The 6-foot-3 senior forward led the Cardinals to a 15-5 record and a fourth-straight South Carolina Independent School Association Class 3A state championship this past season. Watkins averaged 20.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.9 blocks per game. A 2022 McDonald’s All-American, she will compete in the dunk contest during the McDonald’s festivities and is ranked as the nation’s No. 12 recruit in the Class of 2022 by HoopGurlz.
Watkins has maintained a 4.06 weighted GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of South Carolina this fall.
Watkins has volunteered locally as a peer tutor at Cardinal Newman and as a student ambassador for school events. She has also donated her time as a summer camp counselor.
