Junior (2005)
Played 25 games as the Bulls' catcher and 25 games as their second baseman ... When she started at second base, USF posted a record of 17-8 ... Consistently improving year-to-year, hit .290 for the sixth-best average on the team ... Tallied two sac flies to tie for the team-high ... Finished sixth on the team in homers, hitting four out of the park ... Was hit by 13 pitches, leading the team in that category while ... Holds the single-season record in hit by pitch and the career record as well (28) ... 2/4/05 vs. Auburn - Notched her first RBI of the season, driving in a run after grounding out ... 2/5/05 vs. Illinois State - Drove in a run getting hit by a pitch when the bases were loaded ... 2/11/05 vs. Coastal Carolina - Went 3-for-3, scored a run and drove in two RBI ... 2/12/05 vs. Notre Dame - Got hit by a pitch, moving into first in the all-time career record books (17 times total to this point) ... 2/19/05 vs. Seton Hall - Went 2-for-3 and scored two runs ... 2/20/05 vs. No. 4 Stanford - Drove in a run off a sac fly ... 2/20/05 vs. FAMU - Hit an RBI single ... 2/26/05 vs. Illinois - Hit her first home run of the year ... 3/5/05 vs. No. 15 Florida - Went 2-for-4 ... Had an RBI single to tie the game 3-3 in the bottom of ninth inning ... 3/11/05 vs. Penn State - Hit a two-run home run to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh with one out ... 3/12/05 vs. UCF - Hit her third home run of the year - a single shot - and was perfect at the plate, going 1-for-1 ... 3/20/05 vs. Louisville - Drew two walks in the game ... 3/25/05 vs. Southern Miss (Game 1) - Drove in two runs in the game, one off a sacrifice fly and one off a bases-loaded walk ... 3/26/05 vs. Southern Miss - Hit her fourth home run of the year - her season home run total already surpasses her career total from her two previous seasons ... 4/2/05 vs. East Carolina (Game 1) - Went 2-for-3 and drove in a run ... 4/2/05 vs. East Carolina (Game 2) - Hit the game-winning RBI double in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Bulls the 4-3 win ... 4/6/05 vs. Stetson (Game 1) - Extended her hit streak to six games in a 1-for-3 effort ... 4/10/05 vs. UAB - Drove in a run off her first career triple ... C-USA TOURNAMENT ... 5/12/05 vs. Louisville - Stole her first base of the year and of her career.
Sophomore (2004)
Led the team in fielding percentage (.997) ... Received the USF Gold Glove Award for top fielding percentage ... Went 2-for-2 in an 8-0 win versus Rhode Island on Feb. 20 ... Had five multiple-hit games ... Hit her only home run of the season against C-USA foe East Carolina on April 10 ... Played in 48 games, starting in 44 for the Bulls ... Had a three-hit game against Cal State Northridge in a 7-3 win at the NCAA Regional on May 22 ... Notched 14 putouts against Radford on March 16 ... Named to C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Freshman (2003)
Hit her first-career home run in a pinch-hit situation against Auburn on Feb. 1 ... Her biggest game of the season came in the second game of a doubleheader against Houston ... She went 2-for-3, scoring two runs and blasting her second-collegiate home run ... Appeared in 44 games for the Bulls, starting 23 ... Fifteen of those starts came from behind the plate, four at third base and four at the designated hitter position ... Finished the season with only three errors and a .955 fielding percentage.
High School
Was named first team all-conference, all-state and all-area in 2002 at Carl Sandburg High ... Earned Team Leadership Award ... Named to Wendy's Spring Classic Honor Roll in 2001 ... Earned three letters in softball ... Batted .333 in her junior season and increased to .555 in senior campaign.
Personal
Full name is Sarah Anne Watson ... Born on Oct. 7, 1983, in Oak Lawn, Ill. ... Daughter of Pam and Paul Watson ... Has two sisters: Meghan, 23, and Maura, 19 ... Her sister Meghan played softball at the University of Illinois ... Lists her grandfather, Bill Watson, as her role model and Lance Armstrong as her athletic role model ... Majoring in gerontology.
