Charles Walker played men’s basketball for Sac City during the 1959-1960 season.  He is the Panther record holder for most rebounds in a single game with 29 and had another 20 rebound game (which is 9^th best on the record list).  He is 9^th all-time in SCC history with 33 points (against Marin) in a single game and is also 10^th and 11^th with 32 points (against Allan Hancock) and 31 points (against Modesto).  Charles scored 632 points that year, which is still 5^th best in school history.

Prior to coming to City, Charles played his high school ball at C.K. McClatchy and Sacramento High Schools.  After his one season at SCC, Charles was offered a scholarship to play basketball at Utah State, but the weather got the best of him, so he returned home to play for Sac State.  He is 6^th on the Hornets all-time list for scoring average in a career at 17.8, 2^nd in rebounds per game for his career at 14.1, tied for 7^th with a single season scoring average of 19.7, 6^th with 304 rebounds in a single season, and 3^rd with an average rebounds per game of 16.0.  During his high school and college playing career, Charles would earn more than 10 individual MVP awards in leagues throughout Sacramento, including the Mike Salta Pontiac and March of Dimes Tournament.

After college, Charles left Sacramento and headed to the Philippines and continued his basketball season for 5 years, before retiring due to knee injuries.  During his overseas career, he played with 3 teams as one of the best players in scoring and rebounding and had several posters in airports and billboards throughout the region.  Charles is still recognized by the Philippine community for his basketball contributions to this day.

Charles recognizes all of his high school coaches as they had a great deal to do with preparing him for his basketball career and not just taught him the positions on the floor, but more importantly they taught him discipline.  They taught him that "practice makes perfect" and therefore Charles knew if he wanted to achieve greatness, that it would take a lot of work and practice.