Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Kacie Walton started in both games during the Scarlet Raptors’ abbreviated 2020 season, which ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite her short season, Walton broke the program’s career record for caused turnovers, hiking the mark to 74, and would have broken the mark for ground balls if she had the opportunity. She finished the year with 130 career ground balls, only seven shy of tying the mark. The short season also deprived her of the chance to tie the program’s record for career games: she finished with 46 games played, 13 shy of the record, after 13 games on the season schedule were wiped out.
 
In addition to her program record for caused turnovers, Walton set the mark for ground balls per game (2.83), finished second in total ground balls (130), third in caused turnovers per game (1.74), ninth in games (46) and tied for ninth in starts (44). She also had nine career goals and one assist for 10 points, while adding 11 draw controls.
 
A two-time New Jersey Athletic Conference Honorable Mention performer, Walton played in all 46 Rutgers-Camden games during her career. She was named the Most Valuable Player on the 2019 team.
 
Walton also has competed with the Scarlet Raptors in numerous other sports, including soccer, basketball and cross country. In the classroom, the Nursing major has received numerous academic honors.
 
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention, 2017-18 and 2018-19 scholastic years… New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Second Team for the 2019-20 scholastic year…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll 2016 Fall, 2017 Spring, 2017 Fall, 2018 Spring, 2018 Fall, 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters…Dean’s List…One of 47 athletes on the 171-member 2020 Spring AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA.
 
Lacrosse 2020: Started the two games Rutgers-Camden played in its short season…Collected one goal and her first career assist for two points…Had three shots (all on goal), six ground balls, four draw controls and five caused turnovers…Set the career mark for caused turnovers in a game at Bryn Mawr (March 10), notching five to hike her total to 74, breaking a tie for the mark with Megan Everett…Had two ground balls against Manhattanville (March 7) and four against Bryn Mawr to raise her career total to 130, seven behind Everett’s program record…In the Manhattanville game, collected three draw controls, one goal and her first career assist…Against Bryn Mawr, added one draw control to her five caused turnovers and four ground balls.
 
Cross Country 2019: Ran with the cross country program in two 6K meets to help out with the short-handed program…Finished third on the team and 160th of 210 overall (32:27.13) at the NJAIAW Championships (Sept. 21)…Placed fourth on the Raptors and 90th of 106 overall at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Nov. 2) in a time of 31:42.2.
 
Lacrosse 2019: Captured NJAC Honorable Mention for the second straight season…Started all 15 of the Scarlet Raptors’ games…Served as the team’s co-captain…Collected two goals for two points, while placing seven of her 11 shots on goal for a .636 percentage…Led the team with 56 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers…Added six draw controls…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on March 18 after helping the team win its opening two games for the first time in program history…Collected three or more ground balls in 11 games and had at least five ground balls in eight contests…Notched season highs of six ground balls four times, coming against Gwynedd Mercy (March 19), DeSales (March 23), Rosemont (April 4) and Immaculata (April 16)…Collected her high of three draw controls in the Raptors’ season opener against Penn State-Abington (March 14)…Had a high of four caused turnovers in the Rosemont game, while scoring both of her season goals.
 
Lacrosse 2018: NJAC Honorable Mention…NJAC Academic Honorable Mention…Started all 13 games and led the team with 27 caused turnovers, the third-highest single-season mark in program history…Was second on the team with 41 ground balls, the eighth-highest single-season total at Rutgers-Camden…Added three goals for three points…Took nine shots, six on goal for a .667 percentage…Had a high of seven ground balls against DeSales University (March 17), one of her five games with four or more ground balls…Notched five ground balls against Immaculata University (April 23) and four on three occasions…Collected four caused turnovers in a game on four occasions…In the team’s final game of the season against Ramapo College (April 28), she scored two of her three season goals, taking only two shots to accomplish the task.
 
Soccer 2017: Played in 12 games, starting eight…Took eight shots, five on goal for a .625 percentage…Made her sophomore debut playing 65 minutes in a 3-0 season-opening loss against Elizabethtown (Sept. 1)…Made her first start against nationally-ranked Johns Hopkins University (Sept. 20) and started seven of her remaining eight games during the season…Helped the Raptors post a 1-0 shutout over Kean University (Oct. 14)…Helped the Raptors hold opponents to one or fewer goals on five occasions, including four times as a starter.
 
Lacrosse 2017: Played in all 16 Raptor games, starting the last 14…Collected three goals, 27 ground balls, one draw control and 18 caused turnovers…Made her collegiate lacrosse debut March 2 against Rosemont and notched her first caused turnover in her next game against Arcadia University (March 8)…Made her first start against DeSales University (March 11), notching two ground balls and one caused turnover…Had a career-high four ground balls and added a caused turnover against Immaculata University (March 22)…Notched a career-high four caused turnovers and added two ground balls in a win over Delaware Valley University (March 28)…Collected her first goal, while adding three caused turnovers and two ground balls in a 12-2 win over Cedar Crest College (April 14)…Notched two goals, two ground balls and one caused turnover in a 21-10 win over Gwynedd Mercy University (April 27).
 
Basketball 2016-17: Played in 16 games, averaging 1.2 points and 0.5 rebounds…Notched six assists and added one steal…Shot 6-for-12 (.500) from the field, including 4-for-6 (.667) from three-point range…Shot 3-for-4 (.750) from the foul line…Made her Raptor basketball debut at John Jay College (Nov. 26), shooting 3-for-3, all from three-point range, for a career-high nine points, while also adding one rebound and one steal…Hit one three-pointer on her only shot against Kings College (Dec. 1)…Had two points (shooting 2-for-2 from the foul line) and added career highs with two rebounds and two assists against Kean University (Jan. 30).
 
Soccer 2016: Played in 15 games, starting 10, as a midfielder for the Scarlet Raptors…Notched one goal and two assists for four points, tying for fifth on the team in scoring…Collected her first collegiate point with an assist on a goal by Aubrey Andrews and later added her first collegiate goal, the game winner, in a 3-1 victory over Ramapo College (Oct. 1)…Also had an assist on the Raptors’ lone goal, a strike by Catherine Fiore, in a 2-1 loss to William Paterson University (Oct. 22)…Took 12 shots, five on goal.
 
High School: Captured four varsity letters apiece in soccer and basketball at Northern Burlington High School, graduating in 2016…Played soccer for Coach Larry Young and basketball for Coach Ed Fitzpatrick…On the basketball court, captured All-League First Team honors twice…All-Burlington County in basketball and a member of the All-Collingswood Christmas Basketball Tournament Team…Notre Dame basketball tournament MVP…National Honor Society…Chinese Honor Society.
 
Club Teams: NJ Ravens Lacrosse and Next Level Soccer Academy
 
Personal: Born October 8, 1997…Hobbies and interests include “watching any show on TLC, impractical jokers, drinking iced coffee and running”…Two-time All-Star for CYO basketball league…Nursing major at Rutgers-Camden…Post-graduation plans include moving back home with her mom and dad, getting a job as a trauma or addiction nurse and going on a vacation to Thailand…Kacie is the daughter of Jim and Dawn Walton of Columbus.