Rachel Watts
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- Birth Date:
- 5/1/1998
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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Hometown:
- Newport, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Cooke County High School
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- Major:
- Undecided
Bio
- 2020 WGCA All-American Scholar
- 2020 All-SAC Honorable Mention
- 2019 18BIrdies WGCA All-American Scholar
2019-20: Tabbed a 2020 All-SAC Honorable Mention and WGCA All-American Scholar... Posted the second-lowest scoring average for C-N on the season with a 76.7, a new career-best and putting her at fourth on the program's best single season scoring average list... Started in all seven events in her final season... Collected four top 20 finishes, her best being a third-place showing at the Music City Invitational... Scored the team's lowest single round total with a 69 in the second round at Music City, also a career-best... Finished her career with an 80.5 scoring average, placing her at 10th in program history for career averages.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| UIndy Fall Invitational | 09/09-10/2019 | 3 | 77-80-77=234 | +18 | t-35th/85 | 50-34 |
| State Farm Intercollegiate | 09/16-17/2019 | 2 | 79-74=153 | +9 | 14th/45 | 31-13 |
| Winthrop Fall Invitational | 10/07/2019 | 2 | 75-81=156 | +12 | t-27th/52 | 25-26 |
| Music City Invitational | 10/14-15/2019 | 2 | 75-69=144 | E | 3rd/72 | 69-2 |
| Flagler Fall Slam | 10/21-22/2019 | 2 | 76-80=156 | +12 | t-34th/93 | 59-33 |
| ont Resort | 02/24-25/2020 | 2 | 74-79=153 | +9 | 20th/87 | 67-19 |
| Low Country Invitational | 03/02-03/2020 | 2 | 74-80=154 | +12 | t-18th/77 | 59-17 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 15 | 1150 Avg. 76.7 | +5 | - | 360-144 |
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2018-19: Named a 2019 18Birdies WGCA All-American Scholar... Started in all 10 events for the Eagles as a junior... Eclipsed top-10 finishes three times, including a tie for second at the King University Invitational... Scored a career-low 72 at the Jekyll-O-Lantern Intercollegiate to tie for sixth at six-over.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| UINDY Fall Invitational | 09/10-11/2018 | 3 | 75-76-73=224 | +8 | t-20th/85 | 65-19 |
| King University Invitational | 09/24-25/2018 | 2 | 75-73=148 | +6 | t-2nd/38 | 36-1 |
| 2018 Music City Invitational | 10/22-23/2018 | 2 | 77-81=158 | +14 | t-30th/104 | 74-29 |
| Jekyll-O-Lantern Intercollegiate | 10/29-30/2018 | 2 | 78-72=150 | +6 | t-6th/82 | 76-5 |
| 2019 Women's Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate | 02/11-12/2019 | 2 | 70-77=147 | +3 | 6th/63 | 57-5 |
| 2019 Women's Battle at Hilton Head | 02/25-26/2019 | 2 | 79-78=157 | +13 | t-21st/108 | 87-20 |
| Lady Cougar Invitational | 03/04-05/2019 | 2 | 85-85=170 | +26 | 25th/41 | 15-24 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 03/17-19/2019 | 3 | 83-78-76=237 | +24 | t-32nd/73 | 41-31 |
| Sunoco/Campbell Oil Classic | 03/25-26/2019 | 3 | 77-76-87=240 | +24 | t-41st/76 | 35-40 |
| SAC Championship | 04/07-09/2019 | 3 | 79-82-79=240 | +24 | t-35th/55 | 20-34 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 24 | 1871 Avg. 78.0 | +6 | - | 506-208 |
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2017-18: Split her six events on the team roster and as an individual participant... Her single top-20 showing came at the King University Invitational with a +21 score of 163 as an individual... Her second round score of 76 at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational was her lowest 18-hole score of the season.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| King University Invitational | 09/25-26/2017 | 2 | 83-80=163 | +21 | t-20th/45 | 25-19 |
| Patsy Rendleman Invitational | 10/09-10/2017 | 2 | 81-76=157 | +13 | t-42nd/90 | 48-41 |
| CBU Super Regional Preview | 10/30-31/2017 | 3 | 81-81-85=247 | +31 | 28th/45 | 17-27 |
| World Golf Invitational | 02/04-05/2018 | 2 | 88-83=171 | +27 | t-82nd/96 | 14-81 |
| Women's Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate | 02/26-27/2018 | 2 | 79-83=162 | +20 | t-33rd/54 | 21-32 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 03/18-20/2018 | 3 | 84-83-85=252 | +39 | t-47th/55 | 8-46 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 14 | 1152 Avg. 82.3 | +11 | - | 133-246 |
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2016-17: Participated in every event for Carson-Newman except for the first one...Played in three tournaments in the fall as an individual...Her best showing came in the Sunoco Oil Campbell Classic, where she tied for 14th...Her second round score of a 75 in the classic was her lowest mark of the season.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| King University Invitational | 09/26-27/16 | 2 | 85-86=171 | +29 | 31st/37 | 6-30 |
| Flagler Fall Slam | 10/24-25/2016 | 2 | 94-97=191 | +47 | 87th/90 | 3-86 |
| Newberry College Regional Preview | 10/31-11/1/2016 | 2 | 91-82=173 | +29 | t-62nd/65 | 3-61 |
| Barton Invitational at Kiawah | 02/04-05/2017 | 2 | 93-96=189 | +45 | t-80th/86 | 6-79 |
| Converse Spring Invite by Founders FCU | 02/20-27/2017 | 2 | 88-82=170 | +26 | t-49th/98 | 49-48 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 03/19-21/2017 | 3 | 84-78-80=242 | +29 | 26th/44 | 18-25 |
| SAC Women's Golf Championship | 04/09-11/2017 | 3 | 85-80-80=245 | +29 | t-42nd/60 | 18-41 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 16 | 1381 Avg. 86.3 | +15 | - | 103-370 | |
High School: Finished in the top five twice at the IMAC Championships...Also finished in the top 10 twice in both her district and her region...Was named All-Conference for 2014-15 and 2015-16...Helped her high school to an IMAC championship and a district championship her senior year...Was undefeated as a senior.
