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2017 Women's Soccer Roster

2 Katie Watkins

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • High School A.L. Brown
  • Hometown Kannapolis, N.C.

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2016)
PBC All-Academic Team ... Saw action in 15 games with six starts as a midfielder to total 747 minutes on the pitch ... Logged six points (2 goals, 2 assists) ... Attempted 13 shots, including seven on goal ... Scored the game-winning goal in the 32nd-minute in a 1-0 win over Lees-McRae on Sept. 19 ... Added a goal and an assist in a 4-0 win over Georgia Southwestern on Oct. 1 ... Took a season-high five shots on five occasions and twice fired a pair of shots on goal ... Played in a season-high 90 minutes in a 1-0 loss to Limestone on Sept. 3.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015)
PBC All-Academic Team ... Started all 18 games for the Braves, totaling 1,514 minutes of field time ... Notched seven points on three goals and an assist ... Took 23 shots, including 11 on goal (.478) ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 7-0 win over Georgia Southwestern, getting the Braves on the board in the third minute ... Posted her first goal of the year in a 4-2 win over Pfeiffer, tying the game at one in the 10th-minute ... Forced overtime in a contest with Georgia College with an 80th-minute goal ... Dished out her lone assist in a 3-0 win over USC Aiken ... Fired a seaon-high four shots in a 4-0 win over Mount Olive ... Played a season-high 107 minutes against Georgia College and added another 105 minutes in the next game against Wingate ... Saw action for at least 90 minutes in 12 games ... A member of the squad that earned the Team NSCAA Academic Award.

AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
A member of the squad that earned the Team NSCAA Academic Award ... PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... In the midfield, she played all 19 games with 15 starts to record 1591 minutes on the field … Finished the season with  seven goals to rank fourth in the PBC and second on the team for a total of 14 points … Captured her first goal in the 10-1 victory over Georgia Southwestern followed by the opening goal of the game against Montevallo and her third goal of the season in the 7-0 shutout victory over Emmanuel … Logged her only game-winning goal as she headed in the score on a free kick in second overtime against Flagler … Posted the second goal of the game in both wins over Lander and Mount Olive … Notched the only score in the 77th minute for UNCP in the PBC Semifinals against Columbus State … Took 20 shots, 10 of which (.500) were on goal … Team ended the season with an undefeated record in away matches 6-0-2 … Registered a season-best three shots against Georgia Southwestern and another two against Wingate, Montevallo, Emmanuel and Lander … Recorded a season-high 110 minutes in the contests against Wingate and USC Aiken and 90 or more minutes in the other 11 contests ... Helped UNCP fight through 110 minutes of scoreless soccer en route to a 0-0 draw with No. 10 Wingate and No. 10 North Georgia during the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at A.L. Brown High School under coach Kelly Depompa … A three-year letterman in soccer and played basketball … In her junior and final season, she started in every game and led the team in goals (15) and assists … Helped her team to its first ever 4A playoff berth … Garnered the awards of offensive MVP, all-conference first-team and all-region … Played in three games as a sophomore due to an injury and posted one goal … Wonders made it to the 3A state playoffs for the second-time in school history … Logged 20 goals (second-best scorer on the team after her sister, Amber) and was named all-conference, all-region and offensive MVP as a freshman … Named basketball’s Best All Around Player and Comeback Player of the Year as a junior with an average 7.5 points, 6.0 steals, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game … Played club soccer for Lake Norman Soccer Club for coach Philip Poole and CSA ECNL for coach Adam Denton … Led the Lake Norman Soccer Club to the Final Four State Cup and was the team captain that led her team to the national tournament for the CSA ECNL … Nabbed the Greater Charlotte Soccer Gala Comeback Player of the Year laurel in 2013 … Invited to the US Soccer Training ID Center twice ... Selected to the NC ODP first team and invited to the ODP Region Camp in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Selected to Region II ODP Pool in 2012 … Club team won the NC Premier League and finished the season with a 7-2-0 record.

PERSONAL
The daughter of Angela and Phil Watkins … Has one sister, Amber … Ranked 14th out of her 341-member graduating class with a 3.96 grade point average … A member of the A Honor Roll and BETA club, was selected as a junior marshal, and graduated early in three years …   A nursing major at UNCP.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Junior

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    2017Senior

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