University of California, Santa Barbara

HIGH SCHOOL
Holds the record for most home runs in a two-year span at Liberty High School in Peoria, Arizona, where he was a three-year letterwinner … Earned First Team All-State and First Team All-Desert Valley Region honors … Led the Lions to a Desert Valley Region Championship.

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PERSONAL
Braden “B Dub” Watson was born Dec. 6, 2006 in Odessa, Texas … Grew up in Peoria, Arizona … Son of Ellen and Mike Watson … Has a younger sister, Brooke … Majoring in Communication at UC Santa Barbara … Plans to become a detective after his baseball career is over … Roots for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cardinals … Lists St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina as his favorite athlete … His favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber … Listens to Drake.