Before all the haters start hating, yes its a 9-foot high rim instead of 10 feet. With that said, keep in mind she’s only 11 years old and nowhere near fully developed athletically. Ashlyn Watkins made headlines when she was featured by ESPN last month for dunking in a game for the first time on a 9-foot rim. What has changed since is Ashlyn’s confidence to attempt dunks in game. Recently she dunked four times in a game as evidenced below. College scouts are already losing their mind and she’s only 11. 5th grade. Insane.
theState.com had this to say about Ashlyn’s first dunk…
“It felt exciting,” Ashlyn said. “I kept trying and missing, but when I tried one more time I made it and everybody was excited.”
She also was excited, though low-key, about the attention the video of her feat has received. “It feels good. People keep asking me if I saw myself on ESPN,” she said.
“It was kind of amazing, really,” her father, Vancito Watkins, said. “This was her first dunk in a game, and it’s amazing just to see her be able to do it.”
Ashlyn said that she was delighted to see the clip on television and that relatives from around the country had called to congratulate her.
Ashlyn joins names such as Lisa Leslie, the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game, and Georgeann Wells, the first woman to dunk in a women’s college game.
