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Tyler Watson

Position LHP
Height 5'11''
Weight 157 lbs.
Class Freshman
Hometown Georgetown, Texas
High School Georgetown HS
B/T Fr./HS

Georgetown HS: Lettered three times for head coach Danny Wallace … A two-time 16-5A All-District selection … Pitched internationally in Puerto Rico and Australia, winning an award in 2010 during the Goodwill Series in Australia … Selected to the 2012 Austin Area Baseball Coaches[apos] Association All-Star Game … Named to Team Texas for the 2012 Heartland Baseball Classic in Norman, Okla. … Set school records for batting average (.418 in 2011) and wins on the mound (eight in 2012) … Earned 13 victories over his final two high school seasons … Played summer ball for the D-Bat Mustangs … Posted a 7-1 record for the Premier Baseball National Champions in 2011 … A 2010 USA Baseball National Team Identification Series participant … Also lettered two years in football as a kicker … Named Preseason All-Centex Kicker by the Austin-American Statesman in 2011.

Personal: Tyler Garrett Watson was born in Arlington, Texas … Son of Gene and Melanie Watson… Has a younger sister, Macey … Plans on majoring in sports management … Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 37th round of the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft.