Billy Watterson

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Pound Ridge, N.Y.
High School:
John Jay

2014-15: Earned the Ben Mondor Community Service Award from Words Unlimited for founding the non-profit Beat the Streets Providence … Garnered First Team All-Ivy honors … Gained Winter Academic All-Ivy laurels … Led the team in dual wins (12), dual EIWA wins (eight), and dual points (48) … Notched a 24-13 overall record, a 12-2 mark in dual meets, an 8-1 record in EIWA duals, and a 5-0 mark in Ivy duals … Placed fifth at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 6-7) … Finished in fifth/sixth place at the East Stroudsburg Open (Nov. 16) and sixth at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … Garnered NWCA All-Academic honors.

2013-14: Took the year off from his studies to found Beat the Streets Providence, an organization whose mission is to start scholastic wrestling teams in order to inspire urban youth and provide them with the resources they need in the after-school setting.

2012-13: Qualified for the NCAA Championships (Mar. 21-23) and won opening match … Compiled an impressive 22-20 record as the team’s starter at 125 lbs. … Recorded dual meet victories against George Mason (Jan. 11), Army (Jan. 27), Princeton (Feb. 9), Lehigh (Feb. 10), Boston University (Feb. 16), and Columbia (Feb. 23) … Opened the season with a sixth-place finish at the Binghamton Open (Nov. 11) and a fifth-place finish at the Keystone Classic (Nov. 18) … Placed fifth at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9) … Gained Winter Academic All-Ivy honors.

2011-12: Led team with 28 wins as the starter at 125 lbs. … Picked up dual meet victories over Harvard (Feb. 11), Franklin and Marshall (Jan. 7), Lehigh (Feb. 11), Millersville (Jan. 7), Rutgers (Jan. 6), Air Force (Jan. 14), Chattanooga (Jan. 14), Sacred Heart (Jan. 20), Drexel (Feb. 4), Penn (Feb. 4), Army (Jan. 28), Princeton (Feb. 3), Boston University (Feb. 10) and Columbia (Feb. 18) … Wrapped up the year with an impressive third-place finish at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 3-4).

2010-11: Appeared in 21 bouts … Posted seven wins, the third most of any freshman and sixth-best on the team.

Before Brown: Four-year letter winner at John Jay … Four-time All-League selection and team captain during his senior year … Two-time section finalist … All-State selection and third-place finisher at states.

Personal: Billy Watterson is the son of Paul Watterson and Susan Gorman of Pound Ridge, N.Y. … National Honor Society member … Honor roll student and 2010 Con Edison Student-Athlete Award winner … Enjoys playing guitar and fishing … History concentrator.