2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
Stephanie Watts
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Wesley Chapel, N.C.
- High School:
- Weddington
Picked 10th overall in the 2021 WNBA Draft by Los Angeles ... She was the 21st Tar Heel to be seleced in the WNBA Draft and the fourth to go in the top 10 ... Graduated from UNC with a bachelor's degree in public policy in 2019 then earned a master's degree in entrepreneurship and innovation during her year at Southern California ... Enrolled in a post-baccalaureate program at UNC during the 2020-21 school year ... Ranks second in program history in career three-pointers with 275 ... Owns the two highest single-game three-pointer totals in program history, with a then-ACC-record 10 against Charleston Southern on Nov. 22, 2016, and nine against UNCW on Dec. 5, 2018 ... 24th player in school history to pass the 1,500 career points milestone
• 2020-21 Season Overview (pdf)
• Career and Game-by-Game Stats (pdf)
Graduate Student Season at UNC in 2020-21
Transferred back to UNC for her graduate season after spending one year at Southern California ... Versatile player who ranked in the ACC’s top 25 in assist/turnover ratio (5th), steals (5th), blocks (22nd) and assists (17th) in conference play ... One of just two conference players ranked in the top 25 in each of those categories ... Led UNC in assists, steals and blocks ... Scored in double figures in 12 of the season’s final 13 games, averaging a team-best 16.2 points over that span ... Averaged a team-best 15.1 points per game in the team’s eight ACC wins ... Fell one assist shy of the program’s first triple-double with 25 points,12 rebounds and a career-high nine assists in the homecourt win over Notre Dame on Jan. 24 ... Scored a season-high 29 points, including 7-for-11 shooting from three-point range, in the NCAA Tournament first round game against Alabama, playing all 40 minutes ... Scored a then-season-high 26 points and added five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win at Clemson
USC in 2019-20
Played in four games in November before her season was ended by injury ... Season high was 14 points against Virginia ... Started against the Cavaliers on 11/9/19 and also in the following game vs. UC Riverside ... Was granted an additional year of eligibility, which she used with UNC in 2020-21
REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON 2018-19
Started all 27 games in which she appeared ... Averaged 15.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.1 assist per game while hitting a team-high 82 three-pointers, fifth in program history... Hit nine three-pointers against UNC and finished that game with a season-high 35 points ... Scored in double digits in 21 games and passed 20 five times ... Named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team after averaging a team-best 21.7 points as UNC went 2-1 in the event ... Scored 27 in the championship game against Kentucky to top 1,000 points for her career ... Finished the season with a total of 1,320
JUNIOR SEASON 2017-18
Sidelined by injury and did not compete
Set an ACC single-game record when she knocked down 10 three-pointers against Charleston Southern ... Scored a career-high 39 points that evening against the Lady Bucs, the fifth most points ever scored in a game by a Tar Heel player ... Her 81 three-pointers is the sixth most in a single season at UNC ... Named ACC Player of the Week on Nov. 28 after her record setting performance against CSU ... Averaged 16.8 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game ... ACC ranks: 2nd in 3FG made per game (3.1), 4th in 3FG made (81), 5th in defensive rebounds (5.5), 6th in 10-rebound games (11), 6th in scoring (16.8), 6th in rebounding (7.9), 8th in minutes played (34.2), 9th in blocked shots (1.2), 9th in steals (2.0) ... NCAA ranks: 12th in 3FG made per game (31) and 27th in 3FG attempts (249) ... Registered nine double-doubles ... Had 28 points and 11 rebounds against Alabama A&M ... Went for 25 points against Wake Forest ... Missed the final five games due to injury.Â
FRESHMAN SEASON 2015-16
2016 ACC Freshman of the Year ... Named second team All-ACC ... ACC All-Freshman Team member ... Voted ACC Rookie of the Week four times (12/21, 1/4, 2/15, 2/22) ... Named to the ACC Newcomer Watch List in the preseason ... Averaged 14.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game ... Started 29 of 32 games ... Set a UNC freshman record with 76 made three-pointers ... Ranked 13th in the NCAA in three-pointers attempted (260) ... ACC Ranks: 5th in double-doubles (7), 10th in scoring (14.7 ppg), 11th in rebounding (7.2), 4th in three-pointers made (2.4), 7th in blocked shots (1.4) and 7th in minutes played (33.9) ... Scored in double figures on 25 occasions, including six games with 20 or more points ... Registered a career-high 30 points and 13 rebounds against NC State ... Had six blocks against USC Upstate ... Made a three-pointer at the buzzer to lift UNC over Maine.
PREP/PERSONAL
Ranked No. 14 by All Star Girls Report and 24th by ESPN in her class ... Five-star prospect ... Earned both Naismith and McDonald’s All-America honors as a senior at Weddington High School ... Competed in both the McDonald’s All-America game and the Jordan Brand Classic ... Scored 19 points in the McDonald’s game ... Finished with four-year totals of 2,566 points, 1,077 rebounds, 539 assists, 537 steals and 276 blocks in 111 games ... Selected 2015 North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior ... Averaged 29.1 points, 8.8 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 4.7 steals and 2.4 blocks per game in senior season ... Four-time Union County and Southern Carolina Conference Player of the Year ... Owns three of the four recorded quadruple-doubles in North Carolina girls’ basketball history ... Set North Carolina high school single-season record with 156 three-pointers as a senior, and finished career with 374 made three-pointers, second most in state history ... Set a Union County record as a sophomore by scoring 50 points against Cuthbertson on Nov. 30, 2012
