Isaiah Walker Named DI-AAA ADA Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year

CLEVELAND - - Belmont University men's basketball junior Isaiah Walker has been named the 2023-24 Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AAA ADA) Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the organization announced Thursday.
 
This marks the latest honor for Walker, who was named 2023-24 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® and a member of the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete Team for a second consecutive year.
 
Walker holds a 3.75 grade-point average in business administration. The Wyoming, Ohio native has 64 career game appearances, ranked among team leaders in rebounds, assists and steals this season and helped the Bruins extend their streak of 14 consecutive 20-win seasons.
 
He averaged 5.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game during the 2023-24 season.
 
The 6-5 guard posted double figure scoring in both games against Drake.
 
Walker is a member of the Belmont Office of Leadership Development (BOLD) team and the men's basketball representative on the campus and Missouri Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
 
He also won the Belmont University freshman writing award.
 
This is the 17^th time a Belmont men's basketball player has been named to the DI-AAA ADA Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete Team in the program's 22-year history.
 
Joining Walker on the 2023-24 DI-AAA ADA Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete Team are Ryan Kalkbrenner and Steven Ashworth of Creighton, Trey Townsend of Oakland, Gibson Jimerson of Saint Louis, Koby Williamson of Seattle, Fletcher Abee of UNC Asheville, Frankie Fidler of Omaha, Filip Skobalj of UIC and Dan Petcash and Armon Harried of Binghamton.
 
Luke Smith was the most recent Bruin to receive DI-AAA honors in 2022.
 
Belmont University men's basketball has been a postseason fixture the last two decades, including nine berths to the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins have won 20 conference championships since 2006 - third-most nationally over that span (Gonzaga, Kansas). Belmont has won 20 or more games in 14 consecutive seasons (Gonzaga, Kansas, Oregon) and 19 or game games in 19 consecutive seasons (Gonzaga, Kansas, San Diego State). Belmont is among select programs with two or more first-round selections in the NBA Draft over the last five years (Ben Sheppard, Dylan Windler). Belmont University men's basketball boasts an NCAA-leading 19 CoSIDA Academic All-America selections since 2001 and is the only NCAA Division I program to make the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Honor Roll every year of existence