Video: Eighth-grade South Carolina girl executes one-handed dunk

By Lynden Ostrander Jun 29, 2017, 11:52am

13-year-old Ashlyn Watkins posted 15 points, 10 rebounds and three assists per game for Cardinal Newman's middle school squad last season.

Video: 13-year old girl dunks
See the athletic 8th-grade girl electrify the crowd.

Viral girl dunker Francesca Belibi of Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.) may have a new challenger.

Ashlyn Watkins rose up and slammed home a solid one-handed jam during the Hoopology basketball camp at Eau Claire (Columbia, S.C.) on Thursday morning.

And that isn't the most amazing part: She's only going into the eighth-grade!



The towering 6-foot-2 center is also just 13 years old, according to coach Daryl Jarvis. Watkins averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds and three assists per game for the Cardinal Newman (Columbia, S.C.) middle school squad last season.

Jarvis said her ceiling is quite high.

"Ashlyn can get the ball off the rim and go coast-to-coast with it," Jarvis said. "She has a bright future and is a true student of the game."