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Career Accolades

  • ACWPC All-Academic – Superior (2022-23)
  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2022-23)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)

As a Redshirt-Junior (2024)

  • Appeared in 23 games for the Cardinal, recording 26 points
  • Scored nine goals on the year, including a pair of goals in the Sept. 28 win at No. 8 UC Irvine
  • Dished out 17 assists on the season, the sixth-most on the team

As a Redshirt-Sophomore (2023)

  • ACWPC All-Academic – Superior
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athletes
  • Scored 27 goals, the fourth-most on the team
  • Scored multiple goals in six games
  • Recorded a hat trick on Sept. 2 against No. 10 UC Irvine
  • Finished the season with 65 sprint wins, the best in the MPSF

As a Redshirt-Freshman (2022)

  • ACWPC All-Academic – Superior
  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in 23 games, scoring 24 goals, including seven multi-goal performances
  • Ranked second in the MPSF in record sprint wins, with 23
  • Scored a season-high five goals at Brown (Sept. 5)
  • Netted at least one goal in 13 different games

As a Freshman (2021)

  • Redshirted

USA Water Polo

  • Has competed for USA Youth National Team and Cadet Team
  • Part of the US Junior Team that won the United States' first-ever medal at the 2023 World Junior Championships

Prior to Stanford

  • 2021 graduate of San Ramon Valley High School    
  • Four year letterwinner in both water polo and swimming, serving as a captain for water polo as a senior
    • Second-team All-American (2020)
    • USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2019)
    • Section runner-up (2019)
    • NorCal runner-up (2020)
    • Won CIF state title as a swimmer (2019)
    • Part of two relays that hold school records
  • Played club for 680 Water Polo Club (2017-18) and CCU Water Polo Club (2018-21)
    • National Junior Olympics champion (2021)
    • National Junior Olympics runner-up (2019)
    • MVP of 2019 16u Futures Tournament

Personal

  • Full name is Grant Kevin Watson
  • Son of Julie and Kevin Watson
    • Father, Kevin, played water polo at Stanford, graduating in 1993
  • Has a younger brother
Watson
2021
Driver
6-3 / 190 lbs
Watson
2022
Attacker
6-3 / 190 lbs
Watson
2023
Driver
6-3 / 190 lbs