Honors and Awards
- 2024: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2024: NCBWA Third Team All-American
- 2024: ABCA West All-Region Second Team
- 2024: CSC Academic All-District
- 2024: Pac-12 All-Conference
- 2022: Three-time Mountain West Pitcher of the Week
- 2021: Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
- 2021: All-Mountain West First Team
2024 MLB Draft
Selected by the Cleveland Guardians in the 20th round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft
Arizona 2024 (Senior)
Posted an All-American campaign with Arizona in his final collegiate season...Picked up NCBWA Third Team All-America, Pac-12 All-Conference, and ABCA All-Region Second Team honors...Pac-12 Conference regular season and tournament team champion...Spent majority of the season in the Wildcats starting rotation, earning 16 appearances and 14 starts...Went 8-2 with a 3.29 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 90.1 innings...Walked just 13 batters all season, giving him a 1.30 BB/9 rate that ranked third in program history...Finished career with a 1.35 BB/9 mark, the second best mark in program history...Tied for the Pac-12 lead with eight wins, while his 3.29 ERA was the third best in the conference; 1.23 WHIP also ranked top 10 in the Pac-12 (6th)...On the mound for both of Arizona's Pac-12 title clinching performances, going eight-plus innings in both games; helped Wildcats clinch Pac-12 regular season championship against Oregon State on May 18 (8.1,6,3,2,0,8) and was a major contributor to Arizona's Pac-12 Tournament championship game win against USC on May 25 (8.0,5,3,3,0,4)...Limited opposing hitters to a .266 batting average...One of three Arizona starting pitchers to earn Pac-12 All-Conference honors, believed to be the first time in program history that three starting pitchers earned All-Conference recognition...Struck out a season-high eight batters four times, including against Oregon State on May 18 as Wildcats clinched Pac-12 title...Rock solid during Pac-12 Conference play, making 10 starts and going 4-1 with a 3.34 ERA abd 52 strikeouts while covering 56.2 innings.
POSTSEASON: Made two starts during the Wildcats postseason run...Earned the start in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game against USC (8.0,5,3,3,0,4)...Started elimination game against Dallas Baptist at the Tucson NCAA Regional (4.0,9,6,6,1,2).
Arizona 2023 (Junior)
Made 13 appearances (nine starts) in his first season at Arizona...Logged a 5-1 record with a 6.30 ERA (35ERx50.0IP) and 49 strikeouts...Limited opposing hitters to a .319 batting average...Five wins were tied for second most on the team in 2023...Threw a season-high seven innings three times, including in a 20-0 shutout victory over Arizona State on April 19 in Tucson (7.0,5,0,0,1,7)...Also worked seven shutout innings at Oregon State on April 28 (7.0,5,0,0,1,8)...Struck out five or more batters five times, including a pair of eight-strikeout performances...As a starter, went 5-1 with a 5.53 ERA (26ERx42.1IP)...Across four relief appearances, went 0-0 with a 10.57 ERA (9ERx7.2IP)...Earned the win in three consecutive outings against New Mexico State (4/11), Arizona State (4/19), and New Mexico (4/25); did not allow a run over 13 innings in those games...Saw time in six conference games with three starts, going 1-0 with a 6.29 ERA (17ERx24.1IP) and 20 strikeouts.
POSTSEASON: Made two starts for Arizona in the postseason...Faced Oregon State in the Pac-12 Tournament (3.0,9,6,6,0,3)...Started in the Wildcats opener at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional against TCU (1.0,8,6,6,0,1).
Before Arizona
Spent two seasons at Nevada where he made 24 appearances (23 starts) for the Wolfpack…Posted a 9-9 record with a 4.60 ERA and 98 strikeouts across 131.0 innings…All-Mountain West First Team selection as a freshman in 2021…Also picked up Freshman All-American recognition from
Collegiate Baseball…Three-time Mountain West Pitcher of the Week, including once for three-hit shutout against Arizona at Hi Corbett Field on April 30, 2022…Broke up the Wildcats Power Five-best 216-game scoring streak…Prepped at Cosumnes High School in Elk Grove, California and lettered three years in baseball under head coach Mark Gwerder…Played third base, shortstop, and pitched during prep career…Second Team All-Delta League and Optimist All-Star selection after junior season…Led the Delta League in strikeouts as a junior…Was the first Division I baseball commit in Cosumnes HS history.
Personal
Cameron Joseph Walty…Son of Carl and Dana Walty…One sister, Mariah…Enjoys fishing, hiking, and bowling in his free time…Collects fitted hats and owns more than 30…Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Science, Technology, Health & Society...Chose Arizona because, “The culture plus the incredible coaching staff was too good to pass up. As soon as I got to campus I knew we could have something special at this program in years to come.”
