financial difficulties. On April 24, 2003, the WNBA held a Dispersal draft, where various former players from the newly-defunct Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams were chosen by the existing WNBA teams. Walker was selected by the Sacramento Monarchs as the fifth overall pick in the 2003 WNBA Dispersal Draft. Walker played the 2003–08 seasons with the Monarchs, and even helped the team win the 2005 WNBA Finals by defeating the Connecticut Sun, three games to one. When the Monarchs folded prior to the 2010 WNBA season, Walker was selected by the Connecticut Sun in a dispersal draft. Personal Two months after the Monarchs won the title she announced her pregnancy. In April 2006, after going through an intense four days of labor, Walker gave a Caesarean section birth to her first child, a daughter named Zachara. She went on maternity leave and missed the first 11 games of the 2006 WNBA season, before returning to the Monarchs' player roster. Earned her degree from Virginia in Government. After playing days are over wants to be an attorney in mergers & acquisitions. References External links WNBA Player Profile Walker's blog throughout her pregnancy period May 21, 2006 Sacramento Bee column on Walker's return from maternity leave Walker returns to Sacramento 1977 births Living people American women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Basketball players from New Jersey Connecticut Sun players New York Liberty players Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball) People from Mount Holly, New Jersey Portland Fire players Power forwards (basketball) Rancocas Valley Regional High School alumni Sacramento Monarchs players Sportspeople from Burlington County, New Jersey Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball players Washington Mystics players Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in basketball Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players Liaoning Flying Eagles players American expatriate basketball people in China Beijing Great Wall players Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games United States women's national basketball team players