Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

Ka’Lyn Watson
Career Honors:
- 2023-24 Southeastern Female Athlete of the Year
- 2024 Southland Conference Hitter of the Year
- 2024 All-Southland Conference (First Team)
- 2024 All-Louisiana (First Team)
- 2024 Southland Conference All-Tournament Team
- 2023 Spring Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2023 Southland Conference All-Tournament Team

2025: Earned Lone Star Newcomer of the Year accolades and was named NFCA All-American, All-South Central Region and All-LSC at Division II national champion UT Tyler … Hit .440 with 59 runs, 81 hits, 17 doubles, six triples, eight home runs and 52 RBI for the Patriots.

2024: Named Southland Conference Hitter of the Year and Southeastern Female Athlete of the Year … Earned first team All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana accolades … Started all 62 games … Batted .394 with a single-season school record 55 runs scored, as well as 74 hits, eight doubles, five triples, six home runs, 39 RBI and 31 stolen bases … Led the SLC in stolen bases and sacrifice flies, while also ranking among the league leaders in batting average (4^th), slugging percentage (.585, 6^th), on-base percentage (.449, 5^th), OPS (1.034, 5^th), runs (2^nd), hits (2^nd), RBI (5^th), triples )2^nd), home runs (5^th) and sacrifice hits (6^th) … Collected four hits in wins over North Dakota and UTSA … Posted 25 multi-hit games … Drove in season-high four runs in victory over Texas A&M-Commerce … Forced in multiple runs in nine different contests … Scored three runs in victories over Texas A&M-Commerce, Jackson State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Lamar … Posted 16 games with two runs or more … Homered versus North Dakota State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Pacific, Jackson State, Northwestern State and at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional in a win over Clemson … Earned SLC All-Tournament honors after helping SLU to first-ever league tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance.

2023: Played in 58 games, starting 43 … Batted .336 with 33 runs scored, seven doubles, five triples, two home runs, 21 RBI and 19 stolen bases … Shared the league lead in triples and ranked in the SLC top 10 in batting average (9^th), slugging percentage (.540, 4^th) and stolen bases (6^th) … Hit .538 in the postseason on the way to earning SLC All-Tournament honors … Homered in wins over McNeese and Yale … Doubled twice and drove in three runs in 10-7 victory over UIW … Recorded three hits in a 10-2 win over St. Thomas … Represented SLU on Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Prior to Southeastern: All-American performer as a sophomore at McLennan Community College … Hit .427 with 16 doubles, four triples, nine home runs, 49 RBI, 40 stolen bases and 75 runs scored in 2022.

High School: Multi-sport student-athlete at Episcopal High School … Played softball, basketball and ran track … Hit .585 as a senior.

Personal: Born in Missouri City, Texas … Daughter of Jimmy and Felicia Watson … Has three siblings … Earned her bachelor’s degree in general studies following the spring 2024 semester .. Working on her master’s degree in health sciences.