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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2017-18 Men's Squash

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James Watson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Darien, Conn.
  • Highschool St. Luke's School

Biography

2017-18: Team captain ... Lead Penn to No. 7 in the national rankings and an appearance in the Potter Cup ... Finished season with double digit wins going 10-6 and 4-2 in Ivy matches ... Went 2-0 against Princeton including a 3-0 win in the Potter Cup ... Made it to the consolation finals of the Molloy South draw at the CSA Individuals. 

2016-17: 
(Quakers finished seventh in the Potter Cup): Finished the year with an 8-9 record (3-4, Ivy League), playing mostly in the 4-6 range of Penn’s lineup … Won his only match played at No. 3 (Virginia) … Ended the year with back-to-back 3-1 wins over Rochester and Yale (No. 6) in the CSA Potter Cup … Earned a bid into the Molloy Draw of CSA Individuals (lost in the quarterfinals).

2015-16: Helped Penn to the College Squash Association (CSA) Potter Cup, finishing fifth in the country, the team’s highest finish since 2006-07 … Went 9-8 overall, including 3-4 in Ivy League matches … Competed in the No. 5-7 positions … Ivy wins came over Dartmouth, Princeton, and Brown … Went 2-1 at the CSA Potter Cup, defeating Columbia in the second round and Harvard in the fifth-place match … Went 1-1 at the CSA Individual in the Molloy Cup, advancing to the quarterfinals of the C Division … Finished the season ranked No. 45 in the CSA Rankings.

2014-15: Helped lead Penn to the CSA Potter Cup, finishing seventh in the country, the team’s highest finish since 2008-09 … Went 12-7 overall, including 4-3 in Ivy League matches … Competed at the No. 4-6 positions … Ivy wins versus Brown, Cornell, Harvard and Princeton … Competed in the CSA Individual Molloy Cup … Finished the season ranked at No. 59 in the CSA Individual Rankings.

High School: Lettered in squash five years, and golf two … Served as team captain on squash and golf teams … In 2013, helped lead the U.S. Junior Team to a 21-3 record in the Ontario/American Challenge … Led team to a 4-0 record in the 2010-11 High School Division III Nationals … Went 12-0 in New England Division II individuals in 2010-11 … Four-time U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete (2011-14) … All-FAA -Fairchester Athletic Association in 2012, 2013, and 2014 … St. Luke’s Global Scholar and four-year Honor Roll.

Personal: Son of PJ and Brian Watson ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

James Watson Career
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ex Over. Ivy
2014-15       2-2 7-3 3-0          12-7 4-3
2015-16          4-2 2-4  3-2        9-8   3-4
2016-17     1-0  2-3  2-3  3-3          8-9   3-4
2017-18          0-1    2-0  6-3      10-6  4-2
Career      1-0 4-5 13-9 8-7  5-2   6-3     39-30 14-13

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior