Football

 
 
ASU: Emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in the country last season...turned in one of the finest seasons in school history, shattering just about every ASU single-season passing record despite not earning a starting spot until the fifth game of the year...will be a candidate for pre- and postseason honors...has already received mention as a candidate for the Heisman Trophy...should also be a candidate for the Davey O'Brien Award and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, both given each year to the top quarterback in the nation...is listed as the eighth-best quarterback in the country by The Sporting News...possesses one of the strongest arms in college football...is the third-best returning passer in the nation in terms of passing yards behind Hawai'i's Timmy Chang (4,474 yards) and Washington's Cody Pickett (4,461)...has improved greatly from working with head coach Dirk Koetter and passing game coordinator Mark Helfrich over the last two seasons.

 
 
2002: Set the Arizona State single-season record and became the first 3,000-yard passer in school history with 3,877 passing yards, breaking the previous mark of 2,878 by Danny White in 1973...turned in the third-best single-season passing performance in Pac-10 history and became the first player in Pac-10 history to throw four 400-yard passing games in a season...also shattered school records for passing attempts (483) and completions (274)...finished second on the ASU single-season list for touchdowns with 28, just one shy of the school record of 29 TD passes thrown by Mike Pagel in 1981...also tied for sixth on the Pac-10's all-time list for TD passes in a single season...was the co-recipient of ASU's Most Valuable Offensive Player award with wide receiver Shaun McDonald...also earned the Cecil Abono Co-Captain Award as voted on by his teammates...set the Pac-10 single-game passing record with 536 yards in ASU's upset at No. 6 Oregon on Oct. 19, breaking the mark of 534 yards held by fellow Sun Devil Paul Justin vs. Washington State in 1989...was named the Oct. 20 Sporting News, cnnsi.com and USAToday.com National Player of the Week...was also the Pac-10 Player of the Week honors following the Oregon game...earned his first start of the season vs. Stanford on Sept. 28 where he completed 22 of 37 passes for 414 yards and five touchdowns...his five TD's vs. the Cardinal tied for third on the ASU single-game charts...threw at least four touchdown passes in four games last year...followed his Stanford outing up with 474 yards (27-of-45) vs. North Carolina...his 888 yards in those two games broke the school record for passing yards in back-to-back games...he also became the first ASU signal-caller to throw for 400 yards in back-to-back contests...had earned the start at San Diego State on Sept. 14 but injured his knee in practice...instead came off the bench to lead ASU to the biggest comeback in school history, throwing four TD passes to erase a 22-point deficit and give the Sun Devils a 39-28 victory...completed his first two passes for touchdowns to McDonald (72 yards and 33 yards) in a stretch of 27 seconds vs. the Aztecs... completed 29 of 51 attempts for 477 yards and four TDs vs California on Nov. 9...had a season-long 85-yard touchdown pass to Daryl Lightfoot vs. the Bears...this year, was responsible for three of the top 11 single-game passing efforts in Pac-10 history...finished third in the Pac-10 and 19th in the nation in passing efficiency (137.10)...also ended up third in the league and 18th in the country in total offense (261.5 yards per game)...shattered the majority of ASU's total offense records as well...set Sun Devil total offense records for total yards (3,661) and yards per game (261.5)...tied Danny White (1973) with four games with at least 300 yards of total offense and turned in the third-best single-season performance in Pac-10 history...gained the most yards in school history in consecutive games with 901 yards (422 vs. Stanford and 479 vs. UNC) as well as the most in four consecutive games with 1,594 yards of total offense (422 vs. Stanford, 479 vs. UNC, 185 vs. OSU and 508 at Oregon).

 
 
2001: Saw action in all 11 games, starting two...was named to the Freshman All-Pac-10 Team by the Sporting News...was 38 of 86 (44.2 percent) for 546 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions...efficiency rating of 104.38...had a season-long pass of 53 yards against Washington State...against UCLA, was 16 of 29 for 226 yards, two touchdowns and one interception...had 28 rushing attempts for 22 yards...had a season-long run of 17 yards against Oregon. 2000: Redshirted.

