Raquel Watts

Photo by: Weber State Athletics

Team bonding retreat to Kalispell/Glacier National Park

Year:
Junior
Position:
D/M
Hometown:
Sandy, Utah
Previous School:
2L

2017 (junior season): Three-time Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in all 21 games for the Griz, earning 19 starts… Led the team for blocked shots… Montana’s defense allowed just 0.76 goals per game, the 32^nd-best average in the NCAA in 2017 and second-best average in school history… Helped Montana limit Big Sky opponents to 8.7 shots per game, including 2.9 on frame – the best defensive figures in the league… Played at least 80 minutes on 13 occasions, including 110 in a double-overtime draw vs. Washington State (Sept. 17)… Also played every minute vs. Boise State, Northern Iowa, Oregon, Sacramento State and Northern Colorado, and more than 90 minutes at Weber State and at Northern Colorado.

2016 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in 19 of 20 matches, getting four starts at outside back ... Averaged more than 43 minutes per match ... Member of a backline that allowed just 17 goals in 20 matches (0.85/m) and recorded a Big Sky-leading nine shutouts ... Took six shots on the season, two coming in 1-0 overtime home win over North Dakota ... Twice put shots on goal ... Ranked fourth on the team with 13 corner kicks ... Five times played more than 50 minutes in a match, all in the first month of the season ... Played a season-high 86 minutes in 2-1 road loss at Washington State.

2015 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in 13 of 22 matches, averaging 20 minutes off the bench at outside back ... Took lone shot of the season in 2-1 loss at North Dakota ... Played 20 or minutes six times, including a season-high 49 in double-overtime home win over Eastern Washington.

Career Highs
Goals: n/a
Assists: n/a
Points: n/a
Shots: 2, North Dakota (10.21.16)
Shots on goal: 1, two times
Minutes: 110, Washington State (9.17.17)

Personal: A 2015 graduate of Brighton High ... The daughter of Maurice and Jan Watts ... Has an older sister, Kimberly, and an older brother, Landen ... A health and human performance major.