Bryce Watts moved into the position of graduate manager in August of 2023 and was then promoted to program assistant before the 2024-25 season.
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Watts helped the Colonels win 18 games in 2024-25 and stay in the running for a second straight Atlantic Sun Conference Championship up until the final week of the season.
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Devontae Blanton earned first team All-ASUN honors in 2024-25. George Kimble III joined the program after one season in Division II and became a second team all-conference selection. Mayar Wol was chosen as the ASUN Sixth Man of the Year.
In his first season, Watts was part of a staff that helped EKU capture the 2023-24 ASUN Regular Season Championship. It was the first regular season conference title for the Colonels in 45 years (1979). The Colonels won their first seven conference games, which tied the best start to conference play in program history. No squad had started the league schedule with seven straight wins since 1959-60.
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The team set a new program mark for blocks in a game with 13 against Troy on Nov. 27 and blocks in a season with 190. EKU was fifth in the nation in blocks per game, 14th in rebounds per game (40.13), 17th in offensive rebounds per game (13.23) and 29th in scoring (80.8/game).
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Watts, a Hazard, Kentucky native, served as a manager for the EKU program during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons while completing an undergraduate degree in sport management. In December of 2024, he earned a master's degree in exercise and sport science.Â
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