Walker was born and grew up in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, where she attended Rancocas Valley Regional High School and she set school records for career rebounds (851), rebound average per game (142 rpg), most rebounds in a game (29), most points in a season (675), and most career points (1,546).
Walker was born and grew up in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, where she attended and she set school records for career rebounds (851), rebound average per game (142 rpg), most rebounds in a game (29), most points in a season (675), and most career points (1,546).
In her senior year, she was named to the 1995 All-American first team by Street & Smith"s New Jersey High School "Female Athlete of the Year", and Parade Magazine All-America Second Team as a high school senior.
She averaged 13.0 points per game and 6.9 rebounds per game during her career. Her 1,583 points ranks her ninth in school history. Walker was selected to play with the United States of America team at the 1999 Pan American Games.
Walker averaged 1.6 points per game.
Despite her impressive career in college, Walker was not selected by any of the Women's National Basketball Association teams during the 1999 Women's National Basketball Association Draft, mainly due to the influx of former players from the just-disbanded American Basketball League (American Basketball League), a rival professional women"s league. Several of the American Basketball League"s star players were selected in that year"s draft.
However, prior to the start of the 1999 Women's National Basketball Association season, Walker was assigned to the Minnesota Lynx for its pre-season training camp, but was cut from the team final roster shortly afterwards. Walker spent that summer playing overseas on a professional women"s league team in Italy.
In 2000, she signed a free agent contract with the Portland Fire, and played with them for three seasons until the team was disbanded due to financial difficulties.
On April 24, 2003, the Women's National Basketball Association held a Dispersal draft, where various former players from the newly-defunct Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams were chosen by the existing Women's National Basketball Association teams. Walker was selected by the Sacramento Monarchs as the fifth overall pick in the 2003 Women's National Basketball Association Dispersal Draft. When the Monarchs folded prior to the 2010 Women's National Basketball Association season, Walker was selected by the Connecticut Sun in a dispersal draft.
She went on maternity leave and missed the first 11 games of the 2006 Women's National Basketball Association season, before returning to the Monarchs" player roster.
Earned her degree from Virginia in Government. After playing days are over wants to be an attorney in mergers & acquisitions.
She was named the "Cavalier of the Year", and was an Honorable Mention All-America selection in her senior year (1998-1999 season) after leading the team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots. The team finished with a record of 4–3, but managed to win the bronze medal with an 85–59 victory over Brazil. Walker played the 2003-2008 seasons with the Monarchs, and even helped the team win the 2005 Women's National Basketball Association Finals by defeating the Connecticut Sun, three games to one. Two months after the Monarchs won the title she announced her pregnancy.
She is also a member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.
