WCL Corvallis Knights

Knights Sign Cal Poly Freshman Lefty

Published on April 29, 2019 under West Coast League (WCL)
Corvallis Knights News Release


The Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League have signed Cal Poly left-hander Chase Watkins for the 2019 season, manager Brooke Knight announced Monday.

Watkins is a 6-foot-4, 205-pounder from St. Francis Central Coast Catholic High School in Watsonville, Calif. His father, Brad, played football at Washington State and his mother, Kim, swam at Stanford.

He is 0-1, 3.38 in nine games this season, with 14 strikeouts in 21.1 innings.

Watkins was 6-3, 1.83 as a high school senior, with 85 strikeouts in 56.2 innings. Watkins earned first-team all-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League honors for the second straight year and also was a first-team Cal-Hi Sports all-state small schools honoree and team MVP.

As a junior, he was 2-2 with a 1.23 ERA and one save, with 57 strikeouts in 28.1 innings. He was also a first-team All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League and first-team All-CIF-Central Coast Section basketball player, with 1,320 career points, the second-most in school history.

Watkins was also named the Division V Boys Athlete of the Year in the state of California by Cal-Hi Sports, and the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian newspaper's Male Student-Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year.

The Knights open the 2019 season on May 28 with the team's eighth annual Science, Engineering & Art Day game at Goss Stadium. Their WCL opener is June 4 at Walla Walla; their WCL home opener is June 14 against Cowlitz.

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