Boney Harold Watson born  March  is a American professional basketball player for Al Rayyan Sports Club of the Qatari Division  Mens Basketball League Standing at  ft and  in and weighing  lb he has played at the point guard position his entire career After a successful highschool career in Lake City Florida for the Columbia High School he earned a basketball scholarship to Sam Houston State University in Texas In his four seasons with the Bearkats the team won the Southland Conference Regular Season Championship his senior year  and Watson was named All Conference second team Watson has played professionally since   Watson graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Science BS Kinesiology and Exercise Science   as the teams alltime second leader in assist and he was ranked third in alltime leader in steals Watson was an All Southland player  as well as the conference assist leader  After his collegiate career Watson was invited to Houston Rockets Free Agent Camp  However Watson started his professional career with Correcaminos UAT Matamoros in Mexico and he has been playing with various teams in the Middle East for a large part of his career Watson has been successful in Qatar earning numerous QBL Guard of the Year Awards QBL st Team Awards as well as leading his teams to multiple Championships  Watson also earned a spot on the Qatari National team as the starting point guard in  for his great contributions in the Qatari League Watson has helped the Qatari National team win Gulf Cup Tournaments the first Asia National team  tournament among other Championships     Early life  Watson was born on February   in Lake City Florida to his mother Delois Watson and father Wayne Watson Although Watson played both baseball and football from an early age he found his passion for basketball at the age of  He worked his way to become a starter on his high school team Columbia High School and he was determined to earn a scholarship to college by the end of his senior year    High school  Watson attended Columbia High School in Lake City Florida and graduated in  He starred in both basketball and football Watson started his high school career on the freshman team from  and then moved to the Junior Varsity team in  After his sophomore year Watson became the starting point guard on the Varsity team from  He was inducted to Columbia High Schools All Century Team after leading the team to win the District Championships two years in a row as well as the SubRegional Championship in  The team ranked th in the State of Florida according to Floridas sports writers poll in      College career  Watson played for a great but small high school team and he did not play for an AAU team which limited his chances to be seen and recruited by big topranked basketball schools Watson was not recruited by any university until Sam Houston States head coach Jerry Hopkins saw video footage of the young guard After watching Watson play he made a homevisited to Watson and signed him to become a member of the Bearkats Watson was awarded a fullscholarship by Sam Houston State University between  During Watsons first years as a Bearkat the team was struggling in the Southland conference but after  years with Watson on the team the Bearkats won the Conference Championship with a  record  This earned Watson a spot on the All Southland Team Watson was also ranked number  in assist in the NCAA division  the same year In addition he  was the Southland Conference assist leader  rd all time leader in steals at Sam Houston State University and nd all time leader in assists at Sam Houston State University    In the Southland conference Watson was ranked th in point field goals with  in  rd in free throw percentage with  in  nd in assists with  game in  st in assists with  game in  st in assists with  game in  th in conference career total assists with  th in steals with  in  rd in steals with  in  as well as th in true shooting percentage with  in      NCAA career statistics     classwikitable   Season  School  Conf  G  FG  FGA  FG  P  PA  P  FT  FTA  FT  TRB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS     Sam Houston State  Southland                                   Sam Houston State  Southland                                    Sam Houston State  Southland                                   International career  Correcaminos UAT Matamoros  Watson started his professional career with Correcaminos UAT Matamoros in Mexico in  Despite an invitation to the Houston Rockets Free Agent Camp  Watson started his career overseas  To God be the Glory Sports  During  and  Watson took a break from his basketball career to focus on other things However his passion for basketball never went a way and he continued to work on his game and played in several tournaments in Texas In  he went to China on a basketball tournament with To God be the Glory Sports   Al Gharafa Sports Club  Watson decided to give basketball another try and he was picked up by a team in the Qatari Basketball League QBL for the  season after he had a successful summer participating in numerous camps and tournaments in Houston Texas It did not take many games before Watson was noticed in the QBL as one of the best point guards Even though the team did not win any championships this season Watsons was recruited by several teams for the upcoming season Watson averaged  points  steals  assists and  rebounds   Sharjah Sports Club OctoberNovember  Even though Watson had already signed with Arabi Sports Club in Qatar for the  season Sharjah Sports Club in Dubai UAE wanted Watson to play for them in the beginning of the season Watson signed with them for two months before he had to report to Arabi Sports Club in Qatar in December   Al Arabi Sports Club   Watson signed with Arabi Sports Club for the  season where he helped the team with the QBL Heir Apparent Cup   Al Arabi Sports Club  After a successful season Watson resigned with Arabi Sports Club for the  season however the team did not manage to win any championships Despite this Watson had a great year and again many teams wanted him to lead their team for the upcoming season   Al Rayyan Sports Club  Watson was signed by one of the strongest teams in the QBL for the  season and he helped them win all three championships They won the QBL Regular Season Championship QBL Heir Apparent Championship and QBL Emir Cup Championship He also helped the team take second place in the Gulf Cup Tournament   Al Gharafa Sports Club  Although Watson won three championships with Rayyan he decided to sign with Gharafa Sports Club for the  season He was successful with the team and got second place in QBL Regular Season play second in the QBL Heir Apparent Cup as well as a championship in the QBL Emir Cup Watson averaged  points  steals  assists and  rebounds   Kuwait Sports Club  After great success in Qatar Watson was signed by Kuwait Sports Club for the  season They won the Kuwait Basketball League Cup Championship and Watso