Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

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) and for Gorzów Wielkopolski of the Basket Liga Kobiet. She played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins and was drafted by the Mystics with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

Walker-Kimbrough with the Washington Mystics in 2024
No. 32 – Gorzów Wielkopolski
Position	Shooting guard
League	Basket Liga Kobiet
Personal information
Born	(1995-05-18) May 18, 1995 (age 29) Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	140 lb (64 kg)
Career information
High school	Hopewell (Aliquippa, Pennsylvania)
College	Maryland (2013–2017)
WNBA draft	2017: 1st round, 6th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2019	Washington Mystics
2017	OGM Ormanspor
2018	MBK Ružomberok
2018–2020	Diósgyőri VTK
2020	Phoenix Mercury
2020–2021	Gorzów Wielkopolski
2021	Connecticut Sun
2021–present	Washington Mystics
2021–2022	A.S. Ramat Hasharon
2022–2023	Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
2023–2024	Çankaya Üniversitesi S.K.
2024–2025	Gorzów Wielkopolski
Career highlights and awards
Israeli Cup winner (2023) WNBA champion (2019) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2017) 2x Third-team All-American – AP (2016, 2017) 2x All-American – USBWA (2016, 2017) Big Ten Tournament MOP (2016) 3× First-team All-Big Ten (2015–2017) 2× Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2016, 2017)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team

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]

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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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^[10][11]

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. "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. "Hopewell's Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 'super thankful' to still call basketball her job". Beaver County Times.
9. Kozica, Szymon (October 22, 2024). "Shatori wraca do Gorzowa. „To dla mnie zaszczyt"". LCI - Nasza Lubuska (in Polish). Retrieved October 24, 2024.
10. "Shatori Walker-Kimbrough College Stats". Sports Reference.
11. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com  and Basketball Reference 
• Media related to Shatori Walker-Kimbrough at Wikimedia Commons