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Jersey Number 28
Renee Watson
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Monarch Park Collegiate Institute
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario
2025 (Junior): College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Started 24 of 25 games, averaging 68 minutes per game and posting six efforts of 90+ minutes ... Had a career-best offensive season, posting four goals and 13 points ... Tied for second on the team with five assists ... Had her first point of the season, an assist, vs. NC State on a corner play (8/21) ... Scored her first two career goals against Milwaukee (8/24), adding assists on the first and final goals of the game ... Assisted on Emerson Sargeant's goal at Minnesota (9/25) ... Played in all 90 minutes of a physical battle with Ohio State (10/5), earning an assist on Bella Najera's game-tying goal against the Buckeyes ... Scored her fourth of the season - the eventual game-winner - as MSU recorded a victory on the road at Michigan (10/9) ... Played all 90 minutes in four of MSU's seven postseason games, including a career-high 94 in an OT win over No. 17 UCLA (11/6) in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals ... Posted a season-high three shots on goal in the NCAA Sweet 16 victory over No. 12 Colorado (11/23) Had a U20 Callup with Team Canada in the summer of 2025.
2024 (Sophomore): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten ... Played in 15 games, starting 13 ... Totaled 1,023 minutes of action ... Started and played 67 minutes in a 2-1, season-opening win at No. 15 Notre Dame (8/15) ... Returned to action after a month with the Canadian Women's National Team at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup against Nebraska, playing 48 minutes in a 4-1 win (9/19) ... Aided in the 1-0 shutout win at No. 9 Penn State (9/22) ... Played 76 minutes in a 1-0 win over Michigan (10/5) ... Went the full 90 minutes at Washington (10/13) ... Played 66 minutes in a 2-0 win over Wisconsin (10/17) ... Played 74 minutes in a 1-0 win against Northwestern (10/20) ... Played the full match in MSU's 3-1 win over Purdue (10/27) and in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against Rutgers (11/2) ... Totaled 83 minutes of action in a 3-1 win over Western Michigan in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (11/16) ... Helped MSU to a 3-2 overtime win against Texas in the NCAA Second Round, playing all 93 minutes (11/22) ... Played 90 minutes in the NCAA Sweet 16 against Duke (11/24).
2023 (Freshman): Played in 17 games in her rookie campaign and made three starts, notching an assist in 525 minutes of play ... Made her collegiate debut and started in the 1-0 season-opening win against Cincinnati (8/17) ... Logged 39 minutes in the 3-1 victory over Bowling Green (8/20) ... Recorded her first collegiate point with an assist in the 7-0 rout at Northern Colorado (8/24) ... Tallied a shot attempt in 40 minutes of play in the 6-0 win against Eastern Michigan (8/31) ... Played 14 minutes in MSU's Big Ten opener against Ohio State (9/17) ... Played 21 minutes in the 3-1 win at Minnesota to open B1G road play (9/21) ... Totaled 38 minutes of action in the 1-0 shutout victory at Wisconsin (9/24) ... Played 53 minutes in the 5-0 win against Maryland (9/28) ... Recorded a pair of shot attempts in 36 minutes of play at Indiana (10/12) ... Aided in the 2-0 shutout at Rutgers (10/15) ... Played 11 minutes and helped shutout Iowa in the 3-0 regular season finale victory to help MSU clinch its second-straight B1G title (10/22) ... Played a season-high 90 minutes in the 3-0 NCAA Tournament First Round victory over Ohio (11/10) ... Appeared in MSU's NCAA Second and Third Round matches against Harvard (11/16) and BYU (11/18).
With Canada Soccer: Played in the U20 FIFA Women's World Cup for Team Canada in Colombia, advancing to the Round of 16, where she was a teammate of freshman keeper Noelle Henning ... Starter for the U17 Canadian Women’s National Team ... Earned a bronze medal at the 2022 CONCACAF U17 Championship in the Dominican Republic, and garnered Player of the Game honors in the game against Jamaica ... Participated in the 2022 U17 Revelations Cup and was named Player of the Game against host-Mexico ... Helped lead the Canadian National Team to a placement in the 2022 U17 FIFA World Cup in India.
