USC Women’s Basketball: Trojan Phenom Adorns New SLAM Magazine Cover

Well deserved!

Halfway into her inaugural college season, USC Trojans freshman phenom JuJu Watkins has finally made the cover of a SLAM Magazine issue, No. 248 to be precise! 

Labeled "L.A. Dreams," her story adorns the pages of the February/March issue of the venerable rag, now in its 30th year of publication. It is currently available for preorder, and ships on February 20th. T-shirts of the pic are also available now!

Through her first 19 collegiate contests for the 16-4 Trojans (the No. 10-ranked club in the land), the 6'2" wing out of Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth is averaging 27.3 points (the second-most in the NCAA, behind only Iowa Hawkeyes superstar Caitlin Clark) on a .431/.353/.841 slash line, 6.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.6 blocks a night.

Watkins has already notched seven 30+ point games this season, further extending her own record for such prolific output among USC freshmen, which includes a 51-point stunner against the Stanford Cardinal last week (the most in a Division I college contest thus far in 2023-24).

Upon bursting onto a fairly staid print hoops scene, SLAM Magazine immediately captured the zeitgeist with splashy features on marquee superstars in the pro and college game, beloved journeymen athletes, and even the occasional precocious prep school phenom. Watkins has clearly emerged as a cultural force by adorning the covering of such a historic hoops touchstone.