 
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2000 graduate of Grand Junction (Colo.) High School...named honorable-mention All-America by USA Today...member of the Tacoma News Tribune's "Western 100" listing...ranked the 88th-best player in the nation by the Sporting News...second-team all-west by the Orange County Register...a PrepStar Top 100 Dream Team player as the No. 8 quarterback in the nation...ranked as the No. 15 quarterback in the nation by SuperPrep Magazine on its "All-America 308" listing...listed as the No. 19 player on the Midlands Region Super 30 by SportsLine/PrepStar...Max Emfinger listed him as a Third-Team All-American for USA Today...listed as one of the "Dandy Dozen" in the run/pass quarterback category by Max Emfinger... completed 193 of 361 passes for 2,789 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior...completed 131 of 261 for 2,116 yards and 21 touchdowns as a junior...named to the PrepStar Preseason All-American Team...also an All-America choice by PrepStar and Rivals 100...listed as the No. 19 player in the Midlands Region by PrepStar in its Super 30 All-Midlands Region team...connected on 131 of 261 passes for 2,116 yards and 21 touchdowns as a junior...and all-Southwest League player as a junior and senior...all-conference in the Colorado Springs/Southwest League as a senior...earned all-state honorable mention as a junior and senior...lettered three times in football, twice in basketball and once in track and field...captained the football team during his senior year... as a freshman, played a varsity basketball game with a broken finger and scored 20 points (hit four clutch free throws in final two minutes of the game to win it)...had a great ASU Camp in June of 1999 and committed shortly thereafter.

 
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in communication...Father, Randy, played baseball at ASU and mother, Selina, is a graduate as well...has four brothers, Cameron, Kellen, Eric and Stuart...born May 11, 1982, in Phoenix...grandparents own a cabin at Camp Tontozona ... full name is Andrew Scott Walter.

 
 
CAREER HIGHS: Pass Attempts: 57, vs. Kansas State (12/27/02). Pass Completions: 31 twice, last at Washington State (11/2/02). Passing Yards: 536, at Oregon (10/19/02). TDs Passing: 5, vs. Stanford (9/28/02).  
 

Walter's Career Statistics
Year	G/GS	Comp./Att.	Yds.	Pct.	TD/Int.	Lg.	Avg./G	Eff.
2001	11/2	38/86	546	44.2	3/2	53	49.6	104.4
2002	14/14	274/483	3877	56.7	28/15	85	276.9	137.1
Total	25/16	312/569	4423	54.8	31/17	85	176.9	132.1

 
 
 

Walter's 2002 Game-By-Game Statistics
Opp.	Comp./Att.	Yds.	TD/Int.	Long
Nebraska	7/16	46	0/0	13
Eastern Washington	3/4	52	1/0	24
UCF	4/5	54	2/0	26
San Diego State	11/20	241	4/0	72
Stanford	22/37	414	5/1	67
North Carolina	27/45	474	0/2	41
Oregon State	14/34	186	1/2	46
Oregon	31/53	536	4/2	67
Washington	18/27	184	2/0	25
Washington State	31/51	328	2/2	35
California	29/50	477	4/1	85
USC	24/49	297	1/2	27
Arizona	25/35	295	0/2	28
Kansas State	28/57	293	2/1	33

 
 
 

Walter's 2001 Game-By-Game Statistics
Opp.	Comp./Att.	Yds.	TD/Int.	Long
San Diego State	0/1	0	0/0	0
at Stanford	0/1	0	0/0	0
San Jose State	0/0	0	0/0	0
La-Lafayette	0/0	0	0/0	0
at USC	3/4	30	0/0	17
Oregon State	0/0	0	0/0	0
Washington	0/0	0	0/0	0
at Oregon	8/25	105	0/1	31
Washington State	1/4	53	0/0	53
Arizona	10/22	132	1/0	38
at UCLA	16/29	226	2/1	45