Derrick Walton

Derrick Walton, Jr. is an American college basketball player for The University of Michigan where he has completed his junior season for the 201516 team. He was a 2013 Parade AllAmerican, the 2013 Michigan Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year and the runner up in the 2013 Mr. Basketball of Michigan as a senior at Chandler Park Academy. He was a 201314 Big Ten Conference mens basketball season AllFreshman selection in the Big Ten for the 201314 team. He was a 201516 Big Ten Conference mens basketball season AllBig Ten third team selection by the coaches and honorable mention selection by the media as a junior.

Walton was born in Detroit, Michigan to Angela and Derrick Walton Sr. on April 3, 1995. Walton had considered attending Saginaw High School with a close friend of his named Dorian Dawkins, but Dawkins collapsed at a basketball camp on June 12, 2009 due to a heart defect and Walton Sr. got the coaching job at Chandler Park Academy. June 13, 2011 was the first day that Michigan offered scholarships to the class of 2013. On August 1, 2011, Walton announced his nonbinding verbal commitment to Michigan. At the time, he was ranked 77th, 88th and 92nd in the class of 2013 according to Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com, respectively. This commitment came one day after Zak Irvin joined Michigans 2013 recruiting class. As a junior, he had a breakout season that included posting 47 points and hadrebounds against Crockett High School on March 9, 2012, and a quadrupledouble against Cesar Chavez Academy on January 31, 2012. During the summer of 2012, Walton jumped in the Rivals.com ranking from

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