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Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (born May 18, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins and was drafted by the Washington Mystics 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 signed a hardship contract and played one game.[6]

Later in the 2021 season, she returned to the Washington Mystics.[7] She continued with the Mystics in 2022, 2023 and 2024.[1]

On February 1, 2025, Walker-Kimbrough signed with the Atlanta Dream.[8]

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.[9] For the 2023–24 season, she played for Çankaya Üniversitesi S.K. in Turkey.[1]

Walker-Kimbrough returned to Gorzów for the 2024-2025 season.[10] She won the Polish Cup with the team[11] and reached the Polish league finals, where Gorzów fell 0–3 to Arka Gdynia.[12]

Career statistics

Legend
  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  TO  Turnovers per game  PPG  Points per game
 Bold  Career high  *  Led Division I
† Denotes season(s) in which Walker-Kimbrough won a WNBA championship

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics
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 — — — 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
2024 Washington 40 2 22.1 .415 .330 .806 1.7 1.9 1.1 0.5 1.4 7.5
Career 8 years, 3 teams 233 53 18.9 .423 .350 .887 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.3 1.0 6.3

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
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

College

NCAA statistics[13][14]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2013–14 Maryland 35 0 17.3 .478 .397 .766 2.9 1.5 1.2 0.2 1.4 9.3
2014–15 Maryland 37 37 29.5 .513 .340 .804 5.3 2.1 1.5 0.5 2.1 13.3
2015–16 Maryland 35 34 31.3 .543 .545* .809 6.0 3.3 1.9 1.1 3.4 19.5
2016–17 Maryland 35 34 29.2 .526 .450 .816 3.7 3.6 1.9 0.7 2.9 18.8
Career 142 105 26.9 .520 .459 .803 4.5 2.6 1.6 0.6 2.4 15.2

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Shatori Walker-Kimbrough". usbasket.com. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Shaffer, Jonas (April 13, 2017). "Maryland's Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Brionna Jones selected in top 10 of WNBA draft". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "Shatori Walker-Kimbrough picked 6th overall in WNBA draft". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  4. ^ "Mystics trade for former WNBA MVP Tina Charles". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Metcalfe, Jeff. "Phoenix Mercury trade WNBA first-round draft pick for veteran Walker-Kimbrough". The Arizona Republic.
  6. ^ "Connecticut Signs Shatori Walker-Kimbrough – Connecticut Sun". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  7. ^ Copeland, Kareem (September 7, 2021). "Mystics guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough goes from WNBA to YMCA and back". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Veteran Guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  9. ^ "Hopewell's Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 'super thankful' to still call basketball her job". Beaver County Times.
  10. ^ Kozica, Szymon (October 22, 2024). "Shatori wraca do Gorzowa. „To dla mnie zaszczyt"". LCI - Nasza Lubuska (in Polish). Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "PolskaStrefaInwestycji Enea AJP Gorzów Wlkp. z Pucharem". PZKosz.pl - Strona Polskiego Związku Koszykówki. January 25, 2025. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  12. ^ "VBW Gdynia mistrzem Polski!". PZKosz.pl - Strona Polskiego Związku Koszykówki. April 12, 2025. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  13. ^ "Shatori Walker-Kimbrough College Stats". Sports Reference.
  14. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 26, 2021.