MIKE WATKINS
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• Was declared ineligible prior to the start of his freshman season and received redshirt with four years of eligibility remaining. } HIGH SCHOOL
Played senior season at The Phelps School in 2014-15 ... Won the 2015 PISAA Championship game against Westtown after overcoming a 16-point third-quarter deficit ... Tallied 12 points, eight rebounds and six blocks in the comeback victory ... Averaged 14 points, 11 rebounds and 6.5 blocks a game during his final high school season ... As a junior at Philadelphia’s Math, Civics & Sciences (MCSCS) in 2013-14, reached the 2014 PIAA – A tournament championship game while racking up 17 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks in a runner-up finish to Lincoln Park Performing Arts ... Averaged 11 points, 12.5 rebounds and five blocks during a junior campaign in which he totaled 17 double-doubles ... Played AAU with Team Philly, the same program which produced senior Brandon Taylor ... Rated as a 4-star recruit and the 3rd best recruit from Pennsylvania in the class of 2015 by ESPN.com. } PERSONAL
Born August 10, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Alphonso Griffin and Rebecca Watkins ... Is the fourth-oldest among eight children ... Has five brothers - Donte, Manman, James, Almere and Dylan - and two sisters - Country and Aylissa.
REDSHIRT - FRESHMAN FORWARD 6-9 | 246 PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE PHELPS SCHOOL Major: Criminology
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