Personal: Daughter of Ricky and Carol Watts...Born May 1st, 1998...Undecided on a major...Member of the National Honor Society...Her cousin, Whitney, plays volleyball at East Tennessee State.
News mentions
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Maeve Cummins and Rachel Watts were the latest Carson-Newman women’s golfers to be recognized by the South Atlantic Conference as All-Conference players, as the league announced on Wednesday.
BLUFFTON, S.C. – For a second-straight round, Carson-Newman carded a 315 to take a seventh-place finish with a 62-over showing at the Low Country Invitational on Tuesday.
BLUFFTON, S.C. – A three-over day from Rachel Watts (Newport, Tenn.) led Carson-Newman in a 31-over effort through Monday’s round at the Low Country Invitational to sit at sixth by the end of the day.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. -- Carson-Newman gears up for the second of back-to-back weeks of event play by heading back to the Hilton Head Island area for the third-annual Low Country Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at the Crescent Pointe Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Despite shooting seven shots higher than where it went into the clubhouse after the first round, Carson-Newman notched a second-place finish at the Battle at Hilton Head from the Palmetto Dunes Resort on Tuesday.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Matilda Frövenholt (Öjersjö, Sweden) paced Carson-Newman to a tie for fifth through the first day with a share of sixth at one-over through the first round of the Battle at Hilton Head on Monday at the Palmetto Dunes Resort.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The spring slate starts up a tad later than usual for Carson-Newman as it traverses this week to the Battle at Hilton Head at the Palmetto Dunes’ Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Golf Course in Hilton Head, S.C.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A fifth-place showing for Maeve Cummins (Waringstown, Northern Ireland) highlighted No. 24 Carson-Newman’s time at the 17th Annual Flagler Fall Slam as the Eagles wrapped up their fall slate with a 13th-place finish.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The fall slate comes to an end for No. 24 Carson-Newman this week as it heads to the 17th Annual Flagler Fall Slam at the Marsh Creek Country Club in St. Augustine, Fla.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Rachel Watts (Newport, Tenn.) used a three-under day that took her up to third-place on the leaderboard to help No. 24 Carson-Newman pick up a second-place finish at the Women’s Music City Invitational on Tuesday.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A 13-over day for No. 24 Carson-Newman placed it at third on the leaderboard by the end of the first round, but it was individual Matilda Frövenholt (Öjersjö, Sweden) who paced the entire Orange and Blue crew by sitting in a tie for fourth through the first round of the Women's Music City Invitational at the Old Fort Golf Club on Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The three-week sequence of tournaments for No. 24 Carson-Newman rolls on as the Eagles search for a third-straight top-five finish on the season with a journey west on I-40 to the Women’s Music City Invitational, hosted by Trevecca Nazarene, at the Old Fort Golf Club in Murfreesboro, Tenn. this week.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Three Eagles found themselves separated by a total of three shots within the top 20 to help No. 24 Carson-Newman to a fifth-place finish at the Winthrop Invitational on Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – With a nearly three-week respite from tournament play behind it, No. 24 Carson-Newman now gears up for three-straight weeks of competition, beginning with a trip to the Waterford Golf Club in Rock Hill, S.C. for the Winthrop Invitational on Monday.
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – No. 25 Carson-Newman used a six-shot improvement on Tuesday from the first round to close out the State Farm Intercollegiate with a third-place finish on Tuesday at the Woodlake Golf Club.
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – With Maeve Cummins (Waringstown, Northern Ireland) holding a share of the lead through the first 18 holes of play on a round of 70, No. 25 Carson-Newman sits in third through Monday’s first day of the State Farm Intercollegiate at the Woodlake Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Just days removed from its season opener at the UINDY Invitational, No. 25 Carson-Newman now sets its sights on a short trip to nearby Tazewell, Tenn. for the State Farm Intercollegiate/South Atlantic Conference Championship Preview this Monday and Tuesday at the Woodlake Golf Club.
CARMEL, Ind. – No. 25 Carson-Newman shot its highest round of the week on Tuesday at 29-over, moving it to a ninth-place finish at the UINDY Invitational.
CARMEL, Ind. – Maeve Cummins (Waringstown, Northern Ireland) used a four-over day to pace No. 25 Carson-Newman into an eighth-place spot through the first two rounds at the UINDY Invitational on Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The start of the 2019-20 campaign has arrived for No. 25 Carson-Newman and takes the group to Carmel, Ind. for the fifth-annual UINDY Fall Invitational on Monday and Tuesday.
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