Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (born May 18, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins and was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.
College career
Walker-Kimbrough played four years of college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins between 2013 and 2017. She earned first-team All-Big Ten as a sophomore, junior and senior, and Big Ten All-Defensive Team as a junior and senior.[1]
Professional career
WNBA
Walker-Kimbrough was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics.[2][3] She played her first three WNBA seasons with the Mystics.[1]
On April 15, 2020, Walker-Kimbrough was traded to the New York Liberty in a deal that sent Tina Charles to Washington.[4] Two days later, the Liberty traded her to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the draft rights of Jocelyn Willoughby.[5]
Walker-Kimbrough started the 2021 WNBA season with the Connecticut Sun, where she played one game. She later returned to the Washington Mystics.[1] She continued with the Mystics in 2022, 2023 and 2024.[1]
Overseas
Walker-Kimbrough started the 2017–18 season in Turkey with OGM Ormanspor. In January 2018, she joined MBK Ružomberok in Slovakia.[1] She played for Diósgyőri VTK in Hungary in 2018–19 and 2019–20, and then Gorzów Wielkopolski in Poland 2020–21. For the 2021–22 season, she played for A.S. Ramat Hasharon in Israel.[1] She continued in Israel in 2022–23 with Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, where she averaged 20.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 2.4 steals per game.[6] For the 2023–24 season, she played for Çankaya Üniversitesi S.K. in Turkey.[1]
Statistics
College
Source[7]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | Maryland | 35 | 326 | 47.8% | 39.7% | 76.6% | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| 2014-15 | Maryland | 37 | 492 | 51.3% | 34.0% | 80.4% | 5.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 13.3 |
| 2015-16 | Maryland | 35 | 681 | 54.3% | 54.5% | 80.9% | 6.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 19.5 |
| 2016-17 | Maryland | 35 | 657 | 52.6% | 45.0% | 81.6% | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 18.8 |
| Career | 142 | 2156 | 52.0% | 45.9% | 80.3% | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 15.2 |
WNBA
| 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 |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Washington | 27 | 8 | 12.4 | .371 | .333 | .854 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 2018 | Washington | 19 | 1 | 8.8 | .429 | .304 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 2019† | Washington | 34 | 1 | 17.1 | .432 | .310 | .930 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | Phoenix | 21 | 10 | 19.0 | .429 | .431 | .920 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | Connecticut | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 16 | 13 | 21.6 | .513 | .320 | .857 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 7.4 | |
| 2022 | Washington | 35 | 3 | 20.1 | .402 | .347 | .902 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | Washington | 40 | 15 | 24.8 | .429 | .390 | .936 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| Career | 7 years, 3 teams | 193 | 51 | 18.3 | .425 | .356 | .906 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 6.1 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Washington | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | Washington | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.000 | — | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 2019† | Washington | 8 | 0 | 7.0 | .412 | .429 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | Phoenix | 2 | 1 | 19.0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 2022 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 20.5 | .556 | .500 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | .400 | .000 | .500 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Career | 5 years, 2 teams | 21 | 1 | 8.2 | .489 | .500 | .667 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Shatori Walker-Kimbrough". usbasket.com. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ Shaffer, Jonas (April 13, 2017). "Maryland's Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Brionna Jones selected in top 10 of WNBA draft". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "Shatori Walker-Kimbrough picked 6th overall in WNBA draft". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "Mystics trade for former WNBA MVP Tina Charles". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ Metcalfe, Jeff. "Phoenix Mercury trade WNBA first-round draft pick for veteran Walker-Kimbrough". The Arizona Republic.
- ^ "Hopewell's Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 'super thankful' to still call basketball her job". Beaver County Times.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
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