Pito Walton

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

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Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

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Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-2
Weight:
192
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Peapack, N.J.
High School:
Lawrenceville School

Awards:
ECAC All-Academic (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy (2022-23)
ECAC Defender of the Month (December 2022)
The Hobey Baker Trophy (Team Award - Most Outstanding Freshman; 2019-20)

2022-23: ECAC All-Academic Team ... Honorable mention All-ivy ... Served as team tri-captain ... Led defensemen and finished third on the team in scoring with 21 points (7g, 14a) ... Tied for team lead in assists with 14 ... Scored twice on the power play ... Had an assist at No. 13 Harvard (10/28) ... Scored a PPG against Cornell (11/4) ... Had an assist against Colgate (11/5) ... Had a helper at Brown (11/12) ... Scored at RIT (11/26) ... Had a PPG and an assist against Clarkson (12/2) ... Tallied an assist against St. Lawrence (12/3) ... Had a three-assist game against RPI (12/11) ... Scored and added an assist at Colorado College (12/30) ... Picked up an assist against LIU (1/13) ... Had two assists against No. 12 Providence (1/17) ... Scored at No. 16 Cornell (1/21) ... Had an assist against LIU (1/28) and Dartmouth (2/3) ... Scored game-winner against Brown (2/17) ... Found the back of the net at Union in ECAC First Round (3/4).

2021-22: ECAC All-Academic ... Played in all 31 games ... Sixth on the team and tops among defensemen with 11 points on four goals and seven assists ... Tallied two power-play goals ... Had a goal and an assist at Brown (11/5) ... Tallied three assists at Yale (11/6) ... Picked up a helper against LIU (11/12) ... Scored against RIT (11/26) ... Netted a PPG against RPI (2/4) ... Tallied an assist at St. Lawrence (2/12) ... Scored a PPG at Harvard (2/18) ... Had an assist against Colgate (2/25).

2020-21: ECAC All-Academic Team ... Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: ECAC All-Academic selection... Received Princeton Hockey's Hobey Baker Trophy as most outstanding freshman ... Appeared in 25 games on defense ... Tallied one goal and five assists, third among defensemen on the team ... Blocked 30 shots, fourth-most on the team ... Had a goal and an assist against Dartmouth (1/3) ... Picked up assists against Dartmouth (11/9), Union (11/16), Cornell (11/23) and Dartmouth (3/6) ... Had a season-best four blocked shots against New Hampshire at the Friendship Four in Belfast (11/30).

Before Princeton: Played the 2018-19 season in BCHL for the Coquitlam Express ... Named to the league All-Rookie team and was the team Defenseman of the Year ... Had 36 points in 58 games… During the 2017-18 season played for the North Jersey Avalanche and Coach Mark Lotito… Had 25 points in 47 games and was the team’s newcomer of the year… Team was Tier1 Elite and AYHL Champions and was a quarter-finalist at the USA Hockey Nationals…Represented the Atlantic District at the USA Development Camps in 2016 and 17… A 2018 graduate of the Lawrenceville School… Played lacrosse and was captain of the golf team.

Personal: Full name is James M. Walton, III ... Son of Betsy and Jim Walton ... Jim is an independent sports television producer and director ... Has an older sister Bella who is a teacher in New York City.