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Jersey Number 7
Josh Watson
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Arlington, Texas
- High School:
- Martin HS
Bio
Career Honors
• Drafted in the 15th round of the 2019 MLB Draft (Oakland A's)
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
• 2019 Big 12 All-Tournament team
• 2019 2nd-team Academic All-Big 12
• Drafted in the 35th round of the 2018 MLB Draft (Milwaukee Brewers)
· 2018 2nd-team All-Big 12
· 2018 2nd-team Academic All-Big 12
· 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
· 2016 Baseball America, Perfect Game and D1baseball.com2nd-team Freshman All-American
· 2016 Big 12 All-Tournament team
· 2016 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
2019 (Senior)
Was one of only three Horned Frogs to play in and start all 62 games... made 60 starts in left field and two in right field... ranked second on the team with a career-high .324 batting average... had an on-base percentage of .424 and a slugging percentage of .528... totaled 81 hits on the year with a team-leading 21 doubles and 10 home runs... tied for second on the squad with 42 RBIs... tallied 10 stolen base in 14 attempts... racked up five outfield assists... collected 24 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests... recorded a base hit in 45 games and reached safely in 56... reached safely in the first 19 games... doubled and drove in three runs as part of a four hit game in a win over Virginia (Feb. 16)... had an RBI-double and scored twice against Vanderbilt (Feb. 17)... drove in three run in the win over Abilene Christian (Feb. 20)... collected two hits in the Grand Canyon series (Feb. 22-24)... picked up a hit in the win at Houston (March 1)... went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs in the win over Stephen F. Austin (March 5)... doubled twice as part of four hits in the Long Beach State series (March 8-10)... collected three RBIs in the series finale... drove in two runs on two hits at San Diego (March 12)... went 4-for-4 with first home run of the season in Game 2 against Eastern Michigan (March 16)... homered in the series finale against Texas (March 24)... doubled twice in the win over UTRGV (March 26)... hit .500 (7-for-14) in the Oklahoma State (March 29-31) series with a double and a home run... doubled as part of a three-hit game against UT Arlington (April 2)... recorded a hit in the first two games at Oklahoma (April 5-6)... went 3-for-5 with a home run at Dallas Baptist (April 9)... hit safely in all three games against Seton Hall (April 12-14)... homered and collected two hits in the series finale at Kansas State (April 20)... tallied four hits in the Baylor series (April 26-28)... drove in three runs with a single, double and home run at Abilene Christian (April 30)... was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double in the series opener at West Virginia (May 3)... homered as part of a three hit contest in Game 2 at West Virginia (May 4)... started a 10-game hitting streak with a base hit against Kansas (May 12)... hit .410 (18-for-44) during the streak with three home runs and 13 RBIs... had four hits including a pair of doubles and a home run at Texas Tech (May 16-18)... was outstanding in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships, tallying 12 hits and driving in 10 runs... went 2-for-4 in the opening game against Oklahoma State (May 22)... hit a grand slam in the win over Oklahoma (May 23)... had two hits and drove in two in the win over Baylor (May 24)... went 4-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs in the win over Oklahoma State (May 25)... tallied two more hits in the final game at the Championships against Oklahoma State (May 26)... went 3-for-5 in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional win over Central Connecticut State (June 2)... leaves TCU as the all-time leader in career games played (253), at bats (933) and walks (162)... ranks in the top five in runs scored (199), hits (268), doubles (54) and total bases (430).
