54  Andre Walker
	Class: Graduate Student Hometown: Flossmoor, Ill. High School: Brewster Acad./Homewood-Flossmoor Last College: Vanderbilt University Height / Weight: 6-8 / 225 Position: Forward Birthdate: 03/09/1989

2011-12: Second on the team in rebounding at 5.8 rpg., including a collegiate career-high tying 14 rebounds at Fordham on Jan. 7 and 14 rebounds in his winning return to Vanderbilt on Nov. 28...grabbed 11 rebounds in the March 11 A-10 Championship Game against St. Bonaventure...also contributed 5.3 points and 1.9 assists per game, including a career-high seven assists in the St. Bonaventure win on Jan. 14 and five assists at Fordham on Jan. 7...started 33 games...versatile player who filled in some at point guard against Oral Roberts on Dec. 18...posted the first double-double of his collegiate career with 13 points and 10 rebounds in the Southern Illinois win on Dec. 25...scored a then-Xavier career high 10 points in the Purdue win on Dec. 3...played 34 minutes in his Xavier debut on Nov. 11, contributing seven points, six rebounds, three assists and two blocks.

2010-11 AT VANDERBILT: Played in 15 games, starting eight times, for Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings, as a redshirt junior last season...averaged 3.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in 17.7 minutes per game for the 23-11 Commodores...VU lost to Richmond in the NCAA Tournament Second Round...changed his number from 24 to 54 prior to the start of the season.

2009-10 AT VANDERBILT: Returned to the floor in 2009-10 as a redshirt sophomore after missing most of the 2008-09 season with a knee injury...played in 32 games, starting 31 times, as a sophomore for the 24-9 Commodores, averaging 6.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 25.0 minutes per game...VU lost to Murray State in the NCAA Tournament First Round...scored a career-high 17 points in a career-high 38 minutes in an overtime win against Georgia at VU's Memorial Gym on Feb. 25...grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against Missouri on Dec. 2...had 10 rebounds each against Florida (Jan. 9), South Carolina (Jan. 16) and Georgia (March 12)...scored 10 points against Southern Miss (Jan. 2) and Kentucky (Feb. 20)...posted an all-around floor effort of nine points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals in 31 minutes vs. Illinois (Dec. 8)...tallied team highs in rebounds (7), assists (5), and blocks (2) while scoring nine points in a win at Tennessee (Jan. 27)...scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting to go along with team-high seven rebounds in 31 minutes against Kentucky (Jan. 30).

2008-09 AT VANDERBILT: Redshirted in 2008-09 after tearing the ACL in his right knee in Vanderbilt's third game.

2007-08 AT VANDERBILT: Played in all 34 games as a freshman and averaged 11.2 minutes per game...Scored a then career-high 10 points at Florida (Jan. 27)...grabbed seven rebounds vs. Auburn in the SEC Tournament (March 13) and dished six assists against the Tigers...played a season-high 27 minutes and scored eight points against Alabama (March 8).

BEFORE VANDERBILT: Spent the 2006-07 season at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, the same prep school where current XU teammate Mark Lyons played in the 2007-08 season...a foot injury cut short his lone season there.

PERSONAL: A graduate student in the sport administration program...was born March 9, 1989 in Hayward, Calif...parents are Andre Sr. and the late Jane Walker.

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