AWARDS
2017 NFCA Scholar Athlete
2018 NFCA Scholar Athlete
2019 NFCA Scholar Athlete
2019 All-Sun Belt First Team
2019 All-Sun Belt Tournament
2019 NFCA All-Region Second Team
2019 NISC Nacogdoches All-Region Team
2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District VII First Team
2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team
2020 Preseason All-Sun Belt Team
USA Softball's 2020 Player of the Year Top 50 "Watch List"
2020 CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District Division I Softball Team
AS A SENIOR (2020 – Season Cut Short Due To Coronavirus) | Game-By-Game Statistics
Walton received Preseason All-Sun Belt Team honors and was appointed to USA Softball’s 2020 Player of the Year Top 50 “Watch List” before the season began ... appeared in all 25 games, making 25 starts at shortstop … finished with the fifth-highest batting average on the team (.295) across 78 at-bats … led the team in runs scored with 14 and in hits with 23 … finished second on the team in five different statistical batting categories including home runs (2), doubles (4), total bases (33), walks (10) and in stolen bases (7)… slugged .423 (third-highest on the team) with a .378 on-base percentage (fourth-best on the team) … finished seventh in the SBC in runs scored and fifth in the SBC with 45 assists … tied single-game program records for hits and runs scored with four apiece, both coming in a game against UTSA (Feb. 23).
AS A JUNIOR (2019) | Game-By-Game Statistics
Appeared in 63 games, starting every game at shortstop ... second on the team and fourth in the Sun Belt in batting average (.393) ... led the Sun Belt in runs scored (66), also a UTA single-season record ... led the team and third in the Sun Belt in doubles (16) ... second on the team in home runs (4) ... drove in 27 runs ... slugged .562 with a .508 on-base percentage ... featured a .953 fielding percentage at shortstop ... Sun Belt Player of the Week (3/5)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2018) | Game-By-Game Statistics
Appeared in 55 games and started all of them, primarily at shortstop ... hit .282 with 48 total hits and 10 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, and 31 RBI's ... also finished with a slugging percentage of .400.
AS A FRESHMAN (2017) | Game-By-Game Statistics
2017 NFCA Scholar Athlete ... started 59 games, primarily at shortstop ... 29th in the Sun Belt with a .280 batting average ... led team with 7 home runs ... 38 runs scored are tied for 4th in UTA single-season history ... 40 RBI are 6th in single-season history ... knocked 6 doubles and 2 triples ... second on the team with a .444 slugging percentage ... 5-of-6 in stolen-base attempts ... led team with 84 total bases.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four seasons at Brazoswood High School ... 2016 first team 24-6A All-District ... 2016 first team All-County (Brazoria) ... 2016 team MVP ... 2016 TGCA All-State and All-Academic teams ... 2016 first team All-Greater Houston Area ... 2015 first team All-County ... 2014 second team All-Greater Houston Area ... 2014 NPCA second team All-Region ... 2014 All-County setter and Academic All-District (volleyball) ... 2013 District Newcomer and County of the Year ... 2012 All-County Newcomer of the Year (volleyball) ... member of FCA ... played travel ball for Impact Gold-Raley and Hotshots Gold.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Randy Walton and Kelley Calcote ... has one brother, Cody ... Majoring in Kinesiology and fitness-wellness track...
