Leanne Walker

Leanne Walker (born 17 July 1968) is a New Zealand former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics with the New Zealand women's national basketball team Tall Ferns.[1] She was the team captain in the 2004 Olympics in Greece. Walker also competed for New Zealand at the 1994 World Championship held in Australia.[2] She has been an assistant coach for the Northern Kāhu in the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa New Zealand professional women's basketball league.[3]

Walker has three daughters who also play basketball. Krystal Leger-Walker played college basketball with the Northern Colorado Bears and Washington State Cougars, and most recently in 2025 for Northern Kahu in New Zealand TBA.[4][5] Charlisse Leger-Walker played college basketball for Washington State Cougars and UCLA Bruins. With the Bruins, Charlisse won the NCAA championship, the first Kiwi to do so.[6] Charlisse is the first New Zealander to be drafted into the WNBA.[7] Tannika Leger-Walker joined the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks roster in 2025 as a freshman.[8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leanne Walker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ^ FIBA Archive. 1994 World Championship for Women. New Zealand. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  3. ^ McFadden, Susan - Three generations: the court queens of Kāhu. Newsroom, November 20, 2024
  4. ^ Cook, Dave (17 March 2023). "How a grieving Charlisse Leger-Walker found strength in her WSU teammates to help the Cougars make it to the NCAA". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ Stanley, Ashley (11 May 2020). "Leger-Walker assists little sister into US college life". Newsroom. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  6. ^ NCAA basketball: UCLA’s Charlisse Leger-Walker becomes first Kiwi to win women’s national championship New Zealand Herald, April 6, 2026
  7. ^ Soper, Alice - Charlisse Leger-Walker WNBA draft pick a milestone for Kiwi basketball. New Zealand Herald, April 15, 2026
  8. ^ Omaha Mavericks Roster 2025-26 University of Nebraska-Omaha
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