2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
AS A SENIOR IN 2014-15
Chosen preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference by coaches and media relations contacts … enters his senior season 76 points away from becoming the 33rd player to score 1,000 points as a Colonel … needs 85 steals to break the EKU record for career steals (221) … named to the 5-member Sporting News preseason All-OVC team … picked first team preseason All-OVC and “Best Defender” by Lindy’s Sports … selected second team preseason All-OVC by CollegeSportsMadness.com.
SUMMER 2014
Started all four games during Eastern Kentucky’s summer tour in Australia … led the team in scoring (18.3 ppg), rebounding (6.0 rpg), assists (4.8 apg) and steals (4.0 spg) … shot 45 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free throw line … had 19 assists and only nine turnovers while playing 32.8 minutes per game … totaled 16 steals in four games … had 20 points, nine rebounds, six assists and two steals against the Sydney Kings (Aug. 8) … finished with 28 points on 11-of-21 shooting from the field, eight steals and three rebounds in an overtime loss to the Wollongong Hawks (Aug. 10) … had 13 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals versus the Suncoast Clippers (Aug. 11) … finished the trip with 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals against the Cairns Taipans (Aug. 14).
AS A JUNIOR IN 2013-14
2014 Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year … 2014 OVC Tournament MVP … 2013-14 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American … one of 25 finalists for the Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year Award … 2014 OVC All-Tournament team selection … averaged 23.3 points, 3.7 steals, 3.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 66 percent from the field and 91 percent at the free throw line in three OVC Tournament games … scored a career-best 29 points to go along with seven assists, five rebounds and two steals in the OVC Tournament championship game against Belmont (March 8) … ranked 16th in the nation with 76 steals … led the OVC and ranked 18th in the country with an average of 2.24 steals per game … enters his senior season 76 points away from becoming the 33rd member of EKU’s 1,000-point club … started all 34 games … averaged 13.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game … shot 49.7 percent from the field, 32.5 percent from three-point range and 83.2 percent at the free throw line … scored in double figures 24 times in 34 games … scored 20 or more points five times … ranked 14th in the OVC in scoring, fourth in free throw percentage and 15th in assists … had 34 steals in the final 12 games of the season … enters his senior season having scored in every game of his EKU career, 69 straight … has also grabbed at least one rebound in every game as a Colonel, 69 straight … took 14 charges during the 2013-14 season … scored 24 points to go along with six steals and four assists in the OVC Tournament semifinal victory over Murray State (March 7) … his six steals against Murray State in the tournament tied his career-high … grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds against Tennessee State (March 1) … had a season-high eight assists at Austin Peay (Feb. 22) … set career highs with 13 free throws and 15 free throw attempts against Southeast Missouri (Feb. 1) … scored the 1,000th point of his collegiate career at Tennessee State (Jan. 23), his first 289 points came while a freshman at Stetson … made a career-high 10 field goals and scored 24 points against Murray State (Jan. 8) … had a game-best 19 points along with eight rebounds, three assists and three steals at VCU (Dec. 5) … had 16 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals against High Point (Nov. 16) … 2013-14 preseason All-OVC selection … first team preseason All-OVC choice by USA Today … preseason All-OVC selection by Athlon Sports … 2013-14 Colonel Scholar.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13
Selected to the 2013 OVC All-Newcomer team … four-time OVC Newcomer of the Week … played in all 35 games … started each of the final 20 games of the season … averaged 13 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game … shot 49.8 percent from the field, including 36 percent from three-point range … ranked 16th in the nation in free throw shooting at 87.8 percent … hit 82-of-88 free throws for 93.2 percent in regular season OVC games … ranked 19th in the OVC in scoring, first in free throw percentage, ninth in steals and 10th in field goal percentage … hit 27 straight free throws at one point during the season, two short of tying the EKU record … also had a streak of 21 straight makes … led the team with 19 charges taken … scored in double figures 23 times … scored 20 or more seven times … grabbed at least one rebound in all 35 games … made a season-high four three-pointers in EKU’s first round CIT victory at Gardner-Webb, the last of which he banked in while falling out of bounds as the shot clock expired, with the game tied and 1:08 showing on the game clock … finished with 26 points at Gardner-Webb (March 19) … scored 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting at No. 10 Illinois (Dec. 16) … hit 8-of-11 shots from the field and 10-of-10 at the free throw line on his way to a season-best 28 points at Jacksonville State (Jan. 19) … scored 24 points against Belmont (Jan. 26) … had 19 points, five assists, five rebounds and three steals in the second meeting with Jacksonville State (Feb. 16) … tied his career-high with six steals at Tennessee Tech (Feb. 28) … grabbed a season-best seven rebounds against Murray State (March 8) in the OVC Tournament … scored at least four points in all 35 games.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN 2011-12
Injured, did not play during sophomore season.
AS A FRESHMAN AT STETSON UNIVERSITY IN 2010-11
Started 24 games … averaged 12 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game … shot 44 percent from the field, 34 percent from three-point range and 82.5 percent from the free throw line … unanimous selection to the 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Fla. ... earned four varsity letters in basketball ... back-to-back Volusia County Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... ended career as the all-time leading scorer at Seabreeze with 1,647 points ... also the all-time leader in steals ... hit an area-high 57 three-pointers and averaged 28.4 points and four steals per game as a senior ... scored 38 points against Melbourne High in 2008-09 regional finals.
PERSONAL
Full name is Torrian Corey Walden … son of Clayton and Lawana Walden … majoring in general studies in health sciences.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2012-13Sophomore
Guard
6'2"
206 lbs
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2013-14Junior
Guard
6'2"
206 lbs
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2014-15Senior
Guard
6'2"
189 lbs