was Homan's longtime third until 2022 when she moved to second, when ...
, Homan's third, was supposed to skip the team as Homan had just given birth to her second child three weeks earlier, with Walker substituting at third. However, Homan returned in time for the event, leaving the team's original lineup intact. The Homan rink won the
2021 Champions Cup and finished runner-up at the
2021 Players' Championship
The 2021 Players' Championship, Princess Auto Players' Championship was held April 20–25, 2021 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was announced that both the Pl ...
. Walker did not play in any games for the team.
In just their second event of the
2021–22 season, Team Walker reached the final of the
2021 Alberta Curling Series: Saville Shoot-Out where they were defeated by
Kim Eun-jung. Due to the pandemic, the qualification process for the
2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials for sponsorship reasons) were held from November 20 to 28 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The winners of the men's and women's events repres ...
had to be modified to qualify enough teams for the championship. In these modifications,
Curling Canada
Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes ...
created the
2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event, an event where five teams would compete to try to earn one of three spots into the
2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials for sponsorship reasons) were held from November 20 to 28 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The winners of the men's and women's events repres ...
. Team Walker qualified for the Trials Direct-Entry Event due to their
CTRS ranking from the 2019–20 season. At the event, the team went 2–2 through the round robin, qualifying for the tiebreaker round where they faced British Columbia's
Corryn Brown
Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops.
Career
She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and represen ...
. After being defeated by Brown in the first game, Team Walker won the second tiebreaker to secure their spot at the Olympic Trials. The team had one more event before the Trials, the
2021 National
The 2021 BOOST National was held November 2 to 7 at the Chestermere Recreation Centre in Chestermere, Alberta. It was the second Grand Slam and second major of the 2021–22 curling season.
Qualification
The top 16 ranked men's and women's te ...
Grand Slam, where they lost in the quarterfinals to
Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury (born Tracy Horgan; June 13, 1986) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season, and now plays third on the team. With Homan, she won the 2024 Scotties Tournament of ...
. A few weeks later, they competed in the Olympic Trials, held November 20 to 28 in
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...
,
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. At the event, the team had mixed results, ultimately finishing in sixth place with a 3–5 record.
A few weeks before the Alberta provincial championship, Team Walker won the Alberta Curling Series: Avonair tour event, defeating
Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion. She currently coaches the University of Lethbridge curling team.
Career Juniors
Scheidegger won the 2009 Albert ...
in the final. They then competed in the
2022 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they posted a 6–1 record through the round robin. This created a three-way tie between Walker, Scheidegger and the
Kelsey Rocque rink, however, as Walker had to best draw shot challenge between the three rinks, they advanced directly to the final. There, they met the Scheidegger rink, who defeated Rocque in the semifinal. After a tight final, Walker secured the victory for her team with a draw to the eight-foot to win 6–5. This qualified the team for their second straight national championship. At the
2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from January 28 to February 6 at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team represented Canada at the 2022 World Women's Curl ...
, the team could not replicate their success from 2021, finishing the round robin with a 3–5 record and missing the playoffs. Team Walker wrapped up their season at the
2022 Players' Championship
The 2022 Players' Championship, Princess Auto Players' Championship was held April 12–17 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the fourth Grand Slam of Curling, Grand Slam and final major of the 2021–22 curling season, f ...
where they missed the playoffs.
On March 17, 2022, the team announced that they would be disbanding at the end of the 2021–22 season. Walker then announced that she would be focusing solely on mixed doubles for the next Olympic quadrennial with partner
Kirk Muyres
Kirk Lyle Muyres (born June 29, 1990) is a Canadian curler. He is a former Canadian junior champion.
Career Juniors
As a youth, Muyres was a member of the Saskatchewan team at the 2007 Canada Winter Games, where he played 5th.
For much of his ...
. Despite this, she became the full-time alternate on Team
Kaitlyn Lawes
Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...
as both Lawes and Njegovan went on maternity leave during the year. She first stepped in for the team at the
2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic where they won the event title. She also helped the team reach the quarterfinals of the
2022 Masters. At the
2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 17 to 26 at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada at the 2023 World Wome ...
