[1] Walker led her college team to the 1934 AAU National Championship, and earned All-American honors.
Although her AAU team lost in the finals, partly because several of her teammates were recovering from measles,[4] she was elected All-State.
[5] Walker won a scholarship[5] to play at Tulsa Business College, a two-year school,[1] whose team name was the Stenos.
[7] Walker joined the El Dorado, Arkansas Lion Oil AAU team that finished third in the national tournament in 1935, and second in 1936.
[1] Her marriage was discovered, but the company chairman, Col TH Barton, made an exception to the rule so that she could keep playing for the team.
[3] When El Dorado Oilers disbanded in 1936,[1] Walker and several teammates joined the Lewis and Norwood Flyers.
[5] Walker was awarded first or second team All-American honors in eleven of her 14 years in AAU competition.