2018 (Junior)
One of only two Horned Frogs to start all 56 games... every start came in left field... ranked second on the team with a .305 batting average... led the team with 64 hits, ranked second with 10 doubles and eight home runs... tied for the team lead with three triples... tallied 32 RBIs, 10 of which came with two outs... drew a team-high 40 walks and was hit by 11 pitches... was successful in eight of nine stolen base attempts... recorded 18 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests... hit safely in 40 games and reached base in 50... opened the season with a 13-game hitting streak... delivered the game-tying two-run triple in the ninth inning of TCU's season-opening win at Grand Canyon (Feb. 16)... connected on first home run of the season and drove in three runs against the Lopes (Feb. 17)... collected sixth RBI of the season with a base hit in the series finale at Grand Canyon (Feb. 18)... hit .500 (5-for-10) with two doubles and an RBI in the series win over Long Beach State (Feb. 24-25)... went 2-for-3 with a home run and three runs scored at UT Arlington (March 1)... recorded five hits in the series against UC Irvine (March 2-4)... homered from both sides of the plate and drove in four against UTRGV (March 6)... went 2-for-5 with two RBIs in the win over Minnesota (March 17)... reached base safely in all three games against Kansas State (March 23-25)... picked up four hits in the Oklahoma State series (March 30-31)... went 2-for-3 with a run scored at Dallas Baptist (April 3)... hit safely in all three games against Oklahoma (April 6-8)... tallied his fifth home run of the season in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Sooners (April 8)... tripled as part of a two-hit game against UT Arlington (April 10)... went 4-for-7 in the two-game sweep at Kansas (April 13-14)... posted first four-hit game of the season at Baylor (April 21)... went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and his sixth home run of the season in the series finale against Texas Tech (April 29)... collected three hits, including a triple, and drove in three runs against Dallas Baptist (May 2)... homered twice and tallied six hits in the series sweep of Lamar (May 4-6)... doubled and walked four times while driving in two runs against West Virginia (May 12)... had two hits, including a double, in Game 2 at Texas (May 18)... collected four hits in the Big 12 Tournament (May 23-27).
2017 (Sophomore)
Was one of three Horned Frogs to play in and start all 68 games... all 68 starts came in left field... tallied a base hit in 40 games and reached base safely in 56... recorded 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests... drove in 38 runs, including 15 with two outs... tallied 11 doubles, one triple and one home run... stole seven bases in 11 tries... was one of four Frogs to draw over 40 walks (43)... led the team with seven sacrifice flies... also paced the team with six outfield assists... had RBIs in back-to-back games against Penn State (Feb. 18-19)... commenced a 13 game hitting streak with a base knock against Arizona State on Feb. 25... hit .346 (18-for-52) during the streak... had two hits and drove in two runs against Rice (Feb. 28)... collected for hits in the Shriner's Hospitals for Children College Classic (March 3-5)... went 2-for-3 with a double and a season-high 4 RBIs in the win at UC Irvine (March 12)... went 2-for-4 at Long Beach State (March 14)... had two hits and drove in a run in the series opener against Kansas (March 17)... went 4-for-8 in the midweek series against UTRGV (March 28-29)... doubled twice as part of three hits and drove in three runs against the Vaqueros on March 29... recorded three hits and drove in a pair of runs in the series at Kansas State (March 31-April 2)... doubled and drove in three runs at UT Arlington (April 4)... had three hits in the series at West Virginia (April 14-16)... drove in two runs in the series win over Baylor (April 21-23)... went 2-for-5 in the season-opener against Texas (May 5)... doubled and drove in a run as part of two hits at Oklahoma on May 13... drove in two runs in the series finale against the Sooners (May 14)... went 1-for-3 and drove in two against UT Arlington (May 16)... had two hits in the opener at Cal (May 18)... had three hits and drove in two runs in the Big 12 Tournament (May 24-27)... also tallied a pair of outfield assists in the tournament... doubled twice and drove in two runs in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional opener against Central Connecticut State (June 3)... hit his lone home run and drove in three runs in the Regional Championship game against Dallas Baptist (June 5)... went 1-for-6 with two walks and a run scored in the NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional against Missouri State (June 10-11)... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a triple in TCU's win over Florida in the College World Series (June 23).
