University of Maryland Athletics

Career Summary:
Has played in 86 career games with 25 starts averaging 5.9 points and 2.0 rebounds … Averaged 6.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game in two seasons at Washington State … Has 506 career points, 174 rebounds, 84 assists, and 77 steals for his career.
 
2025-26 (Junior at Maryland):
Played in 32 games with eight starts averaging 17.1 minutes per game … Finished the year averaging 4.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per game … Shot .338 (46-136) from the floor and .293 (29-99) from beyond the arc … Also had 21 assists, 24 steals, and eight blocks on the year … Scored a season-high 18 points (5-of-6 FG) in win at Marquette (11/15) - knocked down three triples and also went 5-of-6 at the free throw line ... Went 4-of-8 from deep to score 17 points against Old Dominion (12/28) ... Posted his second consecutive game in double figures with 11 points (3 three-pointers) against Oregon (1/2) ... Contributed six points, four rebounds, one assist, one steal, and one block against Coppin State (11/3) ... Missed the game against No. 2 Michigan (12/13) due to injury ... Shot 4-6 from the 3-point line, posting 12 points, one rebound, and one steal against Iowa in the Second Round of the B1G Ten Tournament (3/11).

2024-25 (Sophomore at Washington State):
Played in 23 games with 17 starts … Averaged 11.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.1 assists for the year … Had three 20-point games with a season-high and career-high 22 against Eastern Washington (11/21) … Also scored 20 points against Portland State (11/4) and Missouri State (12/14) … Posted 13 games in double-figure scoring … Twice had a season-high and career-high seven rebounds – vs. Boise State (12/7) and against Missouri State (12/14) … Entered the season as the only returning letterwinner from the 2023-24 roster … Missed 10 games during the season due to injury.

2023-24 (Freshman at Washington State):
Played in 31 games ... averaged 3.7 points, 0.9 rebounds, 0.5 assists, and 0.5 steals ... shot 40-92 from the field posting a 43.5 field goal percentage ... posted his career-high 18 points against USC (Feb. 29).

Before College:
Elected to complete a post-graduate year at South Kent School in Connecticut. Despite battling injury, the team went on to win the New England Prep School AAA Championship, earning Watts and the team a berth to the 2023 National Prep Championships ... Played four years of basketball at West Seattle High School, twice picking up All-Metro League honors during his junior and senior seasons.

Personal:
Son of Donald Watts and Autumn Nelson...father Donald is former Washington Huskies’ standout who led the Pac-10 Conference in three-point percentage in 1998-99...grandfather Slick Watts is a former NBA Seattle SuperSonics guard (1973-1978), who reached the 1978 NBA Finals for the first time in the organization’s history... grew up in the Seattle basketball scene, training alongside the likes of Markelle Fultz, Isaiah Thomas, Jamal Crawford, Brandon Roy, Nate Robinson, etc... Coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell Endowed Scholarship recipient