Olympia boys basketball's Jonathan Watts named to ESPN’s top 60 recruits list

The 6-foot-7, 200-pound rising junior averaged 10.9 points, seven rebounds and 2.2 assists per game for the Titans last season.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 a.m. May 9, 2025

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Olympia boys basketball player Jonathan Watts has been named to ESPN’s top 60 recruits list for the class of 2027, as the No. 56 overall player.

The 6-foot-7, 200-pound rising junior averaged 10.9 points, seven rebounds and 2.2 assists per game for the Titans, helping lead the young team to an 18-11 record.

Along with the overall ranking, Watts was also named a four-star prospect by ESPN, the fifth-ranked 2027 player in Florida and 12th-ranked power forward in the country.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.