2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

35 Sakima Walker

  • Position Center
  • Height 6-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Last School(s) Africentric Early College
  • Hometown Columbus, OH

Biography

As a Senior at South Carolina (2023-24):
  • Helped Gamecocks become just the fifth program in NCAA history to go undefeated and win a National Championship with a program-record 38 wins and ran SEC win streak to league-record 47 games, which is 10th-best conference win streak in NCAA history
  • Part of SEC regular-season and tournament championship efforts, averaging 2.0 points and 1.3 rebounds on 7.5 minutes per game across her 31 games played
  • Added four of her five points against Presbyterian (Mar. 22) in the final four minutes of the game as part of a12-2 run to close out the fourth quarter
  • Dished out an assist and grabbed two boards in three minutes on the court in the SEC Tournament title game against #8/5 LSU (Mar. 10)
  • Had a team and career-high three blocks against Alabama (Feb. 22) in a new SEC-high 17 minutes on the floor
  • Played in a new SEC career-high 12 minutes against Missouri (Feb. 8), grabbing four points to tie her SEC career high and dishing out two assists
  • Grabbed a point and new SEC career-high two steals against Ole Miss (Feb. 4) in just four minutes on the court
  • Tied her SEC career-high four points at Auburn (Feb. 1) as part of a 19-9 fourth-quarter run … set new SEC career-high of four boards (three offensive)
  • Tallied a new SEC career-high four points going a perfect 2-for-2 at Texas A&M (Jan. 21) in five minutes on the floor
  • Played an SEC career-high 10 minutes against Kentucky (Jan. 15)
  • Knocked down her first bucket in SEC play against Mississippi State (Jan. 7) in addition to a block in just over three minutes on the court
  • Had a Gamecock career game in just 11 minutes against Presbyterian (Dec. 16) with all 12 of her points coming in the fourth quarter
  • Scored double-figures for the first time as a Gamecock with 10 points against Clemson (Nov. 16) on a perfect 4-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free throw line
  • Made her Gamecock debut with nine minutes in Paris against #10/10 Notre Dame


As a Junior at Northwest Florida State (2022-23):
  • Named NJCAA D1 Player of the Year in 2023 after averaging 16.7 points and 8.2 rebounds, scoring 20 or more points 10 times and posting 13 double-doubles in her 32 games
  • Led Northwest Florida State to 2023 NJCAA National Championship in her lone season with the Raiders, earning Tournament MVP honors with 19.1 points and 8.7 rebounds per game over the seven-game event
  • Paced NWF to its fifth-straight Panhandle Conference Championship in 2023
  • Began her college career at Rutgers, playing in 32 games over her two seasons


As a Sophomore at Rutgers (2021-22):
  • Played in 17 games with two starts, averaging 11.8 minutes per contest
  • Averaged 4.7 points, 2.8 rebounds while shooting .493 from the field
  • Netted double-digit points four times, including three RU victories
  • Scored a career-high 13 on 5-of-7 shooting with two blocks in the win over Wagner (Dec. 18)
  • Missed the final 13 games of the regular and post-season


As a Freshman at Rutgers (2020-21):
  • Played in 15 of 19 games as a freshman during the 2020-21 NCAA Tournament run, averaging 9.7 minutes per game
  • Made RU debut in season opening victory over Monmouth, playing 11 minutes with five points on perfect shooting (2-of-2 FG, and 1-of-1 FT)
  • Played season-high 20 minutes in a pair of home victories against Sacred Hearth (Dec. 20) and Minnesota (Feb. 17)
  • Young career-high 12 points came against Sacred Heart on 5-of-6 shooting to go with career-high eight rebounds
  • Grabbed seven rebounds and made her lone field goal in an important win at Penn State on Feb. 28, the seventh consecutive win during the nine-game winning streak to end the regular season.


High School: 
  • Four-star recruit and No. 21 overall prospect according to All-Star Girls Report; No. 7 ranked post player according to espnW
  • Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Girls & District 10 Basketball Coaches Association Division III Player of the Year 2019-20
  • District 10 BCA Division II, III & IV Super Team Player
  • Named as one of 50 players nationally on the 2020 Naismith Trophy Girls High School Player of the Year Watch List
  • Won consecutive Division III Ohio State Championship titles with the Africentric Early College girls basketball team, including a perfect 28-0 season in 2018-19. USA Today ranked the Nubians No. 4 in the country with Walker at the center of the frontcourt
  • 2019 McDonald's All-America Game nominee
  • Awards & Honors
    • Three-time City Champ, three-time Regional Champ, three-time District Champ, three-time First Team All-City, Division Player of the Year, First Team All-District, Most Improved (2018-19), First Team All-State, First Team All-Metro




 

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