Watkins helped the Eagles win the Class 6A state track championship in Austin on Saturday.
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Watkins accounted for 40 of the team's 70 championship points. The high school senior won gold in the 100-meter dash at 10.19 seconds, the 200-meter at 20.60 seconds, and ran the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that ran the fastest time ever posted by any U.S. high school - 38.92 seconds - last March.
With the clean sweep at state, Watkins finished the season undefeated in the 100 meters, 200-meter, 4x100-meter, 4x200-meter, and 4x400-meter relays.
"It came with a lot of ups and downs, but I was able to overcome it with family and God," Watkins said about his prep track career that puts him at the top of the all-time best Houston-area sprinters.
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Watkins transferred to Atascocita from Klein Forest High School, where he helped the Golden Eagles win state a year ago.
Watkins won gold a year ago in the 200-meter, 4x100, and 4x400-meter relays that secured the points to win state.
Now that track is over, Watkins will turn his focus to football, where he will play wide receiver at LSU.
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