Charisa Watson, formerly known as Charisa Broadway, graduated Magna Cum Laude from East Ridge High School in 2014. Charisa was a 4 year starter for the varsity girls basketball team and a 4 year varsity captain. She won Rookie of the Year her freshman year, Most Hustle Award her sophomore year, and MVP her senior year. She averaged 12 points and 4 steals her senior season.
East Ridge High School Head Basketball Coach Angela House said, “Charisa is one of the most unique athletes I have ever coached. Her hard work and discipline offer a unique combination that allowed her to excel at every sport she has participated in. Charisa was a great team member first and then took care of business when it was her turn to perform. It was truly my pleasure to have coached a great person and athlete in Basketball and Track, like Charisa. She deserves this moment with her family, and we wish her continued success as she is inducted into the HOF. We know she will continue to make Knight Nation proud!”
Charisa also ran varsity cross country her sophomore year in which they advanced to the state competition for the first time in ERHS history. She also participated in varsity cross country her senior year and advanced to the regional competition.
Along with running cross country, Charisa also participated in varsity track and field all 4 years at ERHS and was a 3 year track and field captain. She advanced to the regional and state track and field competition for the first time in ERHS history as a part of the 4 by 400 meter relay team in 2013. She also advanced to the regional competition in long jump and triple jump, setting the triple jump school record in 2014 that has since been broken.
Charisa received a basketball and track and field scholarship to Warner University. She was a starter on Warner University’s Women’s Basketball team her junior and senior season, and 3 year captain. Charisa won the 2017-2018 Sun Conference Women’s Basketball Character of Champion Award and the NCCAA Women’s Basketball Scholar Athlete Award.
Regarding her collegiate track and field experience, Charisa was the 2016 Track and Field Sun Conference 400 meter champion, and a member of the 2016 Sun Conference 4 by 100 meter championship relay team and the 4 by 400 meter runner up team.
Charisa graduated Summa Cum Laude from Warner University in 2018 with a double major in psychology and social work, and graduated from Lamar University in 2021 with a Masters of Education in Counseling and Development.
Charisa currently pours back into her community by working as a Mental Health Liaison for Lake County Schools at Tavares High School, was an Assistant Girls Basketball Coach for 4 years, and has been the Head Cross Country and Girls Track and Field Coach for 5 years. Her ERHS and college experiences have taught her the value of hard work, discipline, and commitment, and she seeks to impart that in the lives of the next generation. She’s married to her college sweetheart Joshua Watson, and they have a beautiful 1 year old daughter named Karys.
Lastly, aside from her athletic and academic accomplishments, what she considers her greatest accomplishment was giving her life to Jesus Christ, and receiving the freedom that comes from living for Him each and every day.
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