Jamestown’s Mason Walters signs NBA G League contract

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Jamestown native Mason Walters has signed with the Valley Suns of the NBA G League to begin his professional basketball career.

Walters was supposed to spend the summer months on the Suns’ Summer League team but was sidelined due to an injury.

Walters was the 2019 North Dakota Mr. Basketball winner, as well as the 2019 Gatorade North Dakota Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year. Walters then went on to the University of Jamestown where he was the NAIA Player of the Year for the Jimmies.

He is the Jimmies’ all-time leading scorer and rebounder.

Walters spent the last year of his college career at the University of Wyoming where he started 22 games for the Cowboys. He averaged 12.2 points per game while shooting 43% from field goal range.

Walters will join the Valley Suns for training camp later this month.