Chris Walton Class: Senior Hometown: San Diego, Calif. High School: University of San Diego High Height / Weight: 6-8 / 234 Position: F Experience: 3L

Enters his fifth season in the program as the the team captain and a true leader on and off the court... Continues to improve his strength through heavy workouts in the weight room... An intelligent player who has worked to get his physical game on par with his his mental game... Shows all the characteristics of the Walton players - solid fundamentals, team-first attitude, tremendous court vision and awareness, and the ability to finish... Has improved his ball skills after working hard on his jumper during his redshirt season.

As A Junior (2003-04 Season)
MWC Rankings: 12th in assists, 12th in defensive rebounding, 15th in rebounding
One of five players to see action in all 30 games and his 29 starts were the second-highest total on the squad... Has played in all 91 games in the three seasons that he has been in uniform for the Aztecs... Averaged 8.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists in 29.8 minutes of action per contest... Second on the team in assists (69), third on the team in rebounding (148/4.9) and blocked shots (13)... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring (262/8.7), minutes played (895/29.8) and three-point field goals (23)... Ranked among the Mountain West Conference leaders in assists (12th), defensive rebounding (12th) and rebounding (15th)... Joined Utah's Andrew Bogut as the only players in the Mountain West Conference to rank among the top 15 in rebounds and assists... In conference games, Walton was ranked among the top 15 in eight different statistical categories, including rebounding, assists, steals, three-point field goals made, three-point field goal percentage, blocked shots, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds... Led the team in scoring three times - the first three times of his career, rebounding two times and assists six times... The six occasions he led the Aztecs in assists was the second-highest total on the team behind point guard Wesley Stokes... He joined Aerick Sanders as the only Aztec players to lead the team in all three major categories for at least one game during the season... Posted 10 double-digit scoring games and added a double-figure rebound game... Started the final 17 games of the season matching Marcus Slaughter for the longest active streak on the team... Posted a double-double, the second of his career, against UC San Diego (12-6-03) with 12 points and 10 rebounds... Connected on four-of-five field goals in the contest... Scored 12 points, pulled down seven rebounds, and added four assists and three steals in win over Wyoming (2-21-04)... Scored a career-high 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds at Brigham Young (2-9-04)... Scored 15 points on 3-of-4 three-point field goal attempts at Utah (2-7-04)... Has hit 18-of-40 (45.0 percent) from behind arc over his last 17 games after starting the year 3-of-18 (16.7) on three-point attempts... Had a streak of multiple three point field goals in four straight games after making only one three-point field goal in his first 81 games... Scored 12 points and added seven rebounds in a victory over Brigham Young (1-12-04)... Led SDSU with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting in just 20 minutes of action at Saint Mary's (1-7-04)... Scored 14 points and pulled down six rebounds against Iowa State (1-4-03) after his best all-around game with 11 points, five rebounds and a career-high six assists against Portland (12-31-03)... Had a streak of four consecutive double-digit scoring games snapped against UNLV (1-17-04) scoring nine points, the first time in his career he has had a multiple game streak of 10+ points... Utilizing a redshirt season in 2002-03, Walton returned as a stronger, more aggressive player... Aztecs' third leading rebounder at 5.0 rpg and second in assists with 2.3 apg... Posted a career-high six assists against Portland (12-31-03), had five assists at New Mexico (2-28-04) and recorded four assists in six other games... Scored 12 points against Chaminade (11-26-03) on five-of-eight shooting from the field.

As A Sophomore (2002-03 Season)
Made the decision to redshirt after sitting down with the coaching staff and his family prior to the season... Joined his brothers - who all redshirted during their collegiate careers... Worked hard in the weight room during the season.

