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.

Ayana Walker
Personal information
Born (1979-09-10) September 10, 1979 (age 45)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight143 lb (65 kg)
Career information
High schoolWestbury (Houston, Texas)
CollegeLouisiana Tech (1998–2002)
WNBA draft2002: 2nd round, 20th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Shock
Playing career2002–2007
PositionForward
Number12
Career history
2002–2005Detroit Shock
2005–2006Charlotte Sting
2007Detroit Shock
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing  United States
World University Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palma de Mallorca Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing Team Competition

Career statistics

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Legend
  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

WNBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
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

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
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

College

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Source[1]

Legend
  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
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

USA Basketball

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  2. ^ "Nineteenth World University Games -- 1999". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Twentieth World University Games -- 2001". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.