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28 Rex Watson

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Freshman
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • WCC Baseball All-Tournament Team (2025)
  • All-WCC Second Team (2025)
  • All-WCC Freshman Team (2025)
  • WCC Freshman of the Week (March 17, April 14, 2025)
FRESHMAN (2025)
  • WCC Baseball All-Tournament Team
  • All-WCC Second Team
  • All-WCC Freshman Team
  • Rawlings WCC Freshman of the Week (March 17, April 14)
  • Appeared in 54 games while making 51 starts in his first collegiate season
  • Logged 49 starts in right field and one each in left field and center field
  • Hit .295 (56-for-190) with 13 home runs, 41 runs, a team-high 60 RBIs and a co-team high 17 hit-by-pitches 
  • The 17 hit-by-pitches are tied for the second most in a single season in program history
  • Ranked second amongst his teammates and sixth in the WCC in home runs 
  • Also ranked second on the team in both sacrifice flies (4) and sacrifice hits (4)
  • His 60 RBIs, which ranked third in the WCC, are tied for the eighth-most in a single season in program history
  • Recorded back-to-back four-RBI performances in both legs of the doubleheader against Columbia (March 16)
  • Logged two hits in three straight games and four in five games from March 29 to April 5
  • Recorded his second grand slam of 2025 in San Diego’s 9-8 comeback victory against UC San Diego (April 8) 
  • Registered one of his three, 3-hit games of the season at Saint Mary’s (April 12) when he went 3-for-6 with two runs and three RBIs in a 23-8 victory 
  • Had a 12-game on base streak (and got at least one hit in 11 of those 12 games, including nine straight) where he batted .340 (17-for-50) with 13 runs, 25 RBIs, six home runs and four multi-hit games, including a pair of three-hit performances from April 8 to May 2 
  • Capped off that stretch by going 3-for-5 with a home run and 3 RBIs in a 10-1 victory against San Francisco (May 2) 
  • Recorded his first collegiate four-hit game going 4-for-5 with four runs, two RBIs and a home run at Santa Clara (May 11) as part of a historic 25-8 victory
  • That was part of an eight-game stretch to end the season, including the WCC Tournament where he logged at least one hit in seven of eight games, including six straight as well as five straight multi-hit games, hitting .429 (15-for-35) with 13 runs, 10 RBIs, a double, four home runs and four walks
  • Hit .318 during the conference tournament (7-for-22) with three home runs, 10 RBIs, and eight runs
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Manteca High School in Manteca, California
  • Had a 4.0 cumulative GPA
  • Played Club for NorCal U Baseball Club
PERSONAL
  • Born to Brenda Scholl and Bruce Watson in Modesto, CA
  • His mother, Brenda, was a gymnast at Utah State from 1988-1992 and helped the Aggies win the Big West Conference Championship in 1991
  • His aunt, Ranata Scholl, played tennis at St. Mary’s from 1985-1989 
  • Notes that he can do a backflip 

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