2013 (Senior)
Played and started all 52 games for the Phoenix...Named to the All-SoCon First Team...Named to the 2013 NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team...Selected as the SoCon's Player of the Month for February...Named the College Sports Madness National Player of the Week on Feb. 25...Placed on the 2013 Preseason All-SoCon First Team...Twice recognized as the league's Player of the Week on Feb. 25 and April 15...Led the SoCon in five categories this season including batting average (.419), slugging percentage (.768), on-base percentage (.511), hits (65) and stolen bases (25)...Set a new single-season record in home runs with 14...Became the program's all-time leader in home runs (34), hits (258), RBI (125), runs scored (158) and slugging percentage (.589)...Tied an NCAA Division I softball record with six consecutive games with a home run...Had 22 multi-hit games and nine multiple RBI games...Had a hitting streak of 16 games...Became the second player in school history with 100 or more career stolen bases...Went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and a home run to help defeat No. 8 Georgia on Feb. 8...Went 2-for-2 with two RBI, two stolen bases, two runs scored and a home run versus Saint Peter's on Feb. 23...Drove in three RBI versus Hampton on Feb. 24 and broke the program's all-time career home run record after going 2-for-4 with two runs scored...Went 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and a run scored versus Longwood on April 2.
2012 (Junior)
Played in and started 48 games for the Phoenix...An All-SoCon second team honoree...Led the team in 10 categories including batting average (.371), slugging percentage (.576), on-base percentage (.442), runs scored (38), hits (56), RBI (34), home runs (7), total bases (87) and stolen bases (27)...Had her second straight season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage...Led the league in stolen bases...Hit .395 during conference play, eighth in the SoCon...Is now second all-time in Elon history with 75 career stolen bases...Also went 1-0 in the circle and struck out six batters in 12.2 innings pitched and posted a 2.76 ERA, second-best on the team...Had six 3-hit games...Went 4-for-4 at the plate with a double and two stolen bases against James Madison on Feb. 18...A preseason all-league selection for the second straight year...Slugging percentage was the eighth best for a single-season.
2011 (Sophomore)
Started all 54 games for the Phoenix…Ends her sophomore season tied for fifth all-time in Elon history with 48 career stolen bases...Batted .351 (65-for-185) on the year with 12 doubles, one triple and five homers…Slugged .508 and drove in 30 runs…Stole 24 bases in 26 attempts…Scored 34 runs on the year…Tied for the league lead with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage…Recorded a season-high four hits against Western Carolina on April 23…Drove in a season-high five runs against Seton Hall on Feb. 18…Registered a team-best 20 multiple hit games…Had Elon’s longest hitting streak of the season at 12 games from Feb. 12 to March 4…Ranked 10th in the conference in runs scored, tied for second in hits, tied for sixth in doubles, fourth in total bases and second in steals…Was a preseason all-league selection…Earned second-team all-conference accolades.
2010 (Freshman)
Had a stellar rookie season, becoming the first Elon player to win Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors…Also picked up SoCon All-Tournament honors to go along with all-state and all-region accolades…Batted a team-best .373 as a true freshman which included six doubles, one triple and eight home runs, including the game-winner over then No. 16/20 North Carolina…Scored a team-leading 38 runs, while driving in 30…Struck out just 16 times in 193 official at bats, helping her to an on-base percentage of .409…Swiped a team-best 24 bases and committed just one error in 90 chances as Elon’s starting left fielder…Helped Elon to a school record 38 wins and the program’s first SoCon Tournament title and NCAA Regional appearance.
High School: Four-year starter at Jackson High School…Four-time all-region player…Named to the Georgia 4-AAA All-State first team…Was named the 4-AAA Offensive Player of the Year as a senior…Led her team to four appearances at the Georgia State Sections…Named Jackson’s Best Offensive Player from 2006-08…Member of the Atlanta Vipers and the Georgia Elite travel teams…The teams made two appearances at the Gold Nationals, finishing in the top-13 both times.
Personal: Full name is Tomeka Diane Watson…Daughter of Tommy and Daphne Watson...Born on October 11, 1990…Majoring in exercise science.
If I could have dinner with three people, dead or alive, they would be…: President Obama, Pat Summit and Natasha Watley
Surprising fact: I am allergic to pineapple.
I came to Elon because…: I loved the school and wanted to play softball for the Phoenix.
Words to live by: “Keep God first, no matter where life takes you.”
