Nefertiti A. Walker

Nefertiti A. Walker
Born
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Academic background
EducationGeorgia Tech
BA, 2005, MBA, 2006, Stetson University
PhD, Sport Management, 2011, University of Florida
ThesisA multilevel perspective on the underrepresentation of women in the male dominated sport workplace: the case of men's college basketball (2011)
Academic work
InstitutionsIsenberg School of Management
Websitenefertitiwalker.com/about-nef/

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

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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

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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

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Source[14]

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  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

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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]

During the 2016–17 academic year, Walker worked with the espnW College Advisory Panel to facilitate conversations about female student-athletes on campus.[17] She also served as a member of the LGBT Sports Foundation, vice president for inclusion and social justice for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports, and was the former faculty advisor for the Isenberg and McCormack student group Association of Diversity in Sport. As a result, Walker was appointed the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the Isenberg School of Management in January 2017.[18] Two years later, Walker received the Research Fellow Award from the North American Society for Sport Management[19] and was named the Interim Associate Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at UMass Amherst.[20]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Nefertiti Walker - Stetson". wnba.ca. WNBA. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Walker, Nefertiti. "The Labyrinth of Exclusion in Sport and Steps Toward Developing a Culture of Inclusion". fitpublishing.com. FiT Publishing. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Women's Basketball Signs Three Prep Standouts". ramblinwreck.com. April 11, 2001. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Women's Basketball 2004-05 Season Preview". gohatters.com. November 15, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "Stetson Prepares For LSU". gohatters.com. March 19, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Kristy Brown and Nefertiti Walker Chosen A-Sun All-Conference". gohatters.com. March 8, 2005. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  7. ^ "NEFERTITI WALKER". gohatters.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HOSTS KENNESAW STATE MONDAY". gohatters.com. February 21, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  9. ^ "Nefertiti Walker Named First-Team All-Conference". gohatters.com. March 7, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  10. ^ "STETSON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGE, ADDITION". gohatters.com. September 13, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  11. ^ Wyrwich, Tom (March 20, 2005). "WALKER MAKES DIFFERENCE FOR STETSON WOMEN". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  12. ^ "Leveling The Playing Field: Nefertiti Walker of The University of Massachusetts". radioinfluence.com. June 6, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  13. ^ a b 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.
  14. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  15. ^ "ECU professors published in Journal of Sport Management". news.ecu.edu. September 3, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "espnW Campus Conversations Comes to Amherst". umassathletics.com. April 25, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  18. ^ "Nefertiti Walker Named Director of Diversity and Inclusion at UMass Amherst's Isenberg School of Management". umass.edu. January 25, 2017. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  19. ^ "Nefertiti Walker Honored by NASSM". isenberg.umass.edu. June 21, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  20. ^ "Nefertiti Walker Named Interim Associate Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UMass Amherst". umass.edu. June 24, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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