2016 (Freshman)
One of four Horned Frogs to play in and start all 67 games... every start came in left field... tied for the team lead and ranked third in the Big 12 with 11 home runs on the season... is the first freshman since the 2006 season to lead the team in home runs... ranked second in the Big 12 with a team-leading five triples... ranked eighth in the league and third on the team with 52 runs scored... totaled 68 hits on the season... drew 43 walks on the season en route to posting a .398 slugging percentage... collected 17 multi-hit games and 14 multiple-RBI contests... reached base safely in 56 games and tallied a hit in 47... tallied 44 RBIs on the year, 19 of which came with two outs... tripled as part of a three hit game in his collegiate debut on Feb. 19 against Loyola Marymount... went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBIs against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Feb. 24)... drove in a pair of runs against La.-Lafayette in the opening game of the Shriner's Hospitals for Children College Classic (Feb. 26)... connected on his first career home run vs. Houston at Minute Maid Park (Feb. 28)... had two hits and drove in three runs against the Cougars... hit his second home run of the season, a two-run shot, in game two against Gonzaga (March 5)... tallied two more hits and drove in two in the series finale against the Bulldogs (March 6)... homered in the series opener against USC (March 11)... tripled and homered in the series finale against the Trojans (March 13)... doubled twice against West Virginia (March 18)... had two hits and drove in two runs in the series at Texas (March 24-26)... hit fifth home run of the season and drove in two runs at UT Arlington (March 29)... game started a four-game streak in which he tallied nine RBIs... went 5-for-12 with five RBIs in the series sweep of Wichita State (April 1-3)... hit his sixth home run of the season as part of a three hit contest in game two... had four hits and scored four runs in the final two games at Kansas (April 9-10)... hit his seventh home run of the season in the series finale against the Jayhawks... went 4-for-9 in the sweep of Oklahoma (April 15-16)... connected on his eighth home run as part of a three hit game in TCU's win at Oklahoma State (April 23)... tallied a career-high four RBIs in the game... hit safely in all three games vs. Texas Tech (April 29-May 1)... homered in back-to-back games at Penn State (May 7-8)... went 5-for-9 with two doubles and two RBIs in the series sweep of Kansas State (May 19-21)... homered and drove in three runs in the opening game of the Big 12 Championships vs. Baylor (May 25)... had two hits and drove in a run in the Big 12 Championship game vs. West Virginia (May 29)... hit safely in all three games of the NCAA Fort Worth Regional (June 3-5)... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, including the eventual game-winner in the seventh inning, of the NCAA College Station Super Regional at Texas A&M (June 12)... hit safely in all four games of the College World Series.
High School
Earned four varsity letters at Martin High School... was a four-time, first-team all-district performer... earned Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention honors... named the 2015 Pro-Line Texas High School Baseball Player of the Year... was also a Perfect Game honorable mention All-American as a senior... participated in the 2015 THSAA All-Star game... played select ball for the DBat Mustangs... team won the 2014 Connie Mack World Series... also a standout in the classroom as a member of the National Honor Society... tabbed an academic all-star in both baseball and football... was a career .365 hitter with 30 doubles and 11 home runs.
Personal
Parents are Bradley and Wendy.
• Drafted in the 15th round of the 2019 MLB Draft (Oakland A's)
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
• 2019 Big 12 All-Tournament team
• 2019 2nd-team Academic All-Big 12
• Drafted in the 35th round of the 2018 MLB Draft (Milwaukee Brewers)
· 2018 2nd-team All-Big 12
· 2018 2nd-team Academic All-Big 12
· 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
· 2016 Baseball America, Perfect Game and D1baseball.com2nd-team Freshman All-American
· 2016 Big 12 All-Tournament team
· 2016 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
2019 (Senior)
Was one of only three Horned Frogs to play in and start all 62 games... made 60 starts in left field and two in right field... ranked second on the team with a career-high .324 batting average... had an on-base percentage of .424 and a slugging percentage of .528... totaled 81 hits on the year with a team-leading 21 doubles and 10 home runs... tied for second on the squad with 42 RBIs... tallied 10 stolen base in 14 attempts... racked up five outfield assists... collected 24 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests... recorded a base hit in 45 games and reached safely in 56... reached safely in the first 19 games... doubled and drove in three runs as part of a four hit game in a win over Virginia (Feb. 16)... had an RBI-double and scored twice against Vanderbilt (Feb. 17)... drove in three run in the win over Abilene Christian (Feb. 20)... collected two hits in the Grand Canyon series (Feb. 22-24)... picked up a hit in the win at Houston (March 1)... went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs in the win over Stephen F. Austin (March 5)... doubled twice as part of four hits in the Long Beach State series (March 8-10)... collected three RBIs in the series finale... drove in two runs on two hits at San Diego (March 12)... went 4-for-4 with first home run of the season in Game 2 against Eastern Michigan (March 16)... homered in the series finale against Texas (March 24)... doubled twice in the win over UTRGV (March 26)... hit .500 (7-for-14) in the Oklahoma State (March 29-31) series with a double and a home run... doubled as part of a three-hit game against UT Arlington (April 2)... recorded a hit in the first two games at Oklahoma (April 5-6)... went 3-for-5 with a home run at Dallas Baptist (April 9)... hit safely in all three games against Seton Hall (April 12-14)... homered and collected two hits in the series finale at Kansas State (April 20)... tallied four hits in the Baylor series (April 26-28)... drove in three runs with a single, double and home run at Abilene Christian (April 30)... was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double in the series opener at West Virginia (May 3)... homered as part of a three hit contest in Game 2 at West Virginia (May 4)... started a 10-game hitting streak with a base hit against Kansas (May 12)... hit .410 (18-for-44) during the streak with three home runs and 13 RBIs... had four hits including a pair of doubles and a home run at Texas Tech (May 16-18)... was outstanding in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships, tallying 12 hits and driving in 10 runs... went 2-for-4 in the opening game against Oklahoma State (May 22)... hit a grand slam in the win over Oklahoma (May 23)... had two hits and drove in two in the win over Baylor (May 24)... went 4-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs in the win over Oklahoma State (May 25)... tallied two more hits in the final game at the Championships against Oklahoma State (May 26)... went 3-for-5 in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional win over Central Connecticut State (June 2)... leaves TCU as the all-time leader in career games played (253), at bats (933) and walks (162)... ranks in the top five in runs scored (199), hits (268), doubles (54) and total bases (430).
