2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

#22 Kylee Watson 2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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Height 6-4
Class Senior
Eligibility Junior
Hometown Linwood, NJ
High School Mainland/Oregon
Kylee Watson - Women's Basketball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2024 ACC Tournament champion
  • 2023 ACC regular season champion
  • 2023 All-ACC Academic Team
  • 2023 Most Improved Award

AS A SENIOR AT NOTRE DAME (2023-24)

  • ACC Tournament champion
  • Suffered a torn ACL on March 9 against Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament
  • Appeared in 31 games, starting in all of them. Averaged 6.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 25.9 minutes per game with a FG% of 52.4. Scored in double figures on six occasions. Also averaged 1.4 blocks per game, which ranked fifth in the ACC.
  • Posted 3 steals at Louisville, the most she’s had in an ND uniform
  • Scored a season-high 19 points at Georgia Tech, going 8-10 from the floor. Also dished out 4 assists, tying a career-high
  • Had two games with 4 blocks (Northwestern and Miami)
  • Posted a career-high 12 rebounds against Western Michigan on Dec. 21

AS A JUNIOR AT NOTRE DAME (2022-23)

  • Through seven games at Notre Dame, Watson posted double-figure points four times. She did so just four times total in two years at Oregon
  • Started all 33 games
  • Averaged 6.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.8 blocks and 23.5 minutes per game
  • Led team with a 60.1 FG% (95-158)
  • Went 8-for-8 from the floor against Louisville, becoming the first player to post a perfect 8-for-8 from the floor since Jessica Shepard did so in 2018. Finished the game with 20 points.
  • Posted first career double-double in a win over Georgia Tech on Feb. 23 (12 points/10 rebounds)
  • Posted a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against Southern Utah, becoming one of just three players in Irish history to shoot 1.000 (min 6 attempts) in a Tourney game

AS A SOPHOMORE AT OREGON (2021-22)

  • 1-of-3 Ducks who played in all 32 games, averaging 16.3 minutes
  • Led the team in shooting percentage, converting 54.8 percent (51-of-93) from the floor.
  • Career high 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting against McNeese. She was the first Duck since Ruthy Hebard on Nov. 11, 2019 to shoot at least 90 percent in a game while making at least 10 field goals
  • Connected on 12 straight field goals between the Dixie State and Oklahoma games in November
  • Shot a perfect 8-for-8 while scoring 16 points against Dixie State. Also posted three steals and three assists
  • Hit her career high of 7 rebounds four times this season
  • Averaged 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds

AS A FRESHMAN AT OREGON (2020-21)

  • Appeared in 18 of Oregon’s 24 games as a true freshman, averaging 2.2 points and 1.3 rebounds per game
  • Shot 55.2 percent (16-of-29) from the floor
  • Two points and a season-high four rebounds in collegiate debut vs. Seattle U on Nov. 28
  • Recorded first of two double-figure scoring performances on Jan. 1 vs. USC, going 4-of-5 from the floor for 11 points
  • Impressed with a season-high 12 points in a blowout win at California on Jan. 10, going 6-of-8 from the field while adding two blocks and two steals
  • Contributed four points on 2-of-3 shooting in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals vs. Oregon State (March 4)
  • Saw limited action in the NCAA Tournament vs. South Dakota in the opening round and vs. No. 8 Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen.

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • One of five five-star freshmen to join the Ducks ahead of the 2020-21 season
  • The nation’s No. 17 ranked recruit in the class of 2020 according to the final espnW top-100 rankings, and a consensus top-25 recruit by Blue Star, Prospect Nation and ASGR
  • McDonalds All-American and Jordan Brand Classic selection as a senior
  • 2020 New Jersey Gatorade State Player of the Year
  • Three-time The Press Girls Basketball Player of the Year
  • Three-time USA Today First-Team All-New Jersey selection
  • Averaged a double-double as a senior with 16.9 points and 10.1 rebounds as well as 4.1 assists per game, leading Mainland High School to a 21-7 record, the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament and South Jersey Group III finals
  • Finished her career as Mainland’s all-time leading scorer for both men and women …
  • Led Mainland to the 2019 New Jersey State Championship as a junior, averaging 18.1 points, 11.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.1 blocks per game
  • Competed for Team USA at the 2021 3×3 Nations League
  • Member of the USA U-16 National Team in 2017
  • Majoring in Film, Television and Theatre