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  • DeMya Walker
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  • Forward - Sacramento Monarchs
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2009 Statistics

PPG
8.6
RPG
4.60
APG
1.9
EFF
+ 9.21
Born: Nov 28, 1977
Height: 6-3 /  1,91
Weight: 200  lbs. / 90,7  kg.
College: Virginia
Years Pro: 9








Background

WNBA TRANSACTIONS:
7/21/08: Re-signed with Sacramento…5/15/08: Waived by Sacramento...4/24/03: Selected by Sacramento as the fifth overall pick in the 2003 WNBA Dispersal Draft…5/1/00: Assigned to the Portland Fire as a free agent…5/18/99: Waived by the Minnesota Lynx…5/14/99: Assigned to the Lynx.

2008 WNBA SEASON:
Played in her first game of the season on Aug. 28 at Los Angeles after undergoing successful right knee surgery...Averaged 1.6 ppg (.455 FG%, .000 3FG%, .500 FT%), 0.9 rpg, 0.1 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.0 bpg and 7.4 mpg in 7 games played...Season-highs: points – 4 (twice); rebounds – 2 (twice); assists – 1 (vs. Seattle, 9/9); steals – 2 (at San Antonio, 9/13); blocks – n/a.

WNBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Averaging 8.3 ppg (.459 FG%, .163 3FG%, .604 FT%), 3.8 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.5 bpg and 20.6 mpg through 10 WNBA seasons and 207 games with Portland and Sacramento…Scored over 1,700 career points, grabbed over 700 career rebounds, played over 4,200 minutes, blocked over 100 shots and made over 600 field goals…Named as a reserve for the 2005 WNBA All-Star game…2003 WNBA Off-Season Community Assist Award recipient…2007: Averaged 8.8 ppg, (.405 FG%, --- 3FG%, .714 FT%), 5.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.6 bpg and 21.0 mpg through five regular season games played…Started only five games before ending her season with a torn patellar tendon…PLAYOFFS: Did not play due to injury…2006: Averaged 9.3 ppg (.436 FG%, --- 3FG%, .655 FT%), 4.0 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.3 bpg and 19.0 mpg through 23 games played (8 started)…Sat out 11 games after giving birth to her daughter in April (5/20-6/21)…Recorded a season-high 16 points vs. Houston (8/1) and nine rebounds at Seattle (7/18)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 10.6 ppg (.441%, --- 3FG%. .565%), 4.1 rpg, 2.6 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.6 bpg and 24.6 mpg through nine playoff games (nine started)…Tied a playoff career-high 17 points at Detroit (8/30) and seven rebounds vs. Los Angeles (8/24)…2005: Averaged 14.1 ppg (.534 FG%, 1.000 3FG%, .645 FT%), 5.3 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.6 bpg and 27.2 mpg through 22 games played (19 started)…Sat out 12 games due to a right knee injury (7/22-8/7 and 8/20-27)…Scored a careerhigh 24 points and made a career-high 11 field goals at Washington (6/26)…Recorded a season-high 12 rebounds and six assists at Connecticut (6/28)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 10.2 ppg (.500 FG%, --- 3FG%. .750 FT%), 3.0 rpg, 3.5 apg, 0.5 spg, --- bpg and 27.5 mpg through six playoff games…Missed two playoff games due to a right knee injury (8/31-9/2)…Scored a playoff-high 14 points at Connecticut (9/15)…2004: Averaged 8.4 ppg (.416 FG%, .000 3FG%, .602 FT%), 4.2 rpg, 2.5 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.4 bpg and 26.0 mpg through 34 games played (all started)…Dished out a career-high seven assists against Washington (7/18/04)…Dished out a career-high seven assists vs. Washington (7/18)…Scored a season-high 19 points vs. Minnesota (5/22)…Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds on three occasions…Recipient of the 2003 WNBA Off Season Community Assist Award…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 11.8 ppg (.556 FG%, --- 3FG%, .647 FT%), 3.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.0 spg, 1.3 bpg and 28.8 mpg in six playoff games started…Scored a playoff career-high 17 points at Los Angeles (9/28)…Blocked a playoff career-high five shots vs. Seattle (10/1)…2003: Averaged 9.0 ppg (.459 FG%, .133 3FG%, .580 FT%), 4.4 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.7 bpg and 21.7 mpg in 34 games played (21 started)… One double-double…Scored in double figures in 15 games…Scored a season-high 21 points against Seattle (7/26)…Grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds vs. Minnesota (8/9)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 9.8 ppg (.436 FG%, --- 3FG%, .550 FT%), 4.5 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.2 spg, 0.5 bpg and 28.0 mpg in six playoff games started…Scored a playoff-high 15 points at Houston (9/2)…2002: Averaged 10.9 ppg (.484FG%, .166 3PT%, .621 FT%), 5.0 rpg, 1.6 apg, 0.84 spg, 1.06 bpg and 27.4 mpg in 31 games (29 started)… Led team in both scoring and rebounding…Ranked 10th in the WNBA in field goal percentage, 12th in blocks per game and 13th in total blocks (154)…Recorded three double-doubles and scored in double figures 19 times…Scored a season-high 21 points against Minnesota (7/10)…Season-highs: Rebounds: 14 versus Orlando (6/26); Blocks: four against Phoenix (7/21); Minutes: 39 versus Los Angeles (7/12)…Candidate for the WNBA’s Most Improved Player Award…2001: Played in 21 games while averaging 14.1 mpg, 5.4 ppg and 2.8 rpg…Missed 11 games with a torn left Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL)…Shot .440 from the field…Didn’t miss a shot in a loss to Sacramento on 8/8 (3-3 FG, 1-1 3FG, 2-2 FT)…Scored a season-high 12 points versus Phoenix (6/4)…2000: Appeared in 30 of 32 games, averaging 3.1 ppg and 1.6 rpg and totaled seven blocks, 17 steals and 19 assists on the season…Shot .398 from the field and .468 from the line…Started one game for the Fire at Los Angeles (7/11), scoring three points and grabbing one rebound in seven minutes of play due to foul trouble…Dished out a season-high five assists against Washington (7/9)…Averaged 3.8 ppg and 1.3 rpg while shooting .426 from the floor in the month of July…Averaged 4.6 ppg and 3.0 rpg while playing in 13.6 mpg in the final five games of the season.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Played for CCC Polkowice in Poland during the 2008-09 off-season…In three games and 55 minutes played, Walker tallied 15 points, nine rebounds, six steals and two assists…Played for Nadezhda in Russia during the 2007-08 off-season, averaging 8.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.4 bpg and 19.4 mpg…Played with CSKA in Samara, Russia for the third off-season in 2006-07, averaging 8.2 ppg (.471 FG%, .000 3FG%, .579 FT%), 4.8 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.4 bpg and 18.0 mpg…Played seven games with VBM-SGAU during the 2005-06 off-season, averaging 11.3 ppg, (56.1 FG%) and 3.7 rpg…Played for two different teams during the 2004 off-season, first for Shougang in Beijing, China, where she averaged 20.6 ppg (56.7 FG%) and 10.4 rpg, and was also named a WCBLA All-Star, then for VBM-SGAU in Samara, Russia, during the latter part of the 2004 off-season, averaging 10 ppg (51.7 FG%) and 4.8 rpg… Played for Baltiskya Zevzda in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the 2003 off-season…Earned MVP honors as she helped her team win the 2004 FIBA Europe Cup and helped her team take third place in the Russian Basketball Championship…Averaged 17.6 ppg while shooting 51.8% from the floor and averaged 8.6 rpg, 3.3 apg and 1.6 spg through 30 games…Also during the 2003 off-season, played four games with Wooribank Hansae in Seoul, Korea, for the 2003 FIBA Women’s World Cup and averaged 25 ppg, 47 FG%, 15 rpg, 4.3 apg…In addition, during the 2003-04 off season, played four games with Houston-based Everyone’s Internet, a college exhibition team, averaging 14 ppg, 55 FG%, 7.3 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.5 bpg.