2018 (Junior)
One of only two Horned Frogs to start all 56 games... every start came in left field... ranked second on the team with a .305 batting average... led the team with 64 hits, ranked second with 10 doubles and eight home runs... tied for the team lead with three triples... tallied 32 RBIs, 10 of which came with two outs... drew a team-high 40 walks and was hit by 11 pitches... was successful in eight of nine stolen base attempts... recorded 18 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests... hit safely in 40 games and reached base in 50... opened the season with a 13-game hitting streak... delivered the game-tying two-run triple in the ninth inning of TCU's season-opening win at Grand Canyon (Feb. 16)... connected on first home run of the season and drove in three runs against the Lopes (Feb. 17)... collected sixth RBI of the season with a base hit in the series finale at Grand Canyon (Feb. 18)... hit .500 (5-for-10) with two doubles and an RBI in the series win over Long Beach State (Feb. 24-25)... went 2-for-3 with a home run and three runs scored at UT Arlington (March 1)... recorded five hits in the series against UC Irvine (March 2-4)... homered from both sides of the plate and drove in four against UTRGV (March 6)... went 2-for-5 with two RBIs in the win over Minnesota (March 17)... reached base safely in all three games against Kansas State (March 23-25)... picked up four hits in the Oklahoma State series (March 30-31)... went 2-for-3 with a run scored at Dallas Baptist (April 3)... hit safely in all three games against Oklahoma (April 6-8)... tallied his fifth home run of the season in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Sooners (April 8)... tripled as part of a two-hit game against UT Arlington (April 10)... went 4-for-7 in the two-game sweep at Kansas (April 13-14)... posted first four-hit game of the season at Baylor (April 21)... went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and his sixth home run of the season in the series finale against Texas Tech (April 29)... collected three hits, including a triple, and drove in three runs against Dallas Baptist (May 2)... homered twice and tallied six hits in the series sweep of Lamar (May 4-6)... doubled and walked four times while driving in two runs against West Virginia (May 12)... had two hits, including a double, in Game 2 at Texas (May 18)... collected four hits in the Big 12 Tournament (May 23-27).
