AWARDS & HONORS
2023 // SENIOR
- ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-American
- D3baseball.com First Team All-American
- D3baseball.com All-Region First Team
- ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team
- Landmark Conference Player of the Year
- Landmark All-Conference First Team
- Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (4/10, 4/24)
- Elizabethtown College STAR Award Winner - Most Outstanding Student-Athlete
2022 // JUNIOR
- Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll
- Landmark All-Conference First Team
- D3baseball All-Region Third Team
- ABCA All-Region Second Team
- Landmark Athlete of the Week (4/18)
2021 // SOPHOMORE
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Elizabethtown College STAR Award Winner - Rookie of the Year
2020 // FRESHMAN
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Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (3/9)
2023 // SENIOR
- Appeared in 42 games, making 40 starts
- Totaled a career-high 63 hits, 85 hits, 21 doubles, and 42 RBIs
- Also tallied 8 triples and 7 home runs
- Batting average .483
- 19-game hit streak
- Season-high 4 hits at Susquehanna (2x) and vs. Catholic
- Recorded his 100th career-hit and 100th career-RBI
- Program single season leader in runs and hits
2022 // JUNIOR
- Appeared in 32 games with 30 starts
- Totaled 25 runs, 45 hits
- Totaled 10 doubles, two triples, and eight home runs
- Held a .429 batting average
- Went 3-4 with three runs scored and a career-high six RBI vs Catholic (4/15)
2021 // SOPHOMORE
- Appeared in and started 26 games
- Hit .291 with 24 RBI, 16 runs scored, six double, eight triples, and one home run
- Led the team in triples, second in doubles and RBI, and fourth in runs scored
- First in Division III in triples per game (.31) and tied for third in total triples
- Registered six triples over his final 11 games
- Matched a career-high three times with three RBI
2020 // FRESHMAN
- Appeared and started 1 games
- Hit .390 with 16 hits, three doubles, a homerun, 11 RBI, and nine runs scored
- Tied for fourth in the Landmark Conference in RBI
- Made collegiate debut against Roanoke (2/22), going 2-6 with an RBI and a run scored
- Hit first collegiate home run in win against Muskingum (3/5), tallying a career-high three RBI
- Named Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week, batting .429 with nine RBI, six runs scored, and a homerun over a six game stretch
- Season cut short due to COVID-19
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended West Chester Rustin
- Member of Golden Knights' baseball and golf team
- First Team All-Chesmont and Second Team All-Area as an outfielder his senior year
- Helped team qualify for the State Tournament
- Second Team All-Chesmont Utility Player while helping the team to its first State Tournament appearance as a junior
PERSONAL
- Son of Vern and Courtney Watson
- Father played football at Juniata
- Younger sister, Sophie
- Majoring in Engineering with a concentration in Industrial & Systems
