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Baseball Athlete Profile - Kent Walton

Kent Walton Outfielder
6-0, 185, Sr.
Yucaipa, CA/Yucaipa HS

At BYU
SENIOR - (2009): Drafted in the 23rd round by the Oakland A's ... First Team All-Mountain West Conference ... second in BYU career hit ladder and fourth in MWC career hit ladder with 293 hits ... led team with four game: three solo homers vs. St. John's, Western Carolina and the Air Force Academy, and a walk-off single vs. UNLV.

JUNIOR - (2008): Drafted in the 42nd round as the No. 1264 pick by the Oakland A's ... Second Team All-Mountain West Conference ... Academic All-Mountain West Conference ... Preseason All-MWC, 2008 (coaches) ... Top MWC Draft Prospects, Baseball America ... batted .373 in MWC games ... had three game-winning RBI with a double vs. San Jose St., and sac-flies vs. Kansas St. and San Diego St. ... had a 15-game... (More)

SOPHOMORE - (2007): Academic All-Mountain West Conference ... twice named Mountain West Conference Player of the Week for his play against UNLV and Utah ... ended the season with a current seven-game hitting streak ... sidelined with a concussion after a first base collision at San Diego State ... moved this season to start primarily at second base ... had game-winning RBI vs. New Mexico, Southern Utah and Utah ... r... (More)

FRESHMAN - (2006): Batted .385 in the River City Classic, but had a slugging percentage of .769 with a pair of doubles and a lead-off homer against Washington State and a two-run double in BYU's victory over St. Mary's ... hit a lead-off first-inning homer against Washington St. in the River City Classic ... had game-winning RBI against St. Mary's (a double) and at Northern Colorado (a two-run single) ... had a 12-g... (More)

Before BYU
First-team all-state as a senior at Yucaipa High where he was coached by Jeff Stout ... broke school record with 59 hits ... MVP of the team as a senior and MVP hitter as a junior ... won the Marty Rouse Award as a senior ... was county player of the year, league MVP and first team All-CIF ... batted .538 as a senior with eight homers ... clocked 6.36 seconds in the 60-yard dash ... was all-county... (More)

Personal
Born in Redlands, Calif., ... parents are Kenneth and Christy ... brother Kyle played baseball at the University of Houston before transferring to Cal-San Bernardino ... lived with Steve Garvey during the summer of 2007 when he played for the Palm Springs Power ... recruited by Cal-Irvine and Cal-Northridge ... majoring in accounting.

Statistics
Year    Avg.   G-GS   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   RBI    TB   BB   SO  SB-SBA
2006   .316   55-49  206   28   65   12    3    5    33    98   14   38  10-12
2007   .350   55-54  223   53   78   17    6    8    45   131   11   23  12-19
2008   .309   57-57  243   47   75   12    7    4    44   113   15   35  14-17
2009   .377   49-49  199   50   75   10    2    9    41   116   21   29  17-18


Kent Walton Multimedia
Walton on award-winning team poster
Walton on award-winning team poster