2017 (Sophomore)
Was one of three Horned Frogs to play in and start all 68 games... all 68 starts came in left field... tallied a base hit in 40 games and reached base safely in 56... recorded 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests... drove in 38 runs, including 15 with two outs... tallied 11 doubles, one triple and one home run... stole seven bases in 11 tries... was one of four Frogs to draw over 40 walks (43)... led the team with seven sacrifice flies... also paced the team with six outfield assists... had RBIs in back-to-back games against Penn State (Feb. 18-19)... commenced a 13 game hitting streak with a base knock against Arizona State on Feb. 25... hit .346 (18-for-52) during the streak... had two hits and drove in two runs against Rice (Feb. 28)... collected for hits in the Shriner's Hospitals for Children College Classic (March 3-5)... went 2-for-3 with a double and a season-high 4 RBIs in the win at UC Irvine (March 12)... went 2-for-4 at Long Beach State (March 14)... had two hits and drove in a run in the series opener against Kansas (March 17)... went 4-for-8 in the midweek series against UTRGV (March 28-29)... doubled twice as part of three hits and drove in three runs against the Vaqueros on March 29... recorded three hits and drove in a pair of runs in the series at Kansas State (March 31-April 2)... doubled and drove in three runs at UT Arlington (April 4)... had three hits in the series at West Virginia (April 14-16)... drove in two runs in the series win over Baylor (April 21-23)... went 2-for-5 in the season-opener against Texas (May 5)... doubled and drove in a run as part of two hits at Oklahoma on May 13... drove in two runs in the series finale against the Sooners (May 14)... went 1-for-3 and drove in two against UT Arlington (May 16)... had two hits in the opener at Cal (May 18)... had three hits and drove in two runs in the Big 12 Tournament (May 24-27)... also tallied a pair of outfield assists in the tournament... doubled twice and drove in two runs in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional opener against Central Connecticut State (June 3)... hit his lone home run and drove in three runs in the Regional Championship game against Dallas Baptist (June 5)... went 1-for-6 with two walks and a run scored in the NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional against Missouri State (June 10-11)... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a triple in TCU's win over Florida in the College World Series (June 23).
2016 (Freshman)
One of four Horned Frogs to play in and start all 67 games... every start came in left field... tied for the team lead and ranked third in the Big 12 with 11 home runs on the season... is the first freshman since the 2006 season to lead the team in home runs... ranked second in the Big 12 with a team-leading five triples... ranked eighth in the league and third on the team with 52 runs scored... totaled 68 hits on the season... drew 43 walks on the season en route to posting a .398 slugging percentage... collected 17 multi-hit games and 14 multiple-RBI contests... reached base safely in 56 games and tallied a hit in 47... tallied 44 RBIs on the year, 19 of which came with two outs... tripled as part of a three hit game in his collegiate debut on Feb. 19 against Loyola Marymount... went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBIs against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Feb. 24)... drove in a pair of runs against La.-Lafayette in the opening game of the Shriner's Hospitals for Children College Classic (Feb. 26)... connected on his first career home run vs. Houston at Minute Maid Park (Feb. 28)... had two hits and drove in three runs against the Cougars... hit his second home run of the season, a two-run shot, in game two against Gonzaga (March 5)... tallied two more hits and drove in two in the series finale against the Bulldogs (March 6)... homered in the series opener against USC (March 11)... tripled and homered in the series finale against the Trojans (March 13)... doubled twice against West Virginia (March 18)... had two hits and drove in two runs in the series at Texas (March 24-26)... hit fifth home run of the season and drove in two runs at UT Arlington (March 29)... game started a four-game streak in which he tallied nine RBIs... went 5-for-12 with five RBIs in the series sweep of Wichita State (April 1-3)... hit his sixth home run of the season as part of a three hit contest in game two... had four hits and scored four runs in the final two games at Kansas (April 9-10)... hit his seventh home run of the season in the series finale against the Jayhawks... went 4-for-9 in the sweep of Oklahoma (April 15-16)... connected on his eighth home run as part of a three hit game in TCU's win at Oklahoma State (April 23)... tallied a career-high four RBIs in the game... hit safely in all three games vs. Texas Tech (April 29-May 1)... homered in back-to-back games at Penn State (May 7-8)... went 5-for-9 with two doubles and two RBIs in the series sweep of Kansas State (May 19-21)... homered and drove in three runs in the opening game of the Big 12 Championships vs. Baylor (May 25)... had two hits and drove in a run in the Big 12 Championship game vs. West Virginia (May 29)... hit safely in all three games of the NCAA Fort Worth Regional (June 3-5)... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, including the eventual game-winner in the seventh inning, of the NCAA College Station Super Regional at Texas A&M (June 12)... hit safely in all four games of the College World Series.
High School
Earned four varsity letters at Martin High School... was a four-time, first-team all-district performer... earned Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention honors... named the 2015 Pro-Line Texas High School Baseball Player of the Year... was also a Perfect Game honorable mention All-American as a senior... participated in the 2015 THSAA All-Star game... played select ball for the DBat Mustangs... team won the 2014 Connie Mack World Series... also a standout in the classroom as a member of the National Honor Society... tabbed an academic all-star in both baseball and football... was a career .365 hitter with 30 doubles and 11 home runs.
Personal
Parents are Bradley and Wendy.
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