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2010: Named to the Preseason All-Southland Conference Second Team ... set or matched career highs in three categories during a match against Texas Tech (9/4), recording 20 kills on 49 attempts for career bests while tying a career high with 16 digs ... set a career high with 16 digs against SMU (9/3) ... posted three consecutive double-doubles at the SMU Invitational with 15 kills/13 digs against UC Davis (9/3), 14 kills/16 digs against SMU (9/3) and 20 kills/16 digs against Texas Tech (9/4).

2009: One of two Bobcats to play in a team-high 122 sets, finishing with 231 kills (1.89 kills per set) for the third highest mark on the team … hit .208 for the season and added 148 digs (1.21 digs per set), 64 blocks (0.52 blocks per set) and nine aces … averaged 0.73 blocks per set during conference play, the third highest mark on the team … recorded a season-high 13 kills with a .393 hitting percentage with 11 digs against Sam Houston State (10/1) … also finished with 11 digs on two other occasions to tie her career high … had double-digit kills in six matches … put down six kills on six attempts for a perfect 1.000 hitting percentage against Texas Southern (9/11) … had a season-high two aces against Missouri (8/28).

2008: Started 22 of 33 games for the Bobcats ... earned 2008 SLC All-Tournament Team honors for the second straight year ... finished her sophomore season with 174 kills at 1.50 per set, seven assists, 21 service aces, 116 digs and 46 blocks ... hit .615 against Sam Houston State for a season-high attack percentage ... recorded a career-high 18 kills versus Northwestern State in the SLC Tourney ... had a career-high three aces against UTSA ... recorded 11 digs and nine kills versus Sam Houston State in the conference tourney semifinals to advance to the championship match ... had 38 kills and 24 digs by the end of the tournament ... registered 10-or-more kills in five matches and 10-or-more digs in two over the course of the season ... Preseason All-Southland Conference Second Team.

2007: Named Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Southland Conference Tournament after averaging 3.25 kills per set, 0.92 blocks per set and swinging .316 while leading the Bobcats in kills in all three matches ... totaled 171 kills on the season after playing in all 33 matches and 101 sets ... also tallied 73 blocks and 50 digs ... averaged 1.69 kills and 0.72 blocks per set ... reached double-digit kills four times, including all three Southland Conference Tournament matches ....tallied a season-high 15 kills and .444 attack percentage with only three errors in 27 total attacks in Texas State’s Southland Conference Tournament semifinal win over Lamar ... posted career highs of seven digs at Baylor and seven blocks at North Texas.

Aledo HS: Named All-State in Texas as a senior ... elected to 4A/5A East/West All Star Team and the Fort Worth Star Telegram’s Super Team ... District 8-4A MVP as a senior and First Team All-District 8-4A as a junior ... lettered three years in volleyball and track, four years in softball and one year in basketball.

Personal: Amanda Jo "AJ" Watlington is the daughter of Joe and Susan Watlington ... both parents are registered nurses ... has one brother, Benjamin ... major is recreational administration.