Travis Walton (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Travis Walton

| image =

| height_ft= 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 189.2

| league = NBA G League

| team = Agua Caliente Clippers

| position = Assistant coach

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|24}}

| birth_place = Lima, Ohio

| high_school = Lima Senior (Lima, Ohio)

| college = Michigan State (2005–2009)

| draft_year = 2009

| career_start = 2009

| career_end = 2012

| career_position = Guard

| career_number =

| coach_start = 2014

| years1 = 2009

| team1 = Lugano Tigers

| years2 = 2010–2011

| team2 = Ratiopharm Ulm

| years3 = 2011

| team3 = Dakota Wizards

| years4 = 2012

| team4 = Fort Wayne Mad Ants

| years5 = 2012

| team5 = Canton Charge

| cyears1 = 2014–2017

| cteam1 = Idaho Stampede / Salt Lake City Stars (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2017–present

| cteam2 = Agua Caliente Clippers (assistant)

| highlights =

• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2009)

}}

Travis Walton (born August 24, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player, and assistant coach with the Agua Caliente Clippers. Previously, he was an assistant coach with the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He played college basketball at Michigan State University. In 2009, he was selected as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. Travis was born in Lima, Ohio, to Lakita and Nathaniel Walton. Walton played four consecutive years in Lima for Lima Senior. He was also recruited by Marquette.

Walton played for the Detroit Pistons in the 2009 NBA Summer League. He then played in Europe in Switzerland and Germany. Walton played in the NBA D-League for the Dakota Wizards in 2011. In 2012, he played for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and the Canton Charge.

According to a report from ESPN's "Outside the Lines," in 2010 Walton allegedly struck a female bar patron twice on the face, with the force of the blow knocking her off her barstool. Walton was charged with assault and battery, but the case was dismissed on April 10, 2010.