Darrell Walker, a 6-foot guard who last played at Eastern Washington University in 1998-99, has enrolled at Seattle Pacific University and will play basketball next season for the Falcons. Walker, a Marysville resident and 1994 Marysville-Pilchuck High School graduate, becomes the third transfer from an NCAA Division I program who has committed to SPU for 2000-01. He has one year of eligibility remaining.

Walker played in all 27 games--starting four--for Eastern as a junior. He averaged 4.3 points and 1.6 assists in 12.4 minutes per game. He had been a walk-on redshirt for the Eagles the previous season. Walker played two seasons for his father, Larry Walker, at Everett Community College after graduating from high school. At Everett CC, he was a first team all-NWAACC selection as both a freshman and sophomore, twice leading the league in assists and averaging 18 points in his second season.

Walker joins Jesse Keely and Eric Sandrin, both from the University of Portland, as the Falcons' crop of D-I transfers. Keely enrolled at SPU in winter quarter and Sandrin accepted a scholarship last week.

Seattle Pacific, under Coach Ken Bone (10th year), is coming off the most successful season in program history, finishing 27-5, winning the West Region and advancing to the semifinal round of the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. The Falcons, members of the Pacific West Conference, lost six seniors, including four starters.