Tinlie Watson '25 Recruiting Profile

Hello my name is Tinlie Watson my preferred studying majors are Animal sciences and veterinary medicine. I am currently a sophomore in high school. I swim and dive year round but prefer the school season. I originally was inspired to start diving by a previous Gila ridge student. While I love both swimming and diving I enjoy other sports such as slalom water skiing and enduro adventure dirtbike riding. I love staying active, fitm and healthy and can often be found in the pool doing either swim or dive. If I’m not in the pool I’m finding some way to keep myself active. Outside of coaching hours I continue my practice and technique in tge lawn, home pool, or even the gym. I like to keep my academics as strong as my athletics. I have a 4.0, am actively taking dual credit college classes such as Spanish, animal sciences, and pre calculus. As well as my college classes I’m enrolled in  honors math analysis. I am currently the 2023-24 Gila ridge FFA President and one of the few Gila Ridge CTE ambassadors. Among my academic achievements I also have sport achievements. I am a varsity swimmer and diver for gila ridge. I also qualified fir division one states with my relay team. I am ranked 27th in the state for 1 M springboard diving and hope to watch me move up in the coming years. At the regionals meet this year our 4x100 relay team came in second. At that same meet I came in first fir an 11 dive 1 M spring board competition with and overall score of 254. My passion continues to grow for both swimming and diving.