As A Sophomore (2001-02 Season)
One of six players to see action in all 33 games... His current streak of having played in 61 consecutive games (every game since arriving on the SDSU campus) is the longest among active Aztecs... San Diego State team rankings: tied for third in blocked shots (13), tied for fifth in rebounding (102/3.1 per game), sixth in minutes played (450/13.6 mpg), sixth in steals (17) and seventh in scoring (92/2.8 per game)... Played at least 11 minutes in 28-of-33 games and saw 20 or more minutes of action six times... Pulled down five or more rebounds six times despite averaging less than 14 minutes a game... His rebound average prorated over 40 minutes of action was 9.1... Made his biggest contributions down the stretch... Numbers in the final six games of the season included a 4.3 rebound per game average, nine assists and five blocked shots... Had five or more rebounds in three of the last five games... Posted impressive numbers during the Mountain West Conference Tournament, including 14 rebounds (third-highest total on the team) and seven assists (tied for the second-highest total on the squad)... Recorded his first career double-double with his 12-point, 10-rebound effort against Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne (1-2-02)... The 12 points represented a season-high, while the 10 rebounds were a career best... Committed 17 turnovers in his first 19 games of the season but only five TOs in his final 14 contests... Recorded a career-best four blocked shots in the home contest against New Mexico (2-28-02)... The four blocked shots in a contest tied Walton with Randy Holcomb and Aerick Sanders for the highest output by an Aztec player in 2001-02... Had an impressive all-around effort against UC San Diego (11-27-01) with seven points, five rebounds and a career-high five assists in 21 minutes of action... Scored six points, connecting on all four of his free-throw attempts in the Aztecs' road win at NCAA Tournament-bound Hawai'i (12-14-01)... In 19 minutes of play against New Mexico (2-28-02), Walton produced eight points, a team-high nine rebounds and four blocked shots... Twice tied for team-high in assists, including his three assist performance against Brigham Young (3-7-02) in the quarterfinal round of the MWC Tournament... Produced an excellent assist-to-turnover ratio for a post player of 1.4-to-1... Averaged just one turnover every 20.5 minutes of action.

As A Freshman (2000-01 Season)
One of seven players and the only freshman to see action in all 28 games... Production increased as the season progressed... One of three Aztec players that had a higher scoring average in conference play (4.3) than overall (3.3) (Marcelo Correa and David Abramowitz were the others)... Saw increased minutes playing at the power forward spot the final month of the season... Scored a career-high 13 points and pulled down six rebounds in 20 minutes of action in the season finale vs. Colorado State... Shot a perfect 3-of-3 from the line vs. the Rams... A 69.7 percent (23-of-33) shooter from the charity stripe... Scored eight points in 28 minutes against Brigham Young (2-12-01)... The 28 minutes played are a career best... Made 17 of his last 27 field goal attempts from the floor, shooting 33-of-68 (48.5 percent) from the field during the regular season... Had 71 rebounds and 35 assists through 28 contests... Played the first 25 minutes of his career without committing a turnover... Had an outstanding debut, scoring four points, pulling down six rebounds and dishing out three assists in 17 minutes of action against UC San Diego (11-17-00)... His six rebounds in 17 minutes against the Tritons prorates into 14.1 rebounds per 40 minutes... Set a then-career high in points with seven and a season-high for rebounds with seven versus Florida Atlantic (11-30-00)... Did not commit a foul in 19 minutes against Florida Atlantic... Played 21 minutes against Sacramento State and had a career-best four assists against the Hornets... Shot a perfect 3-of-3 from the field vs. Morgan State (12-21-00).

High School
Prepped at ultra-successful University of San Diego High School... Finished his senior season with an average of 16.8 points and nine rebounds per contest... Also averaged two blocks and three assists per contest... Was voted team most valuable player... Was a first-team all-Western League, all-San Diego County as well as a San Diego Union-Tribune all-county first-team selection... Averaged 16 points and eight rebounds as a junior... Played his first two seasons of high school basketball under current Aztec women's coach Jim Tomey... A second-team all-CIF selection... Led team to three consecutive San Diego Section CIF titles, including Uni's seventh straight in 2000, as well as the 1998 state championship.

Personal
Born Oct. 31, 1981, in Palo Alto... Son of Bill and Susan Walton... Father is former UCLA and NBA star and NBC analyst who can frequently be seen at Aztec games... Mother is an educator... Older brother Luke was selected in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers (second round, 32nd pick overall)... Older brothers, Adam (played at LSU and finished his career at Notre Dame College), Nathan (Princeton) and Luke (Arizona) played college basketball... A business administration major.