UC Santa Barbara
2017-2018
Sam Walters logged three scoreless minutes on Mar. 3 vs. Cal Poly, his first appearance since Feb. 3...Has been a DNP in six straight games...Saw two minutes of action on Feb. 3 vs. CSUN...Was a DNP in four games straight games prior to the CSUN game...Played one minute in the Jan. 17 win over CSUF...Prior to playing against Fullerton, was a DNP in three straight games...Played a career-high 24 minutes and equaled his careeer-high with five points on Dec. 30 vs. Pacific Union...Added career-highs in assissts (4), field goal attempts (6) and three-point attempts (5) against PUC...Had a season-highs in points (5), rebounds (5) and steals (2) on Dec. 19 vs. San Diego Christian...Made 2-of-5 field goals overall and 1-for-4 from three-point range vs. SDCC...Played two minutes on Dec. 9 at Montana State..Played two scoreless minutes at Texas A&M on Nov. 17...Had his first assist of the season...Played six minutes but didn’t attempt a shot in the opener against North Dakota State...In all, Walters has played in seven of 26 games.
2016-2017
Walters played 134 minutes in 18 games as a sophomore...Averaged 1.7 points per game...Scored a personal best five points in a win over Hawai'i...Nine of his 10 field goal on the season were from three-point range...Shot 40.0% overall and 40.9% from three-point range...Made one three-point basket in nine games...Was a member of the Academic All-Big West Team.
2015-2016
Walters played in nine games as a redshirt freshman...Missed his all three of his shots, all three-point attempts...Totaled 17 minutes.
High School
Sam Walters attended Soquel High School...Averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists as a senior...Shot 40 percent from three-point range...Scored a career-high 34 points against Harbor HS, making a personal best seven three-point baskets in the process...Was the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League co-MVP following his junior and senior seasons...A two-time First Team All SCCAL selection...Helped Soquel to a SCCAL title and the semifinals of the Division 4 Northern California State Tournament...Coached by Stu Walters.
Personal
Samuel Walters was born December 8, 1995 in Santa Cruz, Calif....The son of Valerie and Stu Walters...Was his high school's Salutatorian...Also compted in cross country, volleyball and water polo at Soquel HS...Earned First Team All-SCCAL in volleyball and second team in water polo...Favorite novel is The Hobbit...Hobbies include surfing, skating and camping...Roots for the Golden State Warriors and San Francisco Giants...Favorite athletes are Steve Nash and Klay Thompson...Favorite movies are Old School and Remember the Titans...Favorite television show is How I Met Your Mother...Most memorable sports moment was winning back-to-back Dad's coub tourney titles...majoring in biology at UCSB and would like to become a medical doctor.
