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Ashlyn Watkins
American basketball player
Ashlyn Watkins is an American college basketball player for the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[1]
Watkins with South Carolina in 2022 | |
| No. 2 – South Carolina Gamecocks | |
|---|---|
| Position | Forward |
| League | Southeastern Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Cardinal Newman (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| College | South Carolina (2022–present) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Watkins attended Cardinal Newman High School in Columbia, South Carolina, where she led the basketball team to four straight SCISA class 3A state titles. She was named a McDonald's All-American and the South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year in 2022.[2][3] Watkins won the McDonald's All-American Dunk Contest.[4]
Watkins started dunking in middle school while attending Cardinal Newman.[4]
In March 2022, Watkins won the Powerade JamFest dunk contest.[5]
On November 17, 2022, Watkins stole the ball in the closing seconds of No. 1 South Carolina's 85–31 road win against Clemson. Once in possession of the ball, Watkins dribbled the ball to the basket and slammed it, the first dunk in South Carolina women's basketball history.[6][7][4]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | South Carolina | 32 | 0 | 10.7 | 56.3 | 33.3 | 46.9 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| 2023–24 | South Carolina | 38 | 9 | 20.6 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 55.6 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 9.2 |
| Career | 70 | 9 | 16.0 | 55.4 | 25.0 | 52.7 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 7.3 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[8] | |||||||||||||
- "Cooper, Watkins bring 'something truly special' to Gamecocks". TheBigSpur. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- "Ashlyn Watkins 2021 - 2022 SOUTH CAROLINA GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR". playeroftheyear.gatorade.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- "Ashlyn Watkins receives McDonald's All American jersey". wltx.com. March 10, 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- Holloway, Jeremiah. "Did you see that? South Carolina's Ashlyn Watkins dunks in WBB win over Clemson".
- Hruby, Emma (2022-03-29). "South Carolina commit wins McDonald's All-American dunk contest". Just Women's Sports. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- Feinberg, Doug. "Playing above the rim more common in women's college hoops". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- "Ashlyn Watkins records first dunk in program history as Gamecocks crush Clemson". WACH. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- "Ashlyn Watkins College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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