ASSIGNMENT
Write a formal recount using the timeline below.
* Make sure you include: information about their life (past, present and future)
* Do NOT include
* All information from Timeline
* Additional information
* Your opinions.
The recount should be approximately 250 words in length.
TIMELINE – MATTHEW WATSON
1972 Born in Sydney, Australia
Both parents doctors
2 brothers, 1 sister
Excelled in sport at high school (football, basketball)
Achieved academic success
1989 Joined the Sydney Supersonics Under 18s Basketball Team
Winner – Player of the Season Award
1990 Scholarship to Australian National University to study Medicine
1992 Basketball scholarship to the University of Virginia, USA
1993 Left college to play with the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Team
1996 Returned to Australia to play for the Perth Wildcats Basketball Team
1997 Marries childhood sweetheart Maxine Brown
Daughter Amelia born following year
1999 Winner – Most Valuable Player Award
2000 Captained the Australian Basketball Team in the Sydney Olympics
2003 Inducted into the NBL Hall of Fame
2006 Retired from professional basketball due to injury
Nike advertising campaign
2007 Autobiography Slam Dunk
Now and Is currently coach of the Australian National Basketball Team, and
in the future trainer at the National Institute for Sport, Canberra; plans to reduce his
professional commitments to spend more time with his family.
MATTHEW WATSON
Matthew Watson was a famous Australian basketball player. He was born in 1972 in Sydney, Australia. Although his parents were both doctors, he was good at sport. He contributed his talent to Australian sport, especially basketball.
In his early life, he expressed his ability at sport. When studying at high school, he excelled in football and...