University of Toledo Athletics

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2025
Played in 61 games and started in all 61; one of two Rockets to play in all 61 contests…Hit .236 and had a .773 OPS…Tallied 51 hits…Nine home runs and 34 RBIs…Lead the team in walks (36) and was hit by pitch nine times…Went 2-for-4 with two homeruns and four RBIs at Miami (March 9) and 2-for-4 with two homeruns, three RBIs and two runs scored vs. Western Michigan (April 18)… Also walked off the Broncos to help Toledo to a series sweep (April 18)… 2-for-2 with two home runs and five RBIs to cap regular season against Central Michigan (May 17)… Totaled 16 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games…87 putouts with one error for a .989 fielding percentage in left field.

2024
Played in 52 games and started in 49… Batted .303, Toledo’s second-highest average of the season… Had a .984 OPS, which placed him 15th in the MAC… Collected 57 hits on the season, third-most for the Rockets… Claimed 42 runs and 39 RBIs… Led UT with 14 doubles including two in a 4-for-5 effort at Wright State (March 13), ranked tied for 14th in the MAC in doubles… Tallied six RBIs vs. Northern Illinois (March 28), where he also scored five runs and launched two home runs… Hit 4-for-5 with two RBIs and three runs scored vs. Kent State (April 14)… Had Toledo’s third-most home runs on the season with 12, which placed him tied for 11th in the MAC… Ranked 16th in the MAC in slugging percentage at .580… Finished with 18 multi-hit games and six games of three or more hits… Multiple RBIs in nine games… Had a .987 fielding percentage as the team’s primary left fielder with 75 putouts.

2023
Did not see game action

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at Perkins High School...Finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in career doubles and lowest career ERA...Three-time first-team all-conference honoree....Hit .462 as a senior in 2022.

PERSONAL
Parents are Chris and Angela Walton...Has one brother, Thane.