Men's Basketball | 3/18/2026 12:26:00 PM
GREENSBORO — North Carolina A&T men's basketball redshirt freshman
Lewis Walker added to his collection of accolades after one year in an A&T uniform. BoxToRow, a leading HBCU sports publication, named Walker its HBCU Rookie of the Year and added him to its HBCU All-American team.
Another publication also recognized Walker's remarkable 2025-26 season. HoopsHD.com named him first-team All-CAA and CAA Rookie of the Year. Previously, the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) named him third-team All-CAA and selected him for the conference's all-rookie team.
Walker averaged 18.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. He also shot 50.8 percent from the floor, 86.2 percent from the free throw line, and 36.7 percent from 3-point range. His 18.9 points per game average is the highest for a freshman in program history.
He closed out the 2025-26 season with impressive rankings across the board. In the league, he finished second in field goal percentage, free throw attempts (217), and free throws made (187). Walker was third in free-throw percentage, sixth in points scored (548), and ninth in minutes per game (34.1). On the national stage, he placed 18th in free throws made and 37th in free throws attempted.
Walker's 548 points are the Aggies' single-season freshman scoring record. On February 7, in a game against Campbell at Corbett Sports Center, Walker surpassed A&T men's basketball legend Joe Binion for most points scored in a season by a freshman. Binion's 418 points stood as the record for 46 years. Walker's 548 is also the 10th-best scoring season in program history. He was two points shy of becoming the eighth different Aggie to score 550 points in a season. Binion and Elmer Austin did it twice.
Walker's season included several freshman records: most field goals made (168), field goals attempted (327), free throws made, free throws attempted, free throw percentage, and minutes played (994). He scored 30 or more points twice, breaking the freshman single-game scoring record with 33 points in a loss at William & Mary on January 15, then matching it in a win over Towson at Corbett on January 24.
Additionally, Walker scored 20 or more points in 12 games during the 2025-26 season.
"I can for another 20 minutes and gush about him," said A&T head coach Monté Ross. "That's how good I think he is as a person, let alone as a basketball player, which everybody sees. But people don't get to see him behind the scenes. They don't get a chance to see how he is as a person."
