Travis Wall

Travis Wall

Class of 2012
Inducted in 2022

Travis Wall ’12 was a 2-year All-America selection and national Player of Year pick as a forward/midfielder in men’s soccer.  His sophomore year, he led the team in scoring with 15 goals and 3 assists for 33 points, leading the North Coast Athletic Conference in goals and points and ranking second with his average of 1.50 points per game.  He won first-team all-region, All-Ohio, and All-NCAC recognition.  As a junior, he led the NCAC with 12 assists and ranked second in the league with 10 goals, 32 points, and 4 game-winning goals.  He scored the deciding goal in an NCAA first-round win vs. Catholic, added an insurance goal in a second-round win over Kenyon, and set up the game-winner in a third-round win over Johns Hopkins.  He was a first-team All-America pick by both the NSCAA and D3soccer.com, and won first-team all-region, All-Ohio, and All-NCAC honors.  His senior year, he scored 19 goals and added 15 assists for 53 points, leading the NCAC in all 3 categories, and was fourth in the league in game-winning goals (5).  The 53 points was third all-time at OWU, while the 15 assists tied for fourth all-time.  He had a goal and an assist as OWU wiped out a 2-0 deficit in the final 20 minutes of an NCAA second-round win vs. Ohio Northern, scoring the game-winner with 4:09 left in regulation, then tallied the deciding goal in an NCAA quarterfinal win over Hope.  He scored a goal in the national semifinal against Montclair State and put the Bishops on the scoreboard in the national championship game against Calvin, and was named Most Outstanding Player – Offense at the NCAA semifinals and championship game.  He was named Division III Player of the Year and first-team All-America by the NSCAA and Division III Forward of the Year and first-team All-America by D3soccer.com, and repeated as a first-team all-region, All-Ohio, and All-NCAC selection as well receiving NCAC Offensive Player of the Year honors.  During his career, he compiled 49 goals and 36 assists for 134 points, ranking fifth on all 3 OWU career lists, as Ohio Wesleyan went 78-11-5 (.856), including a 34-0-1 mark in conference play.  The Bishops won 4 NCAC championships, 2 NCAC tournaments, and made 4 NCAA Division III tournament appearances, advancing to the final 16 teams thrice, the national quarterfinals twice, and winning a national championship.  He won the Jay Martin Award as OWU’s top senior male student-athlete.