BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Alabama A&M University guard Kalia Walker was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women's Basketball Player of the Year, the conference announced during the league's Media Day at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Tuesday.

Walker also earned All-SWAC Preseason First Team honors, while forward/center Jaida Belton was selected to the second team.

Walker, a First Team All-SWAC selection a year ago, averaged a team-best 14.6 points and 2.7 rebounds. She surpassed the 1,000-point plateau toward the end of the regular season and shot 37.9 percent from the field and 81.4 percent from the free-throw line. The Alexander, Ark. native registered a career-high 30 points in a non-conference win at North Alabama last season.

Belton, who comes to Alabama A&M from Texas Southe

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