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Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | September 10, 1979|||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 143 lb (65 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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High school | Westbury (Houston, Texas) | |||||||||||||||||
College | Louisiana Tech (1998–2002) | |||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2002: 2nd round, 20th overall pick | |||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Detroit Shock | ||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2002–2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||
Number | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
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2002–2005 | Detroit Shock | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Charlotte Sting | |||||||||||||||||
2007 | Detroit Shock | |||||||||||||||||
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Ayana D'Nay Walker (born September 10, 1979) is an American former women's basketball player. She played for the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team from 1998 to 2002. Walker was a member of gold medal-winning USA Basketball Women's National Team in 2001 and set a USA single-game record with 19 rebounds in gold-medal game. She was also a member of gold medal-winning USA Basketball World University Games Team in 2001. Walker was drafted as the 20th overall pick by the Detroit Shock in the 2002 WNBA draft. As a member of the Shock, she won the 2003 WNBA Championship. On July 3, 2005, Walker signed with the Charlotte Sting. After the Sting franchise folded, Walker was drafted by Los Angeles Sparks as the 12th pick in the dispersal draft on January 8, 2007. She returned to Detroit for her final season in 2007.
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2002 | Detroit | 32 | 0 | 17.1 | 37.7 | 22.2 | 69.4 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
2003 | Detroit | 34 | 1 | 8.0 | 34.3 | 0.0 | 38.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
2004 | Detroit | 18 | 1 | 8.2 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
2005 | Detroit | 12 | 11 | 20.1 | 48.1 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
Charlotte | 9 | 0 | 10.2 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | |
2006 | Charlotte | 25 | 0 | 7.3 | 45.9 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
2007 | Detroit | 2 | 1 | 21.5 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
Career | 6 years, 2 teams | 132 | 14 | 11.6 | 38.2 | 22.2 | 58.3 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2003 | Detroit | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
2004 | Detroit | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
2007 | Detroit | 5 | 0 | 1.8 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Career | 3 years, 1 team | 11 | 0 | 3.4 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Source [1]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1999-00 | Louisiana Tech | 33 | 332 | 52.9% | 0.0% | 72.0% | 7.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 10.1 |
2000-01 | Louisiana Tech | 36 | 577 | 47.5% | 25.0% | 69.6% | 8.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 16.0 |
2001-02 | Louisiana Tech | 29 | 391 | 44.5% | 0.0% | 68.4% | 9.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 13.5 |
Career | 98 | 1300 | 47.8% | 16.7% | 69.8% | 8.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 13.3 |
Walker played on the team presenting the US at the 1999 World University Games held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The team had a 4–2 record and earned the silver medal. Walker averaged 4.3 points per game and led the team in blocks, with nine. [2]
Walker was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 2001 World University Games held in Beijing, China. After winning the opening game easily, the USA team faced Canada and lost a close game 68–67. The USA team defeated Japan to earn a spot in the quarterfinals. The USA team fell behind by 12 points against undefeated Russia, but came back to win the game by eleven points. The next game was against the unbeaten host team China, and the USA team won 89–78. The USA team won their next two games to set up the gold medal game; a rematch against the host team. China would stay close early, but the USA team prevailed and won the gold medal with a score of 87–67. Walker set a USA World University Games record for most rebounds in a game with 19. She was the leading scorer and rebounding for the team, averaging 15.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. [3]
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