Christopher Newport University

2025-26 -- Senior -- First Team All-Conference selection ... Finished out her career ranked sixth all-time with an 80.6 career scoring average ... Ranked second on the team as a senior with a 79.7 average ... One of only two players to participate in all 22 rounds during the 2025-26 season ... Notched four top-ten finishes including a seventh-place finish at the VSGA Women's Intercollegiate ... Back-to-back ninth-place efforts at the CWGC Championship and the Pfeiffer Spring Invitational ... Posted 13 sub-80 rounds ... Finished 10th at the Transylvania Kickoff Classic with a career-low performance scoring a five-over 151 (75-76)

2024-25 - Junior - Saw action in all nine tournaments during her third seasonas a Captain ... Ranked third on the team with a career-best 79.7 stroke average ... Finished with a pair of top-five finishes and four top-20 efforts ... Recorded a career-low 73 (+1) at the Jekyll Island Collegiate on March 23, 2025 ... Earned her first career victory and became just the third CNU golfer ever to win individual medalist honors when she captured the win at the Alvernia Invitational ... Finished with a +14 with a 158 (82-76) to win the event ... Started the spring with a career-low 152 (78-74) to take second place at the Pfeiffer Spring Invitational with an eight-over par score ... Also finished in the top-20 at the Wisconsin-Whitewater Invitational and the VSGA Women's Intercollegiate ... Lowered her career average to 80.9, ranking in the top-five all-time at CNU

2023-24 - Sophomore - Started in all seven tournaments in her second year at CNU ... Finished with an 81.3 stroke average over 13.5 rounds, adding her name to the top-five sophomore campaigns in CNU lore ... Finished with two top-20 efforts and a top-ten finish during the season ... Fired a 15-over 161 (78-83) at the Chick-Fil-A Collegiate Invite to finish tied for 10th out of 78 players ... Added a 12th-place finish at the Spartan Fall Invitational with a 164 (84-80) ... Posted two sub-80 rounds during the season including a personal best one-over 73 at the Montgomery Women's Intercollegiate

2022-23 - Freshman - Appeared in six of seven tournaments during her first season with the Captains ... Finished sixth at the Williams Golf Championship with a 152 (+10) over 36 holes ... Recorded a four-over 75 in the second round of the event to notch her season low ... Made collegiate debut at the 2022 NCAA DIII Women's Fall Preview ... Finished season with four sub-80 rounds during the year ... Logged an 82.4 stroke average, recording the sixth finest freshman season in program history

At Atlee - Competed in multiple sports during her time with the Raiders ... Excelled as a member of the golf team ... Saw action on the tennis squad as well ... Also participated in DECA and volunteered with the Special Olympics.

Personal - Katherine Anna Watson was born in Mechanicsville, Va. ... Daughter of Rick and Beth ... Has a younger sister, Laura ... Alexander Ovechkin is her favorite athlete, and Rihanna is her favorite musician ... Princess Diana is the person in history she would most like to meet ... Mean Girls is her favorite movie, and Friends is her favorite TV show ... Her dream vacation would be a trip to Brazil ... Majoring in accounting.