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Walker enters her junior season at Cal after earning All-America and All-Pac-10 honors as a sophomore...finalist for a spot on the 2006 USA Under-20 National team and 2007 USA Under-21 National team...led the 2006 and 2007 San Francisco Pro Am in scoring at 23.7 ppg and 26.5 ppg, respectively...a great post combination with Devanei Hampton, as their games complement each other...a blue-collar athlete...dominant rebounder and shot blocker...quick and an excellent leaper...solid off the dribble...shows poise around the basket and is striving for consistency on shots out to 17 feet...excels at getting to the free throw line...ranked sixth in Cal history in blocks (94) and field goal percentage (51.5%) and ninth in free throw percentage (73.6%)...50 points shy of reaching the 1000-point milestone.
As a sophomore in 2006-07: Selected to the All-Pac-10 team along with Devanei Hampton, marking only the second time in school history that the Bears have placed two players on the All-Pac-10 squad...Trisha Stafford and Milica Vukadinovic were chosen first-team All-Pac-10 for the 1991-92 season...Associated Press honorable mention All-American...member of the Wade Trophy watch list...only three-time Pac-10 Player of the Week honoree (Nov. 20, Dec. 11 and Jan. 22) and only the second Cal player to receive the award three times in one season...named MVP of the Timeout for HIV/AIDS Classic and the Contra Costa Times Classic and selected to the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving all-tournament team...chosen Cal's Co-Best Offensive Player of the Year, Practice Player of the Year and Golden Bear Award recipient for having the team's best GPA...led the Pac-10 with 13 double-doubles and owns 20 for her career...first in the Pac-10 in rebounding (8.7 ppg) and third in scoring (17.3 ppg), which is the best by a Cal player since Eliza Sokolowska averaged 18.8 ppg in 1994-95...her 277 rebounds tied for eighth in Cal's season record book...ranked third in the Pac-10 in field goal percentage (53.2%), tied for second in offensive rebounds (3.06 rpg), fourth in blocked shots (1.34 bpg, 43 total, T8th Cal history), tied for fourth in defensive rebounds (5.59 rpg) and ninth in minutes played (33.31 mpg)...tallied double-figure points in 28 games, including a career-high 32 points in an 86-79 overtime home win over USC...sent that game against the Women of Troy into OT by hitting two free throws with five seconds to play and Cal down 72-70...led Cal with 20 points and 12 rebounds vs. Notre Dame in NCAA first-round game...registered 10 games with a least 20 points...led Cal in free throw percentage (76.7) and her 14-of-16 free throw day vs. USC tied for the Pac-10 lead in makes and attempts in a game in 2006-07...her 227 free throws attempted and 174 free throws made ranked second and third, respectively, all-time at Cal...also owned the best field goal percentage (91.7%, 11-of-12 vs. Oregon State) and blocks effort (career-high seven vs. Fresno State) in the Pac-10 last year...paced Cal in rebounding 18 times and in scoring in 15 games...third on the team in assists with a career-high 70 (2.2 apg).
As a freshman in 2005-06: One of three Cal players picked to the Pac-10 All-Freshman squad, marking the first time a conference team had more than two selections...she and Alexis Gray-Lawson were the only Bears to start all 30 games, which tied for sixth for starts among all freshmen nationally...third on the team in scoring (13.3 ppg) and among the top five in the Pac-10 in six statistical categories...topped the conference in blocks per game (1.70 bpg), ranked second in offensive rebounds (2.80 per game), fourth in rebounding (7.7 rpg), fifth in field goal percentage (49.5%) and in defensive rebounds (4.87 per game) and 10th in minutes played (32.63)...ranked first in the Pac-10 in rebounding in conference games (8.7 rpg)...her 84 total offensive boards led Cal...paced the Bears in scoring 10 times and in rebounding 11 times...tied for second on the team with 23 double-figure scoring games and stood second on the Bears with eight double-doubles...recorded a string of six consecutive double-doubles...registered a then-career-high 21 points - 18 coming in the second half - in the first-round NCAA Tournament loss to St. John's...led the Bears in points and with a then-career-high six assists, seven boards, two steals and two blocks in the NCAA game...opened the season with five consecutive double-figure scoring outings, including a team-high 17 points at New Mexico...swatted five blocks and grabbed seven rebounds, as well, at New Mexico...notched 20 points vs. South Carolina State...poured in 19 points vs. Radford, Columbia and in a 23-point victory over Washington in the regular-season finale to tie for team-high honors...contributed 10 points and 10 boards in the victory over No. 13 Arizona State and 15 points and five rebounds in the win at No. 23 USC...hauled in a career-high 16 rebounds to go with 14 points in the home win over USC...her 51 blocks rank fifth in Cal's season-record books and is the most by a Golden Bear since Charlotte Lusschen swatted 69 in 1984-85...recorded a then-career-high six blocks vs. Columbia...twice blocked shots of Baylor's Sophia Young, the 2004-05 national player of the year...the San Francisco Chronicle named Walker one of five players to watch in the Pac-10 Tournament preview story...second on the team with 45 steals (1.5 spg)...made her only three-pointer of the season in the home triumph over UCLA...contributed to the East Bay's 2005 summer San Francisco Pro Am title.
High School: Named to the Cal-Hi Sports all-state team and league MVP as a senior after averaging 21 points, 20 rebounds, five assists and six blocks per game at Grace Davis High School...ranked No. 48 nationally among the 2005-06 newcomers, according to Mike White's All-Star Girls Scouting Report...slotted No. 4 on the NorCal Scouting Report, which ranks players in Northern California...as a junior, contributed 21 points and 16 rebounds per game, garnering her second Street & Smith's honorable mention All-America selection...also as a junior, earned a spot on the all-state junior team, received her second straight Metro Player of the Year award and was chosen first-team All-Central California Conference...three-time Modesto Bee Player of the Year...favorite sports moment was when her freshman year basketball team was the only team to beat a previously undefeated arch-rival after being down 24-4 at the half...her club team was the East Bay Xplosion...competed on the varsity volleyball team for four years and the track and field team for one year...claimed the 2004 conference high jump title and was picked to the all-conference volleyball team three times.
Personal: Ashley Janeen Walker was born Feb. 24, 1987, in Stockton, Calif....parents are Tiran and Jackie Walker...has an older brother, Tiran, Jr., who is a professional basketball player in England...relative, James Hardy, played for the Utah Jazz...voted Miss Grace Davis...enjoys hanging out with friends and talking on the phone...American studies major.
WALKER'S CAREER STATISTICS Year G-Gs Min Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 05-06 30-30 979-32.6 156-315 .495 1-4 .250 85-125 .680 230 7.7 100-5 47 82 51 45 398 13.3 06-07 32-32 1066-33.3 189-355 .532 0-4 .000 174-227 .767 277 8.7 101-4 70 107 43 42 552 17.3 Totals 62-62 2045-33.0 345-670 .515 1-8 .125 259-352 .736 507 8.2 201-9 117 189 94 87 950 15.3
