Angela (Lockhart) Watson, a 2000 graduate of Malone (Social Work), was a four-year letter winner on the Pioneer volleyball team. She is also a 1996 graduate of Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron.
During her four years on the Malone team, the program’s record during that span was an impressive 90-60 with records of 31-12 and 29-11 her last two years. Watson, a middle hitter, currently ranks second all-time in career kills for Malone volleyball (with 2153; only one other player has reached 2000), second all-time in career kills per set at 3.97 (only one Malone volleyball player is above a 4.00 on the career listing) and first all-time in career attack percentage at .310 (next closest player on career list is .282). In addition, she currently ranks first all-time in career total blocks (579), second all-time in career solo blocks (317), third in career block assists (262) and second in career blocks per set (1.07). She also holds numerous “top three” rankings in season records at Malone for the above categories including a first-place ranking in “attack percentage for a season” in 1999 (.374).
Watson earned First Team All-MOC Freshmen Team recognition and was one of only a few Pioneer volleyball players to have been a four-time First Team All-Conference selection as well. She was also a three-time First Team All NCCAA East Region recipient. In addition, as a senior, she was also named to the All-NAIA Region IX First Team and the NCCAA All-American Second Team while also earning the AMC Conference Player of the Year award.
Watson is a kindergarten teacher at Silver Lake Elementary School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. She and her husband, Chris, a 2001 Malone graduate and current head athletic trainer at Malone, and their three children Amber (4), Kalie (3) and Bryce (1), reside in Green, Ohio.
