Matt Waldron had a distinguished career as member of the Pacific Tigers men's basketball program from 1977 to 1982.
Waldron averaged 20.1 points per game during his 1981-82 senior season, good for 10th all-time on Pacific's single-season scoring list. He earned Second Team All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association honors and was named an AP Honorable Mention All-American. In addition, he was honored by his coaches with the Curley Harder Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Ralph Francis Award as the team's Most Valuable Player for that season.
He tallied the third-highest scoring game in Pacific history, pouring in 39 points against Cal State Fullerton on February 4, 1982. Matt currently ranks ninth all-time on the school's career scoring list with 1,326 points and ranks third in school history with 406 free throws made. He ranked fifth all-time in career assists at the time of his graduation in 1982.
As a junior in 1980-81, "Wally" scored 16.9 points per game and was honored with the Peter Sosnick Award as the team's Most Improved Player. The previous season, Waldron was granted a medical redshirt year after suffering a knee injury against Bradley at the Great Alaska Shootout in the Tigers' second game of the season.
Matt also won the team's Most Improved Player award after the 1978-79 season, appearing in 30 games as a sophomore with 9.5 points per game. Waldron and teammate Ron Cornelius, Pacific's all-time leading scorer, led the Tigers to the 1979 NCAA Tournament, going 18-12 overall and 11-3 in the PCAA. Pacific earned the PCAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament that year, as Waldron totaled 31 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists in two PCAA tournament games against Long Beach State and Utah State.
He was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 1982 NBA Draft and went on to play professional basketball in Australia where he led his team to the National League Championship in 1983.
Matt graduated from Pacific in 1982 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and now works as an electrical contractor. He and his wife Grace live in Penn Valley, California.
