2003 Baseball Roster
Colton Walter
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lancaster, Calif.
- High School:
- Lancaster
- Position:
- IF
Sophomore: Played in eight games, starting three... Batted .533 with eight hits in 13 at bats... Had an on-base percentage of .632... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI against Utah on May 10... Went 3-for-4 in the following game against Utah on May 11, scoring three runs, hitting a double, getting hit by a pitch and stealing a base.
Freshman: Played in 11 games and hit .375 with two doubles, four runs scored and four RBI? Went 2-for-3 with four RBI in the Hastings College series as a pinch hitter? Three errors in 18 chances in the field for a season fielding percentage of .833.
Lancaster HS: Lettered three years in baseball and two in football... Second-team all-league in both sports as a junior... First-team all-league as a senior in baseball... Team captain of both sports as a junior and senior... Baseball team won the league title as a senior.
Personal: Member of Cadet Squadron 26, the Mighty Barons... Major is mechanical engineering... Birthdate is Dec. 3, 1982? Future goal is to be a test pilot? On the commandant[apos]s list all three years and superintendent?s list this last fall for military excellence? Worked the second half of Basic Cadet Training as a course cadre on the Leadership Reaction Course... Over the summer went on an Operations Air Force trip to Hill, AFB in Salt Lake City, Utah where he got to ride on a flight in the back seat of an F-16? Favorite major league team is the Los Angeles Dodgers? Favorite player is Texas Rangers[apos] shortstop Alex Rodriguez.
Why did you come to the Academy? ?I came to the Academy for the opportunity to play Division I baseball. Once I arrived and went through Basic Training however, my thoughts changed. I learned a lot about this place after about a year or two and I really realized all the great opportunities I had ahead of me. How many college students can say they jumped out of airplanes for a class, or sat in the back seat of an F-16 during a training mission? The baseball led me to the Academy and the great opportunities and education kept me here.?
What are your plans for the future? ?Right now my future is not really set. I?m pretty sure I want to go to pilot training, but there in an outside chance I might throw that in to become a flight test engineer. Right now I?m weighing my options to see what best fits my situation.?
Walter[apos]s Career Batting Stats
YEAR G/S AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG 2002(Fr.) 11/0 8 4 3 2 0 0 4 1 1 2 .375 2003(So.) 8/3 15 5 8 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 .533 Career 19/3 23 9 11 3 0 0 8 2 3 4 .478
