Ashlyn Watkins
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.jpg) Watkins with South Carolina in 2022 | |
| No. 2 – South Carolina Gamecocks | |
|---|---|
| Position | Forward |
| League | Southeastern Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 5, 2003 |
| 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 | |
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Ashlyn Watkins (born October 5, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[1]
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]
College career
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]
Career statistics
| 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 |
| 2024–25 | South Carolina | 14 | 0 | 18.9 | 51.2 | 0.0 | 68.2 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 7.2 |
| Career | 84 | 9 | 16.5 | 54.7 | 16.7 | 54.7 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 7.3 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[8] | |||||||||||||