2018 Southland Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team
2018 Season:
• Appeared in 53 games, drawing 51 starts at second and third base in his first Division I season.
• ranked fourth on the team in batting average (.275) and fifth in hits (55).
• went 2-for-5 with a key seventh-inning RBI as the Demons defeated New Orleans, 7-5, to clinch their first Southland Conference Tournament championship on May 26.
• went 2-for-2 and drew two walks in a 5-1 Southland Conference Tournament win against Southeastern Louisiana on May 24.
• had back-to-back 2-for-4 performances with a double and a triple against Abilene Christian on May 11-12.
• hit safely in a season-long five straight games from May 11-17.
• went 3-for-5 with four runs and an RBI in a 15-3 win at Lamar on April 10.
• had a 2-for-5 performance, scoring three runs, in a 7-2 win at Lamar on March 27, raising his average to a season-high .315.
• went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and homered off eventual third-round draft pick Aaron Hernandez in a 7-6 win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on March 24.
• strung together four straight two-hit games from March 10-17, going 8-for-19 with his first career home run, three runs scored and five RBIs.
• went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a 6-4, 10-inning win at Louisiana Tech on Feb. 28.
• notched his first career hit and first multi-hit game, going 2-for-4, in a 10-3 loss to Binghamton on Feb. 18.
Prior to NSU:
• Played one season each at San Jacinto Community College and at Hill College.
• as a sophomore, batted a team-best .406 and was named first-team all-region and all-conference as San Jacinto reached the NJCAA Division I World Series title game.
• batted .416 at Hill College as a freshman.
High School:
• Two-year letterman for coach Mark Lynch’s Crusaders.
• second-team all-state and first-team all-conference selection as a senior, batting .380 for the state champions.
• unanimous first-team all-district and first-team All-Greater Houston pick after batting .420 as a junior and helping Concordia Lutheran to a 24-6-1 record.
• graduated with a 3.2 grade point average.
Personal:
• Born Oct. 30, 1996.
• son of Gretchen and Robert Watson.
• one brother, Alex, and one sister, Ivy.
• majoring in business administration with a focus on finance.
• plans to continue baseball or start a career in business.
• life’s ambitions include being able to wake up every day and do something he truly loves, having a successful career, giving back to the community and growing in his faith and becoming the best version of himself for his friends and family.
