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Nate Watson 2020 Coaches Award

Nate Watson Earns Friar Men's Basketball John Zannini Coaches' Award

4/21/2020 1:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Watson was first on the team in field goal percentage.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -  Providence College men's basketball coach Ed Cooley announced today (April 21) that student-athlete junior Nate Watson (Portsmouth, Va.) has earned the team's John Zannini Coaches' Award. 

This season, Watson finished fourth on the team in scoring (9.0 ppg) and he led the squad in field goal percentage (51.1%).  He reached double figures in scoring in 11 of the 27 games he played.  Watson also was third on the team in rebounding at 4.6 boards per game.  In 96 career games, he has scored 878 points (9.1 ppg).  

The Friar men's basketball annual team awards have traditionally been announced at the team's end-of-the-season banquet in April each year.  This year, the awards will be announced one per day on Friars.com and via the team's social media accounts starting on Saturday, April 18 and continuing through Tuesday, April 28.

The Friars (19-12) entered the 2020 BIG EAST Tournament as hot as any team in the country.  The team had won six straight and eight of 10 games to close the regular season with a NET ranking of 37 and a team record 12 BIG EAST wins (12-6).  The squad finished fourth in league standings and was set to play fifth-seeded Butler on March 12 in the BIG EAST Tournament.  However, due to the Coronavirus outbreak the BIG EAST and NCAA Tournaments were canceled.  The Friars were projected to be a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

2020 Providence Men's Basketball Team Awards:
Thomas Ramos Academic Award (April 18) - Andrew Fonts 
Coca-Cola Most Promising Prospect Award (April 19) - Greg Gantt
Lenny Wilkens Hustle Award (April 20) - A.J. Reeves
John Zannini Coaches' Award (April 21) - Nate Watson

-GO FRIARS!-

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Andrew Fonts

Guard
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Greg Gantt

Forward
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A.J. Reeves

Guard
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Nate Watson

Center
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