Sherron Dorsey-Walker

Sherron Dorsey-Walker (born March 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League and Basketball Champions League. He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones and Oakland Golden Grizzlies.

Sherron Dorsey-Walker
Dorsey-Walker playing for Oakland in 2016.
No. 5 – Start Lublin
PositionShooting guard
LeaguePLK
Personal information
Born (1993-03-16) March 16, 1993
Detroit, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
High schoolPershing (Detroit, Michigan)
CollegeIowa State (2012–2015)
Oakland (2015–2017)
NBA draft2017 / Undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2020Landstede Hammers
2020–presentStart Lublin
Career highlights and awards
  • MHSAA Class A State Champion (2009)
  • Big 12 Tournament Champion (2014)
  • DBL champion (2019)
  • 2x Dutch Supercup (2017, 2019)

High school career

Dorsey-Walker played basketball at Pershing High School in Detroit, Michigan. Three-year starter for Detroit Pershing. Garnered all-state first team honors as a senior, averaging 17.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in his final season. Named all-state honorable mention in sophomore and junior seasons. Helped team win a state title in his freshman season, playing alongside former MSU great and McDonalds All-American Keith Appling. Dorsey-Walker played with a list of Pershing standout including Kay Felder, Derrick Nix, Martez Walker, and Juwan Howard Jr. June 2012, Dorsey-Walker graduated as Pershing High School Class Valedictorian.

College career

Spent his first two seasons at Iowa State, redshirting his first season ... One of the top prospects out of Michigan ... Rated No. 125 in the Rivals.com rankings and listed as the second-best player out of Michigan ... Ranked as the 24th-best shooting guard in the Class of 2012 ... Had offers from University of Michigan, Baylor University, Boston College, Florida State University, University of Indiana and Virginia Tech out of High School.

2013-14 HIGHLIGHTS - Saw action in 20 games, scoring 1.2 points per game - Went 6-for-7 vs. UMKC (11/25), scoring a career-best 17 points - Tallied a career-high 2 steals vs. Auburn (12/2) Dorsey-Walker was a part of Iowa State 2013-14 Big 12 Conference Championship Team.

2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS - Transferred to Oakland in January - Played in 3 games for the Cyclones - Averaged 3.0 points and 1.3 rebounds per game - Went 1-for-2 vs. Oakland (11/14) in 18 minutes

2015-16 HIGHLIGHTS - Played in all 35 games, making 29 starts - Averaged 6.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game - Ranked 16th in the Horizon League in rebounds - Tallied 10 games of double-digit points and five games of double-figure rebounds - Third on the team in rebounds and assists - Began the season with back-to-back double-doubles against Eastern Michigan and Colorado State - Scored career-high 19 points in season opener against EMU - Grabbed career-best 16 rebounds vs. Alcorn State - Scored 14 points in win at Detroit

2016-17 HIGHLIGHTS - CoSIDA Academic All-District Team - Named a 2017 AllState Good Works Team nominee - Started all 34 games for the Black and Gold - Averaged 13.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game - Led the team in assists (129) - A league-leader in a number of statistical categories in Horizon League play including scoring (13th, 14.4), free throw percentage (11th, .774), rebounding (T18th, 5.6), assists (8th, 3.6), steals (T10th, 1.2 spg), 3-point field goals, assist/turnover ratio (8th, 1.3) and minutes per game (6th, 34.4)

ACADEMIC HONORS - Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2014) - Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (2014) - Four-time Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (2015–17)

Professional career

Dorsey-Walker started his professional with Landstede Hammers where he signed in July 2017.[1] In his rookie 2017–18 season, Dorsey-Walker averaged 11.8 points per game.[2] At the beginning of the season, he won the Dutch Basketball Supercup with Landstede which was its first trophy in club history.[3]

In the 2018–19 season, Dorsey-Walker won his first Dutch Basketball League (DBL) championship with Landstede, which was as well the club's first ever title.[4] Over 47 games in the season, he averaged 13.6 points per game.

At the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Dorsey-Walker and Landstede won their second Supercup title.[5] He played in the 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup with Landstede, where he averaged 16.7 points and 4 rebounds in twelve games.

On July 21, 2020, he has signed with Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League.[6]

Honours

Club
Landstede Hammers

References
  1. "'Alleskunner' Dorsey-Walker naar Landstede". de Stentor (in Dutch). 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  2. "Sherron Dorsey-Walker". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "Basketballers Landstede verrassen met Supercup-zege". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  4. "Landstede Basketbal uit Zwolle schrijft sportgeschiedenis met eerste landstitel". de Stentor (in Dutch). 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  5. "Landstede Hammers wint de Supercup". 22 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. "MKS Start adds Dorsey-Walker to their roster, ex Zwolle". Eurobasket. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
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