Furman University

Honors & Awards
2024-25 Preseason All-Southern Conference
2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2023-24 Southern Conference Spring All-Academic
2023-24 Southern Conference Ann Lashley Inspiration Award
2023-24 Southern Conference All-Tournament (2nd Team)
2023 Furman Graduate (B.A. Communications Studies)
2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Southern Conference All-Tournament (1st Team)
2021-22 All-Southern Conference (2nd Team - Coaches)
2021-22 All-Southern Conference (2nd Team - Media)
2021-22 Southern Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 30)
2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
2020-21 Southern Conference Player Of The Week (Dec. 5)

2024-25: Named to Preseason All-Southern Conference team...heads into the season with 334 career assists, which ranks ninth on Furman’s chart, and with 869 points, putting her position to become the 27th player in program history to score 1,000 points.

2023-24: Completed a successful return from injury that sidelined her for the 2022-23 season by seeing action in 26 games and registering 22 starts...averaged 10.0 points and 3.4 rebounds per game while also pacing the squad with 107 assists...ranked second on the squad in 3-point shooting (.327, 35x107)...scoring average ranked fifth on a balanced offensive squad...scored a season high 21 points in her return debut, a 71-61 home victory over UNC Asheville...posted a 19-point, season high 10-assist performance (4x6 3PFGs against Converse (93-40 win) and tallied 17 points (4x4 3PFGs) versus Wofford (64-51 win) in Greenville...scored 10 points over the final three minutes of play to finish with 11 pts., 9 rebs., and 8 ast. in a 67-59 win over ETSU in Greenville...scored 18 points against UNC Greensboro in SoCon Tournament play to earn SoCon All-Tournament honors...recipient of the SoCon Ann Lashley Inspiration Award...named to SoCon Spring All-Academic and Colllege Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Teams...also named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the fourth straight year.

2022-23: Sustained a torn Achilles tendon prior to the start of the season that sidelined her for the entire campaign...selected preseason All-SoCon by vote of the coaches...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll...secured her Bachelor of Arts degree in communications studies in the spring of 2023.

2021-22: Consensus second team All-Southern Conference selection in balloting by league head coaches and media after averaging 12.9 points and 4.5 rebounds and leading the league with 137 assists...ranked second on the squad in scoring (5th in SoCon), trailing only SoCon Player of the Year Tierra Hodges...tied Hodges for the team lead in steals (47), which also ranked fifth in the league...shot 37.3 percent from 3-point range (69x185), the second highest percentage in the SoCon...collected SoCon Player of the Week honors after pouring in 24 points (6x10 3PFGs) in a 71-62 win over San Diego State in Cal’s Raising the B.A.R. Invitational, in Berkeley, Calif....torched Western Carolina for 22 points (5x8 3PFGs) and eight rebounds in a 63-58 triumph in Cullowhee...drained a season high 26 points (5x11 3PFGs) to spark Furman to a 70-63 triumph over Chattanooga in SoCon Tournament first around action, helping the Paladins reach the league tournament championship game versus Mercer, against whom she tallied a team high 20 points...delivered a dramatic, running one-handed 3-pointer from above the circle as time expired in the first half to give Furman a 25-24 halftime lead over the Bears...basket netted ESPN No. 7 Play of the Day recognition...was named first team All-SoCon Tournament...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21: Fashioned a strong inaugural season, earning Southern Conference All-Freshman Team honors after seeing action in 21 games and making 20 starts...campaign saw her work at both guard positions and also small forward, necessitated, in part, due to season ending injury to starting point guard Paraskevi Koilia on Jan. 15...handled the challenges well, including a four-game late December, early January absence due to illness...averaged 9.3 points and 3.8 rebounds while contributing a team leading 90 assists and 26 steals...made a splash in only her second game as a Paladin, pouring in a season high 25 points (9x17 FGs, 4x9 3PFGs) in a 73-58 road win over Georgia Southern...performance helped her capture SoCon Player of the Week honors on Dec. 6...contributed 12 points in a 52-46 win over Chattanooga in Greenville...went for 22 points and eight rebounds at Mercer...combined for 19 assists in a back-to-back outings at Samford...contributed 10 points and a season high 11 assists in a 58-52 home win over Wofford in the regular season finale...turned in a pair of superb performances in SoCon Tournament action, scoring 18 points (7x11 FGs, 3x4 3PFGs) to go along with eight rebounds and five assists in a 58-40 thrashing of Chattanooga in first round action...followed that with a 15-point outing (5x8 FGs, 3x3 3PFGs) versus Mercer in the tournament semifinals...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

High School: 2020 graduate of Buford High School, where she played for Gene Durden…member of four straight region and state championship teams, helping Buford post a 118-8 record over that span…named AAAAA North Player of the Year following her senior season by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association (GACA), as well as Gwinnett County Tip-Off Club Player of the Year…as a junior, was named first team All-Gwinnett County, all-region and Dacula Tip-Off Club MVP…was also voted GACA AAAAA All-State following her junior season…earned second team All-Gwinnett County and all-region selections as a sophomore.

Personal: Born on November 22, 2001 in Roswell, Georgia…daughter of Todd and Becki Walters…has two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, and one brother, Grant...mother played basketball at Winthrop...one sister played softball at Young Harris (Ga.) College and the other at Berry (Ga.) College…grandfather played football and baseball at Clemson…has a cousin who played football at Virginia Tech...accorded her bachelor’s degree in communications studies in the spring of 2023 and now in her second year in Furman’s M.A. in Strategic Design program.