Position: Forward
Class/Experience: Redshirt Freshman
Height: 6-8
Weight: 228
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
High School: University HS

General: Sat out last season with a medical redshirt as a result of a stress fracture in the navicular bone of his right foot... Underwent an MRI back in November of 1998, after experiencing pain and the stress fracture was revealed... Was in a hard cast for about four weeks and then a walking cast for another four... With the injury healed, began practicing towards the end of February... Coaches are excited to get him into the lineup this season... Will be a swing-forward for the Cats, meaning he can play both the three or four positions... Heady and versatile player... Great knowledge and feel for the game... Comes from a family that has produced its share of basketball talent... Has a great ability to pass, shoot and handle the ball for a player his size... Versatility is something that has the UA coaches excited... Father, Bill, is current NBC basketball announcer and former UCLA basketball great who went on to play in the NBA with the Portland Trailblazers, Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics.

High School: As a senior went for 20 ppg, 11 rpg and 6 apg and was named the Division III Player of the Year for University High School... Was also the CIF and Western League Player of the Year... A good student, he was a member of the All-Academic first team for San Diego county... Led his team to a 26-4 record as a senior, 25-5 as a junior and 28-3 as a soph... Team went undefeated in conference play during his three years (42-0)... Was University High School's Athlete of the Year as senior... Averaged 16 ppg, 10 rpg and six apg as a junior and was named to the San Diego Union Tribune's All-Region team... Was rated as the No. 7 player in the Long Beach Press Telegram's Best of the West poll.

Personal: Luke Theodore Walton... Born 3-28-80... Son of Bill and Susie Walton... Mother attended UCLA and Sonoma State and is an educator... Has two brothers who play college basketball... Adam, at Cal Poly Pomona and Nate, at Princeton... One other brother, Chris, is on the University High School team... Big fan of the Greatful Dead and Santana... Undecided in his choice of major at the UA.