, she slotted into the third position for the team with Njegovan on leave. After a 5–3 record, they lost in a tiebreaker to Nova Scotia, skipped by
Christina Black
Christina Black (born October 21, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently skips her own team out of the Halifax Curling Club.
Career Women's
Black joined Team Mary-Anne Arsenault for the 2014–15 season at third. ...
. Walker also played for the team at three other Slams, the
2023 Canadian Open, the
2023 Players' Championship and the
2023 Champions Cup where they failed to reach the playoffs.
Mixed doubles
In mixed doubles play, Walker plays with
Kirk Muyres
Kirk Lyle Muyres (born June 29, 1990) is a Canadian curler. He is a former Canadian junior champion.
Career Juniors
As a youth, Muyres was a member of the Saskatchewan team at the 2007 Canada Winter Games, where he played 5th.
For much of his ...
. She previously played with husband
Geoff Walker until 2018. With Walker, at the
2016 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, the pair would make it all the way to the finals before losing to the
Jocelyn Peterman
Jocelyn Andrea Peterman (born September 23, 1993) is a Canadian curling, curler. She currently plays second (curling), second for the Kaitlyn Lawes rink. She was the second on the Canadian team, skipped by Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones ...
/
Brett Gallant
Brett Philip Gallant (born February 18, 1990, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler from Chestermere, Alberta. He is a former World Champion and Olympic bronze medallist. He currently plays second on Team Brad Jacobs.
...
duo. The pair played in the
2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, where they made it to the playoffs, but were eliminated after winning two playoff games. With her husband playing in the
2018 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2018 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 361˚ World Men's Curling Championship 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 31 to April 8, 2018 at Orleans Arena, on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.
...
, Walker had to find a new doubles partner in Muyres for the
2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The pair found immediate success, winning the event, defeating
Colton Lott
Colton Lott (born July 21, 1995) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays third on Team Matt Dunstone, and also curls with Kadriana Lott in mixed doubles.
Career Juniors
Lott's first curling success came with representing Manitoba at the 2011 ...
and Kadriana Sahaidak in the final. The pair represented Canada at the
2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 21 to 28 at the Östersund Arena in Östersund, Sweden. The event was held in conjunction with the 2018 World Senior Curling Championships.
Teams
Round-robin standings
''Fi ...
, where they won a bronze medal. They also represented Canada in the first leg of the 2018
Curling World Cup in
Suzhou, China
Suzhou is a major prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce.
Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the ...
, which they would end up winning, defeating the United States (
Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. He currently skips his own team out of Duluth, Minnesota.
Curling career
Juniors
As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Juni ...
and
Sarah Anderson) in the final. At the
2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Walker and Muyres went 6–0 through the round robin before losing in the 3 vs. 4 game to
Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...
and
Brad Gushue
Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 ...
, placing fourth. In the next championship, the
2023 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the team again went undefeated in the round robin before losing in the quarterfinals to
Brittany Tran
Brittany Tran (born March 8, 1993, in Red Deer) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently plays third on Team Kayla MacMillan.
Career
Juniors
As a junior, Tran played third for Team Jocelyn Peterman, playing with her since 20 ...
and
Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski (born March 24, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Airdrie, Alberta. He currently plays third on Team Kevin Koe.
Career Juniors
Sluchinski made his first national appearance at the 2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships skippi ...
. Following the 2021-22 season, Walker decided to focus her career strictly to the Mixed Doubles discipline with Muyres to push for an Olympic appearance in 2026.
Personal life

She is married to
Geoff Walker of Team
Gushue, and has two children.
She is employed as a mortgage broker for Mortgage Design Group.
Year-by-year statistics
Team events
Mixed doubles
Teams
Grand Slam record
Former events
Notes
References
External links
*
Laurier Athletics athlete profileCROCKER Laura – Athlete Information – 26th Winter Universiade – FISU site*
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1990 births
Living people
Canadian women curlers
Canadian mixed doubles curling champions
Curlers from Toronto
Curlers from Edmonton
Canada Cup (curling) participants
21st-century Canadian sportswomen