COLLEGE:
Holds the top four spots in the Virginia record books for blocked shots in a season, including 95 in 1998 to place her in the No. 1 spot…Also is Virginia’s all-time leader with 330 career blocks which currently ranks 20th in the NCAA record books…Averaged 13.0 ppg and 6.9 rpg for her career…Virginia’s all-time leader in career field goal percentage (.557)…Her 1,583 points ranks her ninth in school history…Currently ranked among the ACC’s all-time career leaders in three statistical categories: blocks (first), rebounds (21st) and field goal percentage (17th)…Named the Cavalier of the Year in her senior year (1998-99 season) after leading the team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots…Named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press (1999)…Kodak District All-America (1998 and 1999)…All-State selection by VaSID (1998) and Richmond Times-Dispatch (1998 and 1999)…Selected to the All-ACC First Team (1998 and 1999)…Named to the All-ACC Second Team (1997)…An ACC All-Freshman team honoree (1996).


Personal

  • Full name is DeMya (de-My-a) Chakheia Walker
  • Her daughter, Zachara Catherine, was born on April 11, 2006
  • Earned her degree from Virginia in government
  • 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
  • Established a Rancocas Valley High School record for career rebounds (851), rebound average (14.2 rpg), most rebounds in a game (29), points in a season (675), and career points (1,546)
  • Daughter of Karolyn Charisse Sheppard and Reginald Walker, Sr.
  • Has four brothers and one sister: Raason, Eddie, Reggie, Sheldon and Jena
  • Also has seven nieces (Keya, Taejah, Ayodele, Taeha, Kemi, Laila, & Olivia), and three nephews (Raason, Reggie Jr., & EJ)
  • Member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
  • Wants to be an attorney in mergers & acquisitions after her playing days are over

Career Transactions

7/21/08: Re-signed with Sacramento…5/15/08: Waived by Sacramento...4/24/03: Selected by Sacramento as the fifth overall pick in the 2003 WNBA Dispersal Draft…5/1/00: Assigned to the Portland Fire as a free agent…5/18/99: Waived by the Minnesota Lynx…5/14/99: Assigned to the Lynx.

created:11/9/2009 6:25:31 AM
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