IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Ray Walker has been seizure free for five years thanks to a surgery with the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

Now, he will be the Iowa Hawkeyes’ next Kid Captain this weekend.

Walker’s seizures began when he was an infant, averaging 20 seizures a day.

He was misdiagnosed several times before he was referred to the University of Iowa Hospital. There, doctors diagnosed Walker with focal epilepsy, a disease which causes seizures in one side of the brain.

He had surgery to disconnect the left half of his brain at just 19 months old.

Now 7 years old, he will cheer on the Hawkeyes on Senior Day as they take on Michigan State at Kinnick Stadium.

Walker is in second grade and loves books, school and learning. He also enjoys riding his go-kart and

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