Former Cerritos College pitcher Tim Walton, who played for the Falcons from 1992-93, has been announced as one of the 2024 inductees into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame. Walton will be starting his 19th season as the head softball coach at the University of Florida 22nd season as a head coach. Over 21 seasons as a head coach, Walton has amassed a record of 1,049-287 which is good for a .785 winning percentage that ranks third among active NCAA head coaches with a minimum of 10 years of experience as head coach. In 2022, Walton eclipsed the 1,000-career win mark and became the second fastest NCAA Division I head coach to reach the milestone behind Arizona coach and NFCA Hall of Famer Mike Candrea. He is currently one of 11 active coaches in NCAA Division I with 1,000 career victories.

He led the Gators to back-to-back NCAA National Championships in 2014 and 2015, eight Southeastern Conference Regular Season Championships, five SEC Tournament titles, 11 trips to the Women's College World Series and five WCWS Championship series appearances. Over the years, Walton has trained 24 players who were able to earn 48 NFCA All-America accolades. In addition, he coached three Collegiate Women Sports Award winners, two USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year recipients, an NFCA Division I Player of the Year winner, one NFCA Freshman of the Year recipient, five SEC Pitchers of the Year and five SEC Players of the Year.

As a member of the Cerritos baseball team, Walton was a 2nd Team All-South Coast Conference pitcher as a sophomore, while he was voted the team's Most Inspirational Player both seasons. He helped lead the team to the conference title as a freshman. Walton then transferred to the University of Oklahoma, where he was the winning pitcher of the 1994 NCAA National Championship game for the Sooners.

Walton was then drafted in the 25th Round by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1995 June Amateur Draft, where he played in their minor league system from 1995-97.

Before heading to take his first head coaching position at Wichita State in 2003, Walton served as an assistant softball coach for the University of Oklahoma, as the hitting coach and outfielders coach. In his four seasons at Oklahoma, the Sooners won three Big 12 titles and made three consecutive WCWS appearances, including winning the 2000 NCAA title