Daryl Watts

Daryl Watts (born May 15, 1999) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. On March 17, 2018, Watts, a member of the Boston College Eagles, was awarded the 21st Patty Kazmaier Award, becoming the first freshman player to win the honor. Watts finished the season with 82 points, which led all competitors in NCAA women's ice hockey.

Hockey Canada
Watts was a member of Canada’s entry at the 2016 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships in St. Catharine’s, Ontario. Her first appearance in a Hockey Canada jersey took place in August 2015 as Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team challenged the United States in a three-game series in Lake Placid, New York.

In the gold medal game of the 2017 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships, contested at PSG Arena in Zlin, Czech Republic, Watts scored a goal for Canada in the third period, their first of the game. Although said goal would tie the game, the US would score twice in the final three minutes, prevailing in a 3-1 final.

NCAA
Becoming the first freshman to win the Patty Kazmaier Award, Watts beat out finalists (and fellow Canadians) Victoria Bach of Boston University and Loren Gabel of Clarkson University. Of note, she became the second Patty Kazmaier Award winner in Eagles history, following Alexandra Carpenter, who captured the honor in 2015. Watts’ end-to-end shorthanded goal against the University of New Hampshire was also recognized among the BC Eagles Athletics’ Top 10 Plays of the 2017-18 season, placing second.

Winning both the Hockey East Player and Rookie of the Year Awards, she became only the second player in conference history to do so, tying a mark set by former Boston College player Kelli Stack in 2006.

In May, Watts decided to enter into the transfer program and leave Boston College hockey. On June 10, 2019 she decided to continue her NCAA hockey career with the current National champions, Wisconsin Badgers.

Awards and honours

 * 2018 Boston College Athletics Female Rookie of the Year Award
 * 2018 Cammi Granato Award, awarded to Women's Hockey East Player of the Year
 * 2018 Hockey East Rookie of the Year
 * 2017-18 First Team Hockey East
 * 2018 Patty Kazmaier Award
 * National Rookie of the Month Award, January 2018