Ali Watson

Position:
Diving
Height:
5-1
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Pine Crest School
Hometown:
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Top Scores

Academic Accolades

CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team (2020, 2023-24)
All-ACC Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)

Career Accolades

CSCAA All-America: Platform (2020)
CSCAA Honorable Mention All-America: Platform (2021)
All-ACC: Platform (2020, 2021)
Team’s Most Outstanding Performance Award (2020, 2021)
Team’s Most Valuable Athlete Award (2021)
CSCAA Second Team All-American (Platform – 2023-24)

2023-24 (Graduate)

Competed at the US Olympic Trials, earning a spot in the finals on the platform event and placed sixth (543.50)
Finished second in the women’s platform event at the NCAA Championships, posting a score of 282.60
Won the women’s platform event at NCAA Zone B Championships, scoring 643.30 points
Tallied a second-place finish against Texas in the three-meter dive (340.65) and a third-place finish in the one-meter dive (286.65)

Finished first in the three-meter dive against Virginia Tech (354.83)

2022-23 (Senior)

Began her senior campaign against Virginia Tech with a second-place finish in the 3-meter event, posting a score of 323.70
Took a clean sweep of second place in both the one and three-meter dives against UNCW in the second event of the year
Placed first in the Platform dive at NC State, tallying a score of 347.03
Swept the preliminary dives and finals dive of the Platform event at the NCAA Zone B Championships to qualify for NCAA’s with a score of 316.95 and 606.20 respectively
Concluded the year with a 36^th-place finish in the Platform event

2021-22 (Junior)

Concluded her season at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship, placing 42nd in the platform event
Qualified for the NCAA meet with a second-place finish in platform diving at the NCAA Zone B Championships
Also placed 30th in the three-meter event
Reached two finals at the ACC Championships
Placed sixth in the platform event and seventh on the three-meter board
Competed in all three finals at the 2021 NC State GAC Invitational, finishing first in platform diving, fourth in one-meter and fifth in three-meter
Finished first in platform diving against Boston College and UNC Wilmington (10/29-30) and NC State (1/15)
Competed in the USA Diving Winter Nationals in December of 2021, placing 10th in the senior women's platform diving finals.

2020-21 (Sophomore)

Earned CSCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors in platform diving at the 2021 NCAA Championship
Reached the NCAA Championship with a second-place finish (547.80) in platform diving at the Zone B Championships
Named All-ACC in platform diving after finishing second (323.40) in the event at the conference meet
Her score of 323.40 in the finals at ACCs was a career-best and placed second in program history
Became the first women's diver to earn back-to-back All-ACC honors in the same event since Olympian Abby Johnston did so in one-meter diving in 2010 and 2011
Named the Blue Devil of the Month by GoDuke the Magazine after her performance at ACCs
Won the platform event against UNC Wilmington, scoring a 282.68
Her performance at the ACC Championship was deemed the most outstanding performance at the team banquet
Named the women's Most Valuable Athlete by the team.

2019-20 (Freshman)

Qualified for the NCAA Championships in platform diving as a freshman prior to the event being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Named a CSCAA All-American in platform diving
Earned qualification to NCAAs by placing fourth (515.00) in the Platform final at the Zone B Diving Championships
Earned All-ACC honors in platform diving after placing third at the conference meet with a career-best score of 267.65, the fifth-highest score in Duke history
Joined teammate Maddi Pullinger in 2019 as being just the second freshman to earn All-ACC honors since 2015
Her performance on the platform boards was deemed the Most Outstanding Diving Performance of the year at the team’s annual awards banquet
Also competed in the one- and three-meter competitions at ACCs
Earned a third-place finish in the three-meter event versus NC State (1/18)
Reached the consolation final on the one-meter boards at the NC State GAC Diving Invitational, placing sixth in that final
Enjoyed a career day at the dual meet versus Boston College, setting career best scores in the one-meter (272.50) and three-meter (290.55).

Prior to Duke: World University Games Trials qualifier … Finalist on the platform at Senior Winter National Championships her junior year … Claimed a Zones title on the three-meter board that year, as well as a silver medal on the platform and a bronze on the one-meter board … Junior National Champion on the platform as a junior … Silver medalist on the platform at the British Junior Elite Championships … YMCA Platform national champion as a sophomore … Platform finalist at Senior Nationals … NISCA All-American … USA Diving High Performance Tier 3 Member in 2017, 2018 and 2019 … Member of National English Honors Society and National Spanish Honors Society.