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Charlisse Leger-Walker

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Charlisse Leger-Walker

Height
5'10"
Age
23
Current Team
UCLA Bruins
Competitions
NCAA
Nationality
nzl New Zealand
Position
Guard

at Washington State

2021-22 | Sophomore
2021-22 All-Pac-12 … 2021-22 Anne Meyers Drysdale Award Top-10 Finalists … Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 12 … 2021-22 Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List … 2021-22 John. R. Wooden Award Player of the Year Preseason Watch List … Finished second in the Pac-12 in total points scored with 483 … Had 11 games with 20-or-more points, which led the Pac-12 … Named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 13 after averaging 18.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.5 assists in a pair of come-from-behind wins at Gonzaga (51-49) on Dec. 8 and at home against Boise State (62-55) on Dec. 12 … Her 16.1 points per game lead the team and was the fourth-highest scoring average in the Pac-12 … Finished second in the Pac-12 in field goals made with 176 … Scored a career-high 30 points in a win at Colorado on Feb. 4 … Her 1,080 minutes played led the Pac-12, while her 36.00 minutes per game tied for first in the Pac-12 … Pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds in the Bahamas in a win over Miami (Fla.) on Nov. 25 … Recorded a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds against Miami (Fla.) on Nov. 25 … Dished out three-or-more assists in 15 games … Handed out a season-best seven assists on March. 3 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament vs.  Utah … Finished second on the team in 3-point field goals made with 52 … Made a career-high six 3-point field goals at BYU on Dec. 18 … Her 25 blocks were the second-most on the team … Collected a career-best four blocks on Feb. 6 at Utah … Led the team in free throw percentage at 76.0 percent … Named to the 2022 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 | Freshman
2020-21 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year … USBWA All-American Honorable Mention … 2020-21 All-Pac-12 Team … 2020-21 All-Pac-12 Freshman Team … Named the 17th best player on ESPN’s Top-25 Players list for the 2021-22 season … Became the 22nd player in Pac-12 history to be named to both the All-Pac-12 and All-Pac-12 Freshman teams … Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week a program-record seven times … Named the USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week on Jan. 11 after scoring the game-tying and game-winning baskets against No. 7/10 Arizona on Jan. 10 … Started in all 24 games as a true freshman … Finished the regular season as the top points scorer in the Pac-12 with 434 points … Led the team in scoring at 18.8 points per game and steals at 2.3 steals per game … Finished second in the Pac-12 in free throws made (103) free throws attempted (131) and minutes played (908:49)  … Ranked third in the Pac-12 in steals (54), steals per game (2.25), 3-point field goal attempts (174) field goal attempts (414) and fifth in field goals made (46) and 3-point field goals made (57) … Scored a career-high 29 points in three different games, the first coming on Dec. 13 against Idaho, then again on Jan. 15 at USC and once more on Feb. 14 at Arizona State … Collected two double-doubles on the year … Became the first WSU freshman to ever post a double-double via points and assists with 16 points and 10 assists at Colorado on Jan. 3 … The 10 assists handed out against the Buffaloes ties Leger-Walker with four other players for the second-most assists by a Washington State freshman in a single game … Set the program’s single-game record for most field goals in a game with 29 field goal attempts in the double-overtime win at Oregon State on Jan. 24 … Tied the program’s single-game record for most 3-point field goal attempts with 14 shots from behind the arc in at Oregon on Jan. 22 … Her 37.9 minutes per game is the highest minutes-per-game average by a player in a single season in WSU history … Set the WSU freshman single-game record for most minutes played on Jan. 24 in double-overtime win at Oregon State, playing a career-high 47 minutes … Set a WSU freshman record for most 20-point games with 12 … Her 18.8 points per game a Washington State freshman record for highest scoring average … Her 103 free throws are the most made by a freshman in program history … Her 78.6 percent success rate from the charity stripe is the second-highest free throw percentage by a WSU freshman … Set the Washington State freshman record for most free throws made in a game with 10, a mark she hit twice during the season. The first 10-free-throw performance came in her WSU debut at Washington on Dec. 11 then against on Feb. 5 in a win over No. 5/4 UCLA.

New Zealand National Program
Leger-Walker is the youngest player to ever lace up for the New Zealand women’s national basketball team, having joined the Tall Ferns at just 16 years old … Played for New Zealand at the 2021 FIBA Women’s Basketball Asia Cup, along side her sister and fellow Coug, Krystal …Was the youngest player at the FIBA Women’s Basketball Asia Cup …. Finished second on the Tall Ferns in points (11.0 ppg) and assists (3.0 asp) at the Asia Cup … … In 2018, she helped her homeland win bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia … More recently, she played for New Zealand at the 2019 Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Asia-Oceania Tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. The guard scored eight points and dished out seven assists in a win over the Philippines and helped the Tall Ferns post a 2-1 record in the tournament … In June of 2019, Leger-Walker was named to the World All-Star 3 team after leading New Zealand to a silver-medal finish at the U18 3×3 World Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It marked the first time any female team from New Zealand has won a medal at a FIBA-sanctioned World tournament.

Prior to Washington State
High School
Leger-Walker led her high school, St. Peter’s School Cambridge, to four New Zealand National High School Championships … Earned team MVP honors four times … In April of 2019, she guided St. Peter’s to a fifth-place finish at the International School Sport Federation (ISF) World Championships in Greece, a tournament that features the best prep schools throughout the world … Leger-Walker’s play at the 2019 ISF World Championships earned her a spot on the World All-Star Five.

Personal
Charlisse is the daughter of Eliu and Leanne … Mother was a member of the Tall Ferns and played in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics … Has two sisters, Krystal who is a fifth-year senior on the Washington State women’s basketball team, and Tannika. … Played netball and touch rugby at St. Peter’s Cambrige, and won a National Championship in netball during her senior season … Born on September 15 … Majoring in Business.