Nefertiti A. Walker
Nefertiti A. Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Georgia Tech BA, 2005, MBA, 2006, Stetson University PhD, Sport Management, 2011, University of Florida |
| Thesis | A multilevel perspective on the underrepresentation of women in the male dominated sport workplace: the case of men's college basketball (2011) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Isenberg School of Management |
| Website | nefertitiwalker |
Nefertiti A. Walker is the Interim Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Isenberg School of Management. She formally played Division 1 NCAA women's basketball at Georgia Tech before transferring to Stetson University.
Early life
Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia,[1] Walker was encouraged by her father to play basketball, which she began at the age of three.[2] She attended Woodward Academy in College Park, Georgia before signing a letter of intent with Georgia Tech in 2001. While at Woodward, Walker was named an honorable mention All-America and earned first-team Class AAA All-State honors in her junior year. Between North Clayton High School and Woodward, she scored more than 1,500 points for the girls basketball team.[3]
Collegiate basketball
Walker began her collegiate career at Georgia Tech from 2001 until 2003.[1] Following her sophomore year, she transferred to Stetson University and was forced to sit out for one season as a result.[4] Upon joining the Stetson Hatters women's basketball in 2004, she was named team co-captain with Kristy Brown.[5] The following season, Walker was selected for the Second Team All-Conference as the result of her improved play. She was among the league leaders in free throw percentages, three-point percentage, and three-pointers made. She also set the school record for single season free throw percentage.[6] In her senior year, Walker helped the Hatters win a conference championship and led them to the program's first NCAA Women's Basketball National Tournament appearance.[7] Along the way, she set the school's single season three-point percentage record[1] and single-season points record with 581.[8] As a result, Walker was named to the 2006 First-Team All-Conference[9] and later appointed assistant coach after graduation.[10] Coach Dee Romine spoke highly of Walker as a player, saying "She's an outstanding shooter...I don't think people give her credit in terms of her defensive ability as well."[11] Walker was selected as a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Top-40 pre-draft selection in 2006 and was signed to play professionally in Bohn, Germany, but chose to forgo a career in basketball and pursue a PhD.[12] Upon earning her Bachelor of Arts and master's of business administration from Stetson, she enrolled at the University of Florida for her PhD in Sport Management.[13]
Georgia Tech and Stetson statistics
Source[14]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | Georgia Tech | 25 | 95 | 34.1% | 27.5% | 78.8% | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| 2002-03 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 16 | 22.2% | 15.4% | 100.0% | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| 2003-04 | Stetson | Sat due to NCAA transfer rules | |||||||||
| 2004-05 | Stetson | 31 | 483 | 39.9% | 41.8% | 92.0% | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 15.6 |
| 2005-06 | Stetson | 27 | 581 | 36.5% | 37.2% | 91.4% | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 21.5 |
| Career | 95 | 1175 | 37.3% | 37.4% | 90.0% | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 12.4 | |
Career
In 2011, Walker accepted a faculty position in the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the Isenberg School of Management and was inducted into Stetson's Sport's Hall of Fame.[13] In her first few years at the school, she co-published Hegemonic Masculinity and the Institutionalized Bias Toward Women in Men’s Collegiate Basketball: What Do Men Think? with Melanie L. Sartore-Baldwin in the Journal of Sport Management.[15][16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nefertiti Walker - Stetson". wnba.ca. WNBA. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ Walker, Nefertiti. "The Labyrinth of Exclusion in Sport and Steps Toward Developing a Culture of Inclusion". fitpublishing.com. FiT Publishing. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Women's Basketball Signs Three Prep Standouts". ramblinwreck.com. April 11, 2001. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Women's Basketball 2004-05 Season Preview". gohatters.com. November 15, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Stetson Prepares For LSU". gohatters.com. March 19, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Kristy Brown and Nefertiti Walker Chosen A-Sun All-Conference". gohatters.com. March 8, 2005. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "NEFERTITI WALKER". gohatters.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HOSTS KENNESAW STATE MONDAY". gohatters.com. February 21, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Nefertiti Walker Named First-Team All-Conference". gohatters.com. March 7, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "STETSON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGE, ADDITION". gohatters.com. September 13, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ Wyrwich, Tom (March 20, 2005). "WALKER MAKES DIFFERENCE FOR STETSON WOMEN". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Leveling The Playing Field: Nefertiti Walker of The University of Massachusetts". radioinfluence.com. June 6, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Kernan, Sean (November 1, 2012). "Longtime Stetson coach Bob Weickel leads class of Hall of Fame inductees". .news-journalonline.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ "ECU professors published in Journal of Sport Management". news.ecu.edu. September 3, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ↑ Walker, Nefertiti A.; Sartore-Baldwin, Melanie L. (2013). "Hegemonic Masculinity and the Institutionalized Bias Toward Women in Men's Collegiate Basketball: What Do Men Think?". Journal of Sport Management. 27 (4): 303–315. doi:10.1123/jsm.27.4.303. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
External links
- Nefertiti A. Walker publications indexed by Google Scholar