Corey Walden

Corey Walden
Walden in 2016
No. 2 – Hapoel Holon
Position Shooting guard / Point guard
League Israeli Premier League
FIBA Champions League
Personal information
Born (1992-08-05) August 5, 1992
Ormond Beach, Florida
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 189 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Seabreeze (Daytona Beach, Florida)
College
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Maine Red Claws
2016–2017 Telenet Oostende
2017–present Hapoel Holon
Career highlights and awards

Torrian Corey Walden (born August 5, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for Stetson and Eastern Kentucky.

High school career

Walden attended Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Florida where he hit an area-high 57 three-pointers and averaged 28.4 points and four steals per game as a senior, earning four varsity letters in basketball and also back-to-back Volusia County Player of the Year awards as a junior and senior. When he graduated, he was the all-time leading scorer at Seabreeze with 1,647 points and the all-time leader in steals. Among his best performances was the 2008–09 regional finals where he scored 38 points against Melbourne High.[1]

College career

Walden began his college career with Stetson where he started all 24 games he appeared in and averaged 12.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game and subsequently earned 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team honors. Following the 2010–11 season, he transferred to Eastern Florida State but didn't play during the 2011–12 season due to an injury.[1]

After redshirting on his sophomore season, Walden transferred to Eastern Kentucky where he spent his last three college years. In the 2014 OVC Tournament, he averaged 23.3 points, 3.7 steals while shooting 66 percent from the field and was named MVP. However, foul trouble limited his play as a junior. He moved to point guard at the beginning of his senior year.[2] As a senior, he averaged 18.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.1 steals in 34.6 minutes per game earning a spot on the Lou Henson All-America Team and the first team All-Ohio Valley Conference for the 2014–15 season.[1]

Professional career

After going undrafted on the 2015 NBA draft, Walden joined the Boston Celtics for the 2015 NBA Summer League[3] where he averaged 2.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3.5 steals in 16.5 minutes per game. On September 25, 2015, he signed with the Celtics,[4] only to be waived by the team on October 24 after appearing in four preseason games.[5] On October 31, he was acquired by the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Celtics.[6] Walden joined the Boston Celtics again for the 2016 NBA Summer League.

On July 17, 2016, Walden signed with Belgian team Telenet Oostende.[7]

On July 26, 2017, Walden signed with Israeli team Hapoel Holon for the 2017–18 season.[8] On December 5, 2017, Walden recorded a career-high 31 points, shooting 9-for-13 from the field, in a 94–90 win over EWE Baskets Oldenburg.[9] Three days later, Walden was named Champions League Game Day MVP.[10] Walden helped Holon to win the 2018 Israeli State Cup, as well as reaching the 2018 Israeli League Final. In 32 games played during the 2017–18 season (both in the Israeli League and the Champions League), Walden averaged 10.4 points, 3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game.

On July 11, 2018, Walden signed a one-year contract extension with Hapoel Holon.[11][12]

Personal life

The son of Clayton and Lawana, Walden majored in general studies in health sciences.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eastern Kentucky bio". EKUSports.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "EKU's Walden ready to be on point". The Courier Journal. November 7, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Celtics Announce 2015 Summer League Roster". NBA.com. July 1, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Celtics Finalize Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. September 25, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Celtics Waive Jones, Walden". NBA.com. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Red Claws Announce Draft Results, Training Camp Roster". OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Corey Walden sign with Telenet Oostende". Sportando.com. July 17, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Corey Walden inks with Hapoel Holon". Sportando.com. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ "UNET Holon v EWE Baskets Oldenburg Box Score". championsleague.basketball. December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  10. ↑ ""Confident and aggressive" Walden garners MVP of the Week award". championsleague.basketball. December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ "קורי וולדן האריך חוזה במחזיקת הגביע". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Hapoel Holon re-signs Corey Walden". Sportando.com. July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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