Latisha Walker Biography

Career Notes: Finished her YSU career ranking fifth in school history with 84 blocks, and her 1.3 blocks per game average was the second-best in program history… Was also fifth with a .808 free-throw percentage.

2014-15 (Senior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Started all 32 games at center... Averaged career highs of 10.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks... Totaled 333 points and 236 rebounds, which were both second on the team, and a team-leading 49 blocks... The 49 blocks tied for the third most in a season in school history and were the most since 1992-93... Ranked second in the Horizon League in free-throw percentage (.829) and blocks per game (1.5) while also ranking third in field-goal percentage (.477) and eighth in rebounding... Led the league during conference play in free-throw percentage at .857... Blocked six shots twice – on Senior Day versus Valparaiso (3/7) and at Radford (11/22)... The six blocks tied for the fourth most in a game in school history and tied for the most in the Horizon League during the season... Also blocked five shots against Nicholls State, which was the ninth highest total by a Penguin... Horizon League Player of the Week on Jan. 5 after scoring a career-high 25 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a win over previously unbeaten Akron (12/29)... Scored in double figures 19 times and posted eight double-doubles... Led YSU in scoring five times, was the top rebounder 11 times and the blocks leader 20 times... Grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament against Detroit (3/11)... That was the middle game of a three-game stretch where she had at least 11 rebounds in each.

2013-14 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in all 31 games, 22 of which she started... Contributed 7.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game while tying for the team lead with 35 blocks... That total ranked tied for the eighth-most for a season in school history and was the fourth-most by a junior... Ranked tied-for-third in the conference in blocks per game, 14th in offensive rebounds per game and 18th in total rebounds per game... Was also tied-for-14th with four double-doubles... In Horizon League play, ranked third in the conference in blocks per game and 20th in rebounds per game... Averaged 6.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in conference games... Scored in double figures nine times... In her first game at YSU, posted 18 points and 10 rebounds in 29 minutes against VCU (11/9)... Posted career highs with 20 points and 13 rebounds in 24 minutes against Vermont (12/21)... Had 11 points and 10 rebounds against Ohio Valley in 22 minutes (12/13)... Also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at UIC (1/11)... Scored 16 points and added nine rebounds at Wright State (2/5)... Blocked at least one shot in each of her first five games and in 22 games total... Had multiple blocks 11 times, including each of the first four games of the season... Had three blocks against Northern Kentucky (11/20) and at UIC (1/11)... Registered a career-best three assists against Malone (12/16)... Posted three steals at home against Valparaiso (2/15)... Played a career-best 29 minutes twice.

2012-13: Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer requirements.

Xavier: Played in seven games in two years at Xavier, scoring eight points and grabbing 11 rebounds... Scored four of her six points her freshman year against Troy.

High School: Walker was a two-time First-Team All-Ohio selection and a three-time all-league pick at Division IV Lutheran East High in Cleveland... As a senior in 2009-10, the 6-foot-2 center averaged 14 points, 13 rebounds, 4.3 blocks, two assists and one steal while shooting 59 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free-throw line... Her numbers were even better her junior year when she averaged 18 points, 15 rebounds, six blocks and two assists... Was ranked No. 33 among centers by ESPNU/Hoopgurlz and No. 178 overall by the All-Star Girls Report coming out of high school.

Personal: Major is sociology... Daughter of Yolanda Johnson... Has four brothers (David, Maurice, Charles and Michael) and two sisters (Yvette and Lady)... Nicknamed Tish... Is the 2014-15 recipient of the Robert O. Zimmer Athletic Scholarship.

Single-Game Highs:

Points: 25, Akron -- 12/29/14
Rebounds: 14, Detroit -- 3/11/15
Assists: 3, Malone -- 12/16/13 ; at Milwaukee -- 2/19/15
Steals: 3, at Detroit -- 2/14/15 ; Valparaiso -- 2/15/14
Blocks: 6, at Radford -- 11/22/14 ; Valparaiso -- 3/7/15
FG made: 10, vs Vermont -- 12/21/13
FG attempts: 15, vs Vermont -- 12/21/13
3FG made: 1, Bucknell -- 11/25/14
3FG attempts: 1, 4 times
FT made: 7, 6 times
FT attempts: 11, Akron -- 12/29/14