Walker still holds the all-time NCAA women's career record of 1259 field goals.

After stints playing professional basketball in Italy and Germany, Walker joined the Globetrotters, following the trailblazing Woodard and White by a mere three weeks.

Her early years battling the dominant (at the time) cross-town rival Roosevelt High School team are partially chronicled (with interviews) in the 2005 documentary film The Heart of the Game.

Source[3] Walker was named to represent the US at the 1981 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.

Joyce's nephew, Tony Wroten Jr. , is an NBA player who played college basketball at Washington, and Joyce's brother in law, Tony Wroten Sr., played football for the University of Washington and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.