Joyce Walker
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Joyce Walker is an American
basketball player who is most renowned for being the third woman to join the Harlem Globetrotters
, following fellow LSU All American Jackie White.
Walker was a basketball star at Garfield High School in Seattle in the late 1970s. As a senior in 1980, she averaged over 35 points per game, and set still-extant Washington State tournament records of 40 points, 17 field goals (twice), and 33 field goal attempts in a single game en route to a state championship, netting the still-extant single tournament records of 96 field goals attempted, 49 field goals made, 114 points scored, and 38 average points per game as well. When combined with her performance in the 1977 tournament she set the still-extant record career tournament average of 26.8 points per game. Her dominance landed her a place in the National High School Hall of Fame and the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame. She is considered by many to be the best female basketball player from Washington.
In the early 1980s, Walker played at Louisiana State University
on coach Sue Gunter
's first Lady Tigers
team, averaging nearly 25 points a game and leading the team in scoring and steals all four years. Walker still holds the all time NCAA women's career record of 1259 field goals. She also still holds LSU career records of 2906 points, and 2238 attempts. A two-time All-American, she is in the Louisiana State Hall of Fame.
After stints playing pro ball in Italy
and Germany
, Walker joined the Globetrotters, following the trailblazing Woodard and White by a mere three weeks.
She coached the girl's basketball team at Garfield High School in Seattle Washington. Her early years battling the dominant (at the time) cross-town rival Roosevelt High School
team are partially chronicled (with interviews) in the documentary film The Heart of the Game
. The Garfield team won the state 4A championship in 2005. She now coaches the JV team and is the assistant varsity coach at Kingston High School in Kingston, Washington
.
United States
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basketball player who is most renowned for being the third woman to join the Harlem Globetrotters
Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism, theater and comedy. The executive offices for the team are currently in downtown Phoenix, Arizona; the team is owned by Shamrock Holdings, which oversees the various investments of the Roy E. Disney family.Over...
, following fellow LSU All American Jackie White.
Walker was a basketball star at Garfield High School in Seattle in the late 1970s. As a senior in 1980, she averaged over 35 points per game, and set still-extant Washington State tournament records of 40 points, 17 field goals (twice), and 33 field goal attempts in a single game en route to a state championship, netting the still-extant single tournament records of 96 field goals attempted, 49 field goals made, 114 points scored, and 38 average points per game as well. When combined with her performance in the 1977 tournament she set the still-extant record career tournament average of 26.8 points per game. Her dominance landed her a place in the National High School Hall of Fame and the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame. She is considered by many to be the best female basketball player from Washington.
In the early 1980s, Walker played at Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
on coach Sue Gunter
Sue Gunter
Sue Gunter was a women's college basketball coach. She is best known as the head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team....
's first Lady Tigers
LSU Lady Tigers basketball
The LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. The team is currently coached by former UCLA head coach Nikki Caldwell, who accepted the job on April 2, 2011. Past coaches include Barbara Swanner, Jinks Coleman,...
team, averaging nearly 25 points a game and leading the team in scoring and steals all four years. Walker still holds the all time NCAA women's career record of 1259 field goals. She also still holds LSU career records of 2906 points, and 2238 attempts. A two-time All-American, she is in the Louisiana State Hall of Fame.
After stints playing pro ball in Italy
Italy
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and Germany
Germany
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, Walker joined the Globetrotters, following the trailblazing Woodard and White by a mere three weeks.
She coached the girl's basketball team at Garfield High School in Seattle Washington. Her early years battling the dominant (at the time) cross-town rival Roosevelt High School
Roosevelt High School (Seattle)
Roosevelt High School is a public school in the Seattle Public Schools district of Seattle, Washington, USA. Founded in the 1920s, Roosevelt continues to be one of the largest schools in the greater Seattle area....
team are partially chronicled (with interviews) in the documentary film The Heart of the Game
The Heart of the Game
The Heart of the Game is a sports documentary about the Roosevelt Roughriders girls basketball team. The movie is centered around their star player Darnellia Russell and the Roughriders new coach Bill Resler.-Plot:...
. The Garfield team won the state 4A championship in 2005. She now coaches the JV team and is the assistant varsity coach at Kingston High School in Kingston, Washington
Kingston, Washington
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