Bucknell University Athletics
Women's Basketball's Walls Voted to Academic All-Patriot League Team
3/7/2022 11:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell women's basketball senior Marly Walls has been named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team, the league office announced on Monday. It's the third consecutive season Bucknell has had a student-athlete make the five-player list.
Walls, who earned Patriot League All-Defensive honors on Friday, becomes the 10th player in program history to earn Academic All-League status. The Bardstown, Ky. Native maintains a 3.59 cumulative grade-point average as a political science major with a minor in economics and has been a three-year Dean's List honoree as well as a three-year member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a highly-involved student-athlete, Walls has displayed leadership in and around the Bucknell campus over her four years. She's served as a member of the Bucknell Athletics Leadership Institute and is currently employed as a social media and marketing intern for the University Advancement's Marketing Strategy and Outreach team.
On the court, the team captain has put together a strong senior season for the 21-8 Bison. Walls started all 29 regular season games and averaged 32.9 minutes. She's helped guide the team on both ends of the floor, ranking sixth in the Patriot League in assists (3.6 apg) and tying for fourth in the league in steals (1.7 spg).
11 times this season Walls handed out five or more assists, and she matched her career high of eight assists four times. She also came away with three or more steals in nine contests, including a career-high five steals in Bucknell's most recent game. Walls scored in double figures 11 times and averages 7.7 points. Her best scoring output came in a big win over Army two weeks ago when she poured in a career-high 19 on 5-of-7 shooting, three 3-pointers and a 6-for-6 showing at the foul line.
A key component of Walls' career with the Orange & Blue has been her toughness. As a sophomore, she started the first 15 games of the season at point guard before suffering a season-ending knee injury. She worked her way back as a junior and re-emerged in the starting lineup this year to once against lead the Bison to a top-four seed in the Patriot League Tournament.
For her career, Walls totals 86 games played, 44 starts, 460 points, 195 assists and 101 steals.
Lehigh's Mackenzie Kramer was voted the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and the Mountain Hawks landed two players on the Academic All-League Team. Boston University's Maren Durant and Lafayette's Naomi Ganpo were also recognized.
To be eligible for the Academic All-Patriot League Team, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and be a starter or key player in his/her sport. Freshmen or students in their first academic year at their school are not eligible for the honor. Voting for the Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Academic All-Patriot League team is conducted by the League's women's basketball sports information directors.
Scholar-Athlete: Mackenzie Kramer, Lehigh
Academic All-League Team
Maren Durant, Boston University
Marly Walls, Bucknell
Naomi Ganpo, Lafayette
Emma Grothaus, Lehigh
Mackenzie Kramer, Lehigh
