Dibaji Walker

At UMass

Opted to transfer out of UMass after the McCall/Martin coaching change.²⁾
Graduated in May 2022.³⁾⁴⁾
Announced his intention to transfer to UMass in August 2019, leaving Cleveland State.⁵⁾ UMass made his signing official in September.⁶⁾
Due to CSU's unusual coaching change situation, Walker applied for a waiver to the NCAA's standard transfer rule, requesting immediate eligibility for the 2019-20 season.

Appeared in each of the season's first eight games, all off the bench.
Tallied 4 points, 5 boards, 2 blocks, and a steal in 16 minutes of work in the season opener vs UMBC (11/9).
Put up 10 & 4 in 15 minutes of work vs Penn State (11/15). Shot 2-3 from three-point territory. Had some fun with Dyondre Dominguez after the game, celebrating the 25-point win.
Shot 4-5 from deep vs UNC Greensboro (11/19), and finished with 12 points in 21 minutes.
Went 4-4 from the field and 1-1 from the line for 9 points vs UMass-Lowell (11/24).
Sat out of the Harvard game (12/4), then announced that he was having season-ending surgery to repair a leg injury.⁷⁾
Finished with averages of 5.4 points and 3.3 rebounds in 14.5 minutes.

Played in 12 of UM's 15 games in the Coronavirus-shortened season.
Did not play in the season opener (Northeastern 12/11), but played in the next 10, and started in five straight (La Salle 1/9 thru Fordham 2/3).
Tallied five points and seven rebounds (tying a career high) in the win at La Salle (12/16).
Four points and two boards in back to back wins, over La Salle (1/9) and Rhode Island (1/13). Four blocks versus URI set a career high.
Four points in the win at Rhode Island (2/6).
Announced on February 9 that he intended to sit out the rest of the season and attend to his injured wrist.⁸⁾ However, he returned on March 4 and played seven minutes versus Saint Joseph's, and four minutes the next day versus Saint Louis (3/5).

Roster photo 2019-20

NCAA finally granted Walker's waiver request in late December, and Walker dressed for and appeared in the 12/30 game at Akron.⁹⁾
Took a few games to get comfortable. In his first five games with UMass, averaged 2.8 points, on .227 FG%, and 0.8 rebounds.
Did better versus George Washington (1/18), with 10 points and 5 rebounds.
Career high in points with 22, on 9-13 shooting, plus 3-4 from the stripe, versus Saint Joe's (1/29).
Seven points and 5 boards in 13 minutes versus George Mason (2/9).
Seven points and 2 boards in 15 minutes versus Dayton (2/15).
Fourteen points, 3 boards, 2 blocks, and a steal versus Saint Louis (2/18).
Seven points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and a steal at Fordham (2/22).
Nineteen points, 7 boards, and a block in 24 minutes at Richmond (2/29).
Starting with the GW game and through the rest of the season, averaged 7.6 ppg, on .429 FG%, and 3.1 rebounds.

Roster photo 2018-19

Appeared in 24 of the Vikings' 31 games, averaging 4.7 ppg and 1.5 rpg.
Posted four double-digit scoring efforts for CSU.
Scored a career-high 17 points on 7-of-9 from the field against Wright State (1/19/19).
Late in the season, the Cleveland Plain Dealer commented “Slender 6-7 freshman Dibaji Walker has talent, but might have benefited from red-shirting this season.”¹⁰⁾
CSU hired a new Athletic Director in April 2019, who fired men's hoop coach Dennis Felton and his staff in July, after eight Vikings players said they would transfer.¹¹⁾
Walker's family was not pleased with how CSU handled the coaching staff's firing.¹²⁾ Walker entered the transfer portal soon after.¹³⁾

Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	PTS	PPG	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FO
2018-19	Cleve. St.	Horizon	24	0	335	14.0	41	97	.423	21	37	.568	20	60	.333	11	19	.579	113	4.7	14	23	37	1.5	13	10	6	14	35	0
2019-20	UMass	A-10	19	0	336	17.7	44	113	.389	29	55	.527	15	58	.259	17	21	.810	120	6.3	8	40	48	2.5	9	7	10	20	40	1
2020-21	UMass	A-10	12	5	143	11.9	8	33	.242	6	12	.500	2	21	.095	7	8	.875	25	2.1	9	12	21	1.8	10	4	4	8	16	0
2021-22	UMass	A-10	8	0	116	14.5	15	26	.577	8	10	.800	7	16	.438	6	14	.429	43	5.4	8	18	26	3.3	2	4	3	2	20	0
Total	UMass		39	5	595	15.3	67	172	.390	43	77	.558	24	95	.253	30	43	.698	188	4.8	25	70	95	2.4	21	15	17	30	76	1
Career	Overall		63	5	930	14.8	108	269	.401	64	114	.561	44	155	.284	41	62	.661	301	4.8	39	93	132	2.1	34	25	23	44	111	1

From Sports-Reference.com: Stats, Game Logs

Through the end of the 2021-22 season

	UMass	Cleveland St.
Points	22 - vs Saint Joseph's (1/29/20)	17 - vs Wright State (1/19/19)
Field Goals	9 - vs Saint Joseph's (1/29/20)	7 - vs Wright State (1/19/19)
Field Goals Att.	13 - twice, last at Richmond (2/29/20)	10 - vs Milwaukee (2/9/19)
3-Point FG	4 - vs UNC Greensboro (11/19/21)	2 - seven times, last vs UIC (2/14/19)
3-Point FG Att.	6 - three times, last vs Rhode Island (1/13/21)	5 - three times, last vs UIC (2/14/19)
Free Throws	5 - vs George Mason (2/9/20)	2 - three times, last at Oakland (2/2/19)
Free Throw Att.	6 - twice, last at Yale (11/12/21)	3 - twice, last at IUPUI (1/10/19)
Rebounds	7 - twice, last at La Salle (12/16/20)	7 - vs UIC (2/14/19)
Assists	3 - three times, last vs Bryant (12/21/20)	2 - three times, last at Oakland (2/2/19)
Blocks	4 - vs Rhode Island (1/13/21)	1 - six times, last at Wright State (2/21/19)
Steals	2 - twice, last vs Weber State (11/18/21)	2 - three times, last at Oakland (2/2/19)
Minutes	28 - at Fordham (2/22/20)	29 - at Detroit (1/31/19)

Additional source: RealGM.com

Played a prep year at Woodstock Academy for coach Tony Bergeron (UMass associate head coach 2019-21).
14th ranked recruit in the Connecticut class of 2018.
Helped the Centaurs to a 35-5 record, a No. 3 national ranking, and reached the national prep tournament semifinals. Was teammates with Tre Mitchell.
Averaged 11 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals per game at Woodstock.
Posted 17.8 points per game as a senior at Independence on his way to All-Ohio Honorable Mention honors.

Son of Samaki Walker, who played at Louisville and had a long career in the NBA. Samaki faced UMass in March 1996.
Sister Sakima Walker was a 4-star recruit coming out of high school, and plays at Rutgers.