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Jersey Number 0
Mason Watkins
- Position:
- Guard
- Year:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 165
- Hometown:
- Burlington, Iowa
- High School:
- West Burlington High School
2025 (FRESHMAN)
Watkins is the program’s first signee from the state of Iowa.Â
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HIGH SCHOOL
Watkins played for West Burlington High School in West Burlington, Iowa … Named the 2024-25 Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Class 2A Player of the Year and Guard of the Year … Earned 2024-25 and 2023-24 IHSAA All-State honors … Tabbed a 2024-25 McDonald’s All-American West nominee … Led West Burlington to the 2024-25 IHSAA Class 2A State Tournament, the first appearance in school history … Named 2024-25 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) Class 2A First Team All-State and 2023-24 Class 2A Second Team All-State … Tabbed a 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23 Southeast Iowa Superconference (SEISC) All-Conference First Team selection … Voted the 2024-25 SEISC Player of the Year … Eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone in his junior season and notched 1,751 points at West Burlington … Averaged 21.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists on 41.5 percent from three per game at West Burlington … Posted 30.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in his senior season … Set the single-season school record with 728 points in his senior season … Totaled 1,751 points, 350 assists and 258 three-point field goals made at West Burlington … Ranked the No. 10 overall recruit in the state of Iowa in the 2024 class by Prep Hoops … Recorded a 44-1 SEISC record, 31-0 home record and 65-6 record from his sophomore to senior season.Â
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PERSONAL
Mason Joseph Watkins is the son of Sara and Lorenzo Watkins … Has three brothers, two older, Landon Ingle and Trae Swartz, and one younger, Quincy Watkins … Older brother, Trae, plays football at Troy, and his cousin, Tutu Carter, plays volleyball at Tennessee State … Father, Lorenzo, is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Southeastern Community College and coached at South Carolina State, Campbell, where he was on staff with North Florida Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bobby Kennen in 2007-08, New Orleans, Sacramento State and Indian Hills Community College. He played at Idaho State in 1993-1995, where he was a 1994 Big Sky All-Tournament Team selection, and Indian Hills in 1991-1993 … Born on Dec. 13, 2006 in Burlington, Iowa.
Watkins is the program’s first signee from the state of Iowa.Â
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HIGH SCHOOL
Watkins played for West Burlington High School in West Burlington, Iowa … Named the 2024-25 Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Class 2A Player of the Year and Guard of the Year … Earned 2024-25 and 2023-24 IHSAA All-State honors … Tabbed a 2024-25 McDonald’s All-American West nominee … Led West Burlington to the 2024-25 IHSAA Class 2A State Tournament, the first appearance in school history … Named 2024-25 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) Class 2A First Team All-State and 2023-24 Class 2A Second Team All-State … Tabbed a 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23 Southeast Iowa Superconference (SEISC) All-Conference First Team selection … Voted the 2024-25 SEISC Player of the Year … Eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone in his junior season and notched 1,751 points at West Burlington … Averaged 21.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists on 41.5 percent from three per game at West Burlington … Posted 30.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in his senior season … Set the single-season school record with 728 points in his senior season … Totaled 1,751 points, 350 assists and 258 three-point field goals made at West Burlington … Ranked the No. 10 overall recruit in the state of Iowa in the 2024 class by Prep Hoops … Recorded a 44-1 SEISC record, 31-0 home record and 65-6 record from his sophomore to senior season.Â
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PERSONAL
Mason Joseph Watkins is the son of Sara and Lorenzo Watkins … Has three brothers, two older, Landon Ingle and Trae Swartz, and one younger, Quincy Watkins … Older brother, Trae, plays football at Troy, and his cousin, Tutu Carter, plays volleyball at Tennessee State … Father, Lorenzo, is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Southeastern Community College and coached at South Carolina State, Campbell, where he was on staff with North Florida Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bobby Kennen in 2007-08, New Orleans, Sacramento State and Indian Hills Community College. He played at Idaho State in 1993-1995, where he was a 1994 Big Sky All-Tournament Team selection, and Indian Hills in 1991-1993 … Born on Dec. 13, 2006 in Burlington, Iowa.
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Men's Basketball Post Game Presser vs UNC Greensboro
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