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2016 Women's Soccer Roster

9 Amber Watkins

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School A.L. Brown
  • Hometown Kannapolis, N.C.

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2015)
NCCSIA All-State Team ... PBC All-Academic Team ... Started all 18 games for the Braves, totaling 1,585 minutes of field time, third most on the team ... Racked up 11 points, third most on the squad ... Second among Braves with five goals, also dishing out one assist ... Took 26 shots, third most on the team, including 14 on goal (.538) ... Scored her first goal of the season on four shots in a 4-2 win over Pfieffer in tht 77th-minute to put the game out of reach ... Posted three goals and an assist in a three-game span late in the season ... Found the back of the net in the 77th-minute in a 4-0 win over Mount Olive and assisted on the game-winner ... Scored twice in a 4-2 win over Young Harris, including the game winner in the 53rd-minute after he first tally in the 48th-minute ... Notched her final goal in a 3-0 win over USC Aiken in the 21st-minute ... Fired a season-high five shots in a 2-0 win over Montevallo, including four on goal ... Played in a season-high 110 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Flagler ... Saw action for at least 90 minutes in 11 contests ... A member of the squad that earned the Team NSCAA Academic Award.???????

AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)
All-PBC … Daktronics All-Region … NCCSIA All-State … PBC All-Academic … A member of the squad that earned the Team NSCAA Academic Award ... PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... DII ADA Academic Achievement Award … In the midfield, she played and started in all 19 games to record 1684 minutes on the field … Finished the season with  six goals to rank third on the team, while also notching 10 assists to lead the team and rank second in the PBC for a total of 22 points (11th in the PBC) … Captured her first goal of the season in the 3-0 win over Queens along with one assist on the final goal of the game … Tallied five points with two goals and one assist against Georgia Southwestern … Added UNCP’s only goal in the loss to Catawba and draw with USC Aiken … Posted another goal and assist in the 7-0 shutout win over Emmanuel  … Had two assists in the win over Mount Olive and Lander … Had the assist on the game-winning goal in the win over Montevallo, assist on the insurance goal in the 2-0 win over Young Harris and assist on the only goal of the game against Armstrong State … Took 42 shots, 23 of which (.548) were on goal … Team ended the season with an undefeated record in away matches 6-0-2 … Registered a season-best five shots against Montevallo and another four against Georgia Southwestern and Catawba … Posted at least one shot in 17 games … Recorded a season-high 110 minutes in the contests against North Georgia and USC Aiken and 90 or more minutes in the other 10 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.

AS A FRESHMAN (2013)
A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... As a forward, she played and started in all 19 games this season to record 1747 minutes on the field … Finished the season with nine points as she notched three goals and three assists … Recorded her first goal of her college career in the 68th minute of the 2-1 victory Coker to log the game-winning goal … Added on the assists by teammates Rae-Shawna Campbell and Sherrie Gessin … Added her second goal and another game-winning goal in the 2-1 victory over Tusculum in the 27th minute, while also posting an assist on the tying score by Sara Lundberg … Logged her final goal of the season in the 35th minute to give UNCP a 2-1 lead over Lenoir-Rhyne despite losing after playing another 45 minutes … Nabbed her other two assists in the victory over Georgia Southwestern and Young Harris … Her final assist was sent to Julia Nytorp for the game-winning goal in overtime for the 3-2 win over Young Harris …  Took 39 shots, 21 of which (.538) were on goal … Registered a season-high eight shots against Young Harris, five in the contest with Georgia Southwestern and four in the season opener at Coker … Assisted the squad in garnering NSSCAA All-Academic Team honors … Helped UNCP fight through 110 minutes of scoreless PBC soccer en route to a 0-0 draw with No. 18 North Georgia during the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at A.L. Brown High School under coach Kelly Depompa … A four-year letterman in soccer, two-year letterman in basketball, track and cross country and also lettered in cheerleading … As a captain during her junior year, she registered the school record most goals scored in a season with 21 … Led her team to its first play-off game in school history and then advanced to the second round of the tournament … Named to the all-conference team and first-team all-region … Attended the ODP NC region camp for five years … Played club soccer on the 94 LNSC Eclipse under coach Chad Metzler … The squad made the final four in 2012.

PERSONAL
The daughter of Angela and Phil Watkins … Has one younger sister, Katelyn … A member of the BETA Club … Ranked 31st out of her 316-member senior class and graduated with a 3.5 grade point average … Undecided in her course of study at UNCP.

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Freshman

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    2014Sophomore

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    2015Junior

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    2016Senior

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