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Women's Basketball

2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

15 Sydney Watkins

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.

Biography

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024-25): Made 27 appearances with 26 starts to total 849 minutes...Led the team averaging 31.4 minutes per game…Scored 198 points and grabbed 115 rebounds...Averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game…Led the team with 73 assists and 71 steals…Scored a season-high 15 points against Iona (12/10) and grabbed a season-best 12 rebounds against Iona (12/10)…Named to the America East All-Defensive Team.

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023-24): Served as a team captain…Made 27 appearances and 26 starts for 855 minutes…Led the team with 80 assists, 76 steals and 151 rebounds…Scored 209 points and had 10 blocks…Averaged 7.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game…Scored career-high 16 points at Vermont (1/25) and grabbed career-high 10 rebounds at Holy Cross (11/13)…Dished out 10 assists at NJIT (1/11) to tie the UMass Lowell Division I record for assists in a game and is tied for sixth in program history, became first River Hawk to tally 10 assists in a game since 2017…Led the league in steals and was tied for fifth in assists…Tied for sixth in the league in assist/turnover ratio and sat ninth in minutes played…Named to 2023-24 America East All-Defensive Team.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played two seasons at Miami (OH)…Made 44 appearances and five starts, averaging 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 points per game…In 29 games in 2022-23, tallied 83 rebounds, 68 points and 33 steals, shooting 37% from the field…Had a career-high nine rebounds against Ohio (3/1/23) and five steals against Oakland (12/17/22) …Earned Academic All-MAC honors for the 2022-23 season.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Kisha Tandy…Has two siblings, Shirley and Samuel…Nicknamed Syd…Enjoys spoken word poetry, R&B music, and art…Lists Criminal Minds, Teen Wolf and How to Get Away With Murder as her favorite TV shows…Favorite sports team is the Las Vegas Aces and her favorite sports figure as Jewell Lloyd…Greatest sports memory was winning the Adidas Gauntlet Nationals after defeating the top ranked team in the tournament…Sociology major with a marketing minor...MBA focused in marketing.
 
WHY UMASS LOWELL: “I chose UMass Lowell because of the family environment and the genuine love. Being a college athlete, we are around our coaches and teammates 90% of the time, so when choosing a new school, I wanted to create memorable friendships on and off the court.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2023-24Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    15
  • 15

    2024-25Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    15