Saint Joseph's University

FEATURE: Fornaro, Watkins Look to Lead as New Captains (The Hawk, September 2019)
FEATURE: Indy Boys (SJUHawks.com, November 2020)

2019 SJU Most Valuable Player
 
On Hawk Hill: Four-year staple in SJU's midfield as a starting center midfielder from Fall 2017 through Fall 2021...Played in 77 career matches, all starts but one, and 6,813 minutes for the Crimson and Gray... Turned in 55 full matches... Recorded a team-high seven assists in his final season...had two games with multiple assists...Repeated as team captain in 2020-21... Team co-captain in 2019, leading SJU in minutes played (1,584)... Made collegiate debut vs. Temple, playing the full 90 minutes in SJU's 3-1 win... Scored first collegiate goal in the 28th minute at Sacred Heart in 2017... Dished out first collegiate assist in the 58th minute at Dayton in 2017... Dished out an assist vs. VMI in 2018... Dished out assists against Princeton and Hartford in 2019... Majoring in finance.
 
High School/Personal: 2016 All-State All-Academic Team, All-District Second Team, and All-Conference First Team selection… Totaled 15 goals and four assists over four-year career… Guided Lawrence North to the 2015 sectional championship and regional finals and 2014 sectional finals… Four-year varsity letterwinner and two-year team captain… Over four-year varsity career, led Lawrence North to 25 wins… Played club soccer for FC Pride… State champion and Midwest Regional League champion for 2016-17 season… Finished with 19 goals and seven assists… Father, David, ran track and field and cross country at Ball State University… Sister played women’s soccer at Midway University… Played high school soccer with current teammates Alan Kahlenbeck and Daryus Lake at Lawrence North.