PERSONALLuke
Theodore Walton... Son of Susie and Hall of Famer Bill Walton...
Brothers Nate and Adam played basketball at Princeton and Cal
Poly-Pomona, respectively... Younger brother Chris played at San Diego
State... Enjoys listening to the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Coldplay and
the Rolling Stones... Outside of basketball, enjoys traveling... Person
he most admires is his mother for raising four boys... Most important
possession is his 1970 Cadillac convertible which his older brother
passed down to him... After professional basketball, would like to work
with underprivileged children...Earned bachelor’s degree in
family studies from the University of Arizona... Active participant in
Lakers Community Relations programs such as "Read To
Achieve” and the team’s annual "Lakers Thanksgiving
Celebration”... Prior to the Lakers/Hornets contest March 8, 2006
in the NBA’s first game back in New Orleans since Hurricane
Katrina, participated in a "Hoops for Homes/Habitat for
Humanity” project in New Orleans’ hardest hit area, the
Lower 9th Ward with teammates and Hornets players... Traveled to
Johannesburg, South Africain 2006 and Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2007 for
Basketball Without Borders, the NBA’s international outreach
program designed to teach the game and focus on HIV/AIDS awareness and
education... Conducts annual summer basketball camps for boys and girls
in Tucson and San Diego with former Arizona Wildcats teammate and
current New Jersey Nets star Richard Jefferson... Opened two
Joey’s Smokin’BBQ restaurants in Manhattan Beach and Irvine.
COLLEGEOne
of only three players in Pac-10 history to tally 1,000 career points,
500 rebounds and 500 assists ... Finished his career as the No. 22
career scorer (1,179 points), No. 4 in assists (582), No. 8 in games
played (129) and No. 9 in steals (151) and minutes played (3,514) ...
Earned AP Honorable Mention All-America honors his senior season ...
Averaged 15.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists in the NCAA
Tournament his senior year ... Named allPac-10 for the second
consecutive season as a senior ... Preseason Associated Press first
team All-America pick ...Wooden Award Finalist ... Led all front court
players in the country in assists as a junior ... Named to four
All-America teams following his junior season including one of 10 John
R. Wooden Award All-Americans, second team All-America honors from The
Sporting News and Basketball News and third team All-America from
Basketball Times ... Named Pac-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player
after averaging 15.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists ... ... The
Pac-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 22.7 points,
5.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists in three games ... Named one of 20
finalists for the John R. Wooden Player of the Year Award and was an
All Pac-10 selection as a junior ... As a sophomore, tallied four
points, three rebounds and four assists in the National Championship
game 4/2/01 vs. Duke.
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