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Jersey Number 0
Mason Watkins
- Position:
- Guard
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 173
- Hometown:
- West Burlington, Iowa
- High School:
- West Burlington High School
2025-26 (FRESHMAN)
Watkins didn’t see action due to injury and redshirted.Â
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PRIOR TO NORTH FLORIDA
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 2023-24 and 2024-25 IHSAA All-State honors … Tabbed a 2024-25 McDonald’s All-American West nominee … Led West Burlington to the 2024 IHSAA Class 2A State Tournament, the first appearance in school history … Named a 2023-24 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) Class 2A Second Team All-State and 2024-25 Class 2A First Team All-State selection … Tabbed a 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 Southeast Iowa Superconference (SEISC) First Team All-Conference 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 and 3.2 assists on 41.5 percent from three per game at West Burlington … Averaged 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. 6 prospect in the state of Iowa in the 2025 class by Prep Hoops … Recorded a 44-1 SEISC record, 31-0 home record and 65-6 record over his sophomore to senior season.Â
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PERSONAL
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, played football at Troy … Father, Lorenzo, is a Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at Western Illinois and coached at Southeastern Community College, 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 … Lorenzo 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.
Watkins didn’t see action due to injury and redshirted.Â
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PRIOR TO NORTH FLORIDA
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 2023-24 and 2024-25 IHSAA All-State honors … Tabbed a 2024-25 McDonald’s All-American West nominee … Led West Burlington to the 2024 IHSAA Class 2A State Tournament, the first appearance in school history … Named a 2023-24 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) Class 2A Second Team All-State and 2024-25 Class 2A First Team All-State selection … Tabbed a 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 Southeast Iowa Superconference (SEISC) First Team All-Conference 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 and 3.2 assists on 41.5 percent from three per game at West Burlington … Averaged 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. 6 prospect in the state of Iowa in the 2025 class by Prep Hoops … Recorded a 44-1 SEISC record, 31-0 home record and 65-6 record over his sophomore to senior season.Â
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PERSONAL
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, played football at Troy … Father, Lorenzo, is a Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at Western Illinois and coached at Southeastern Community College, 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 … Lorenzo 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.
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