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2022 Heavyweight Rowing Roster

Clay Watson

  • Height 6-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Palo Alto, Calif.
  • Previous School Palo Alto
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2019-20 (Junior): Season canceled (COVID-19).

2018-19 (Sophomore): Competed in the EARC Sprints and IRA National Championships from the fourth seat in the Varsity Eight
 
2017-18 (First-Year): Rowed for the Second Varsity Eight in the EARC Sprints in the sixth seat
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Palo Alto High School … Competed with Norcal Crew … Team captain in 2016 and 2017 … Member of the U.S. Junior National Team in 2017 … Finished second at Youth Nationals in the pair in 2016 … Placed third at Club Nationals in 2015 … California Distinguished Scholar Award recipient.
 
PERSONAL: Born Feb. 23, 1999 … Son of Paula and Doug Watson … Has one sister, Lande … Lived in Italy for a year at the age of three … Attended same high school as Jeremy Lin of the Brooklyn Nets and actor James Franco …  Enrolled at Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018First Year

    Player
    6'6"
  • 2019Sophomore

    Player
    6'6"
  • 2020Junior

    6'6"
  • 2022Senior

    6'6"