USC basketball star JuJu Watkins enters the 2024-25 ladies's school basketball season as one of many prime gamers within the nation and one of many favorites to win the National Player of the Year award.
JuJu and the revamped Trojans will even look to make a deep run within the NCAA ladies's event come March.
But, as a result of USC's campus is within the coronary heart and soul of Los Angeles, JuJu is not the one star on campus. We had been reminded of that this week when a photo resurfaced of Watkins linking up with Storm Reid, the Emmy-winning actress who picked up the award for her function as Riley, the girlfriend of Ellie, in The Last of Us, surfaced on-line.
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The photo started circulating on social media that reveals JuJu and Reid posing for a photo.
Reid was rocking a crop prime USC jersey whereas JuJu was decked out in an all-gray sweatsuit. The X person @aclassyteaparty shared the photo writing, “Forgot Storm Reid goes to USC.”
The photo seems to have come from Reid's Instagram Stories with the caption, “Literally the coolest ever,” tagging Watkins within the photo.
Reid started attending USC within the fall of 2021, majoring in dramatic arts and minoring in African American research.
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The 19-year-old JuJu, whose start identify is Judea Skies Watkins, graduated from Sierra Canyon High School in Los Angeles earlier than enrolling at USC in 2023. She was the No. 1 recruit in her class and instantly delivered for the Trojans.
Last season, Watkins and the Trojans completed the season with a 29-6 document and had been the Pac-12 event championships. USC reached the Elite Eight within the NCAA ladies's basketball event earlier than being eradicated by Paige Bueckers and UConn.
USC completed the season because the No. 5 team within the AP Top 25 ballot.
JuJu and the Trojans tip off the 2024-25 season on Monday, November 4, in opposition to the Ole Miss Rebels at house.
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