Eastern Illinois University Athletics

SOPHOMORE (2009-10): Walker played in the first 16 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the Jan. 9 victory against Southeast Missouri State… was leading the team in field goal percentage at the time of her injury… was serving as the team’s sixth man and seeing action at both the point and two guard positions when she was injured… finished with more assists than turnovers… scored a career-high 13 points, on 5-of-6 shooting from the field, in the road win at IPFW… had 11 points, seven assists and five steals in the next game, a home win against Brescia… scored eight points in only nine minutes in the season opener at Ohio State… had four assists and no turnovers in games against Tennessee State, Illinois State and Jacksonville State… was 14-of-19 from the field, including 5-of-9 from 3-point land, in the seven true road games she played in… shot 64 percent from the field in November.

FRESHMAN (2008-09): Walker played in 31 games, all but the first two games of the season… logged double-figure minutes in seven of the final eight games of the regular season and the first two OVC Tournament contests… played a season-high 22 minutes in the Mississippi Valley State win… scored a season-high nine points, all in the second half, on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting from the field in the regular-season finale, a win at Tennessee State… made each of her first 12 free throw attempts before finally missing in the regular-season finale… made 6-of-6 at the free throw line in the final 2:10 to help seal the Illinois-Chicago win… made a 3-pointer in her first collegiate game… connected on a 3-pointer and scored seven points in the home win against Morehead State… recorded a season-high four assists in the IPFW win… was 20-for-36 (.556) from the field in OVC play… made 10-of-13 shots from the field in January, with two of the misses coming from 3-point land… shot the ball well at home: going 13-of-24 from the field and 11-of-12 at the free throw line.

 

HIGH SCHOOL: Pilar was a three-year letter-winner for coach Mike Sowers… established new school records for 3-point percentage (career) and assists (single season)… MVP of the Kentucky State High School AAU Tournament, leading her team to the championship in 2008... two-time honorable mention all-state as an upperclassman… two-time all-city selection, earning first teams honors as a senior and second team honors as a junior… 2008 all-region… two-time District All-Tournament Team… Dunbar won back-to-back titles at the 32-team Berea Holiday Classic her upperclassman seasons… also played for the Louisville Lady Legends AAU team.

 

PERSONAL: No. 1 sports highlight was hitting a shot from beyond halfcourt at the end of the third quarter in a district game her senior year; she went on to score 14 points in the fourth quarter and her team won by 18… her mother has been a major influence on her sports career because “she has pushed me to do my best when I felt like stopping, and she showed me where basketball can take me”… most admires coach Sowers because “he taught me a whole lot of things I didn’t know and made me a better player”… her aunt Barbara Branham played basketball at Central State University in Ohio… daughter of Scot Walker and Monique Branham… MAJOR: Sociology and Psychology.