2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Alexa Golden
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Prev School:
- Chartiers Valley
- High School:
- Chartiers Valley
2018-19 SEASON
• MAC All-Defensive Team
• Started all 33 games
• Averaged 7.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 2.5 assists per game
• Scored a career-high 22 points at Ohio (Jan. 16)
• Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 13)
• Recorded a career-best eight assists against Buffalo (March 9)
• Made a career-high eight steals against Miami (Feb. 27)
• Tucker Women's Basketball Endowed Scholarship recipient
2017-18 SEASON
• Played in all 32 games and made 31 starts
• Averaged 6.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game
• Led the team with 44 steals and second with 14 blocks
• Totaled 69 assists and 23 three-pointers
• Named MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Jan. 3 after totaling 10 rebounds, nine points, five assists and one steal in conference opener at Eastern Michigan (Dec. 30)
• Had seven double-digit scoring games and four double-digit rebounding games
• Recorded first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds at Ohio (Feb. 21)
• Scored a season-high 18 points vs. Detroit Mercy (Nov. 30)
• Grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds at Akron (Jan. 27)
• Handed out a season-high six assists vs. #14 Stanford (Nov. 23)
• Recorded a career-high three blocks in MAC Tournament first round game at Toledo (March 5)
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
• Recipient of Tucker Women's Basketball Endowed Scholarship
2016-17 SEASON
• Played in 30 games and made 28 starts
• Averaged 4.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game
• Second on the team with 47 steals
• Totaled 49 assists and 10 blocks
• Shot 21-for-51 from the three-point arc (.412)
• Scored a season-high 14 points against Youngstown State (Dec. 10)
• Also in double-figures with 13 points against Fort Wayne (Nov. 30)
• Posted season-highs with 10 rebounds and four assists in addition to nine points at Minnesota (Dec. 22)
• Tallied a career-high six steals at Ohio (Jan. 14)
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
2015-16 SEASON
• Played in all 29 games with 17 starts
• Averaged 3.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.5 steals per game
• Scored a season-high 10 points in collegiate debut against Colgate (Nov. 15)
• Recorded a season-best seven rebounds against Minnesota (Nov. 24)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Lettered three years at Chartiers Valley High School
• Team was section champions and went to the state quarterfinals in 2015
• Was Second Team All-State, First Team All-Section, Pittsburgh Post Gazette South Fab 5 and a High Honor Roll and Scholar Athlete as a senior
• Led the league in free-throw percentage her final year while averaging 15 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.6 steals per game
• Also played for the Western PA Bruins 17U Elite team
PERSONAL
• Parents are David and Nancy Watts
• Has three brothers, Joe, Tyler, and David
• Graduated with criminal justice degree in December 2017
• Pursuing graduate degree in sport and recreation management