Prior to MSU: Participated in the Women’s Premier League 1, was selected to the Team of the Week on two occasions and totaled eight goals playing at the fullback and winger positions with the National Development Centre in Ontario ... Led Team Ontario to the 2022 Women’s Soccer Gold Medal in the Canada Summer Games and was selected to the Canada Games Women’s Soccer All-Star team as a fullback.
Personal: Daughter of Colin Watson and Christine Koulas ... Data Science major.
2024 (Sophomore): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten ... Played in 15 games, starting 13 ... Totaled 1,023 minutes of action ... Started and played 67 minutes in a 2-1, season-opening win at No. 15 Notre Dame (8/15) ... Returned to action after a month with the Canadian Women's National Team at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup against Nebraska, playing 48 minutes in a 4-1 win (9/19) ... Aided in the 1-0 shutout win at No. 9 Penn State (9/22) ... Played 76 minutes in a 1-0 win over Michigan (10/5) ... Went the full 90 minutes at Washington (10/13) ... Played 66 minutes in a 2-0 win over Wisconsin (10/17) ... Played 74 minutes in a 1-0 win against Northwestern (10/20) ... Played the full match in MSU's 3-1 win over Purdue (10/27) and in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against Rutgers (11/2) ... Totaled 83 minutes of action in a 3-1 win over Western Michigan in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (11/16) ... Helped MSU to a 3-2 overtime win against Texas in the NCAA Second Round, playing all 93 minutes (11/22) ... Played 90 minutes in the NCAA Sweet 16 against Duke (11/24).
2023 (Freshman): Played in 17 games in her rookie campaign and made three starts, notching an assist in 525 minutes of play ... Made her collegiate debut and started in the 1-0 season-opening win against Cincinnati (8/17) ... Logged 39 minutes in the 3-1 victory over Bowling Green (8/20) ... Recorded her first collegiate point with an assist in the 7-0 rout at Northern Colorado (8/24) ... Tallied a shot attempt in 40 minutes of play in the 6-0 win against Eastern Michigan (8/31) ... Played 14 minutes in MSU's Big Ten opener against Ohio State (9/17) ... Played 21 minutes in the 3-1 win at Minnesota to open B1G road play (9/21) ... Totaled 38 minutes of action in the 1-0 shutout victory at Wisconsin (9/24) ... Played 53 minutes in the 5-0 win against Maryland (9/28) ... Recorded a pair of shot attempts in 36 minutes of play at Indiana (10/12) ... Aided in the 2-0 shutout at Rutgers (10/15) ... Played 11 minutes and helped shutout Iowa in the 3-0 regular season finale victory to help MSU clinch its second-straight B1G title (10/22) ... Played a season-high 90 minutes in the 3-0 NCAA Tournament First Round victory over Ohio (11/10) ... Appeared in MSU's NCAA Second and Third Round matches against Harvard (11/16) and BYU (11/18).
With Canada Soccer: Played in the U20 FIFA Women's World Cup for Team Canada in Colombia, advancing to the Round of 16, where she was a teammate of freshman keeper Noelle Henning ... Starter for the U17 Canadian Women’s National Team ... Earned a bronze medal at the 2022 CONCACAF U17 Championship in the Dominican Republic, and garnered Player of the Game honors in the game against Jamaica ... Participated in the 2022 U17 Revelations Cup and was named Player of the Game against host-Mexico ... Helped lead the Canadian National Team to a placement in the 2022 U17 FIFA World Cup in India.
Prior to MSU: Participated in the Women’s Premier League 1, was selected to the Team of the Week on two occasions and totaled eight goals playing at the fullback and winger positions with the National Development Centre in Ontario ... Led Team Ontario to the 2022 Women’s Soccer Gold Medal in the Canada Summer Games and was selected to the Canada Games Women’s Soccer All-Star team as a fullback.
Personal: Daughter of Colin Watson and Christine Koulas ... Data Science major.
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