Honors and Awards
- 2021: ABCA First Team All-American
- 2021: Tucson NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2021: Pac-12 All-Conference
- 2021: Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
- 2019: Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
Arizona 2021 (Junior)
Started in 62 of the Wildcats 63 games in his fourth and final season with the program...Hit .342 (82x240) with 81 runs scored, 17 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, and 49 RBI...Drew more walks (50) than strikeouts (40)...Logged a team-best .481 on-base percentage and a .538 slugging percentage...Earned First Team All-America recognition from the American Baseball Coaches Association...Picked up his first career Pac-12 All-Conference selection and second career Pac-12 All-Defensive Team nod...Led the conference and ranked second nationally with 81 runs scored...Reached base safely in 48 consecutive games from March 13 to June 19, tied for the longest on-base streak by a Wildcat since the record has been kept (1998-current)...Over the course of his on-base streak posted a .517 on-base percentage to go alongside a .371 (66x178) batting average, 64 runs, 41 RBI, 25 extra-base hits, 41 walks, and 15 HBP...Picked up multiple hits 23 times and drove in multiple RBI 13 times...Posted career-best marks in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, walks, and on-base percentage...Finished the year ranked among the Top 10 players in the Pac-12 in runs, hits, doubles, triples, walks, on-base percentage, total bases (129), and extra-base hits (28)...Started all 30 conference games for the Wildcats and tied for the team lead with a .369 (41x111) batting average...Added 37 runs, 11 doubles, four home runs, and 25 RBI in Pac-12 contests...Drew 24 walks and earned an astonishing .517 on-base percentage in conference play...On defense as the team's every day center fielder posted a .974 fielding percentage on 152 chances.
POSTSEASON: Elevated his game in eight postseason starts, hitting .378 (14x37) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, two home runs, and eight RBI...Selected to the Tucson NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team after hitting .385 (5x13) with two runs, one double, and one RBI...Tore through the Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss, hitting .571 (8x14) with seven runs, two doubles, two home runs, and six RBI across the three-game series...Scored once, drove in an RBI, and picked up a double in Arizona's College World Series opener against Vanderbilt.
Arizona 2020 (Junior)*
Started all 15 games of junior campaign in center field...Hit .348 (16x46) with 22 runs scored, three doubles, two triples, and 14 RBI...Drew an astonishing 15 walks to just eight strikeouts to post a .527 on-base percentage that was tied for the team lead...One of two Arizona players to reach base safely in all 15 games of the 2020 season...Drew a career-high five walks on March 1 vs. Rhode Island (previous high: 2 walks)...Led the Wildcats, ranked second in the Pac-12, and ranked tied for 11th nationally with 22 runs scored...Also ranked among the top players in the Pac-12 in on-base percentage (T-5th, .527), triples (T-1st, 2), walks (T-5th, 15), sac flies (1st, 5), and hit by pitch (1st, 8)...Posted five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI performances...One of two Arizona regulars to post a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage (31 chances).
Summer 2019
Williams saw time in 25 regular season games with the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League and picked up 14 runs, a pair of home runs, and three RBI...Was a big contributor to Cotuit's postseason run that ended with a Cape Cod League Championship, as he collected six hits, five runs, one double, and five RBI across seven playoff games.
Arizona 2019 (Sophomore)
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team selection...Appeared in all 56 games with 53 starts as a sophomore...Hit .267 (55x206) with 58 runs scored, 11 doubles, six triples, two home runs, and 35 RBI...Registered a .408 slugging percentage and a .396 on-base percentage...Finished the year tied for third in the Pac-12 with six triples and tied for seventh with 58 runs scored...His 31 runs scored in conference play were second on the team and tied for third most in the Pac-12...Made a spectacular diving catch on April 14 against California that became the No. 5 play of the day on SportsCenter...Went 4-for-4 with four runs scored, two triples, and three RBI on May 23 at Washington State...Opened the year with a 2-for-3 performance that included two runs scored, two doubles, and a pair of walks...Went 4-for-5 with four runs scored, one double, one triple, and a stolen base on March 8 against College of Charleston...Notched 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI outings...Saw time on defense in left field and center field...Led all Wildcats players with at least 100 chances with a .993 fielding percentage.
Arizona 2018 (Freshman)
Appeared in 43 games as a freshman with 24 starts...Finished with a .258 batting average with 20 runs scored, two doubles, one triple, one home run and 10 RBI...Posted a .395 on-base percentage with 19 walks in 97 at-bats...Registered first career multi-hit game on March 2 at Minnesota, going 2-for-5...Hit his first career home run on March 31 versus Nicholls State...Went 1-for-2 with two runs scored, an RBI and a triple against UCLA on May 5...His hit on May 19 against Arizona State allowed winning run to score, giving Arizona the series win over the Sun Devils...Went 3-for-5 with one run scored on May 24 at Oregon.
High school
Prepped at Legacy High School for coach Joey Lauria…Las Vegas Review Journal First-Team All-State…First-Team All-Southern Nevada…Batted .452 his senior season with one home run, 32 runs scored and 11 stolen bases…Served as a captain for all four seasons…Finished his career with a .375 batting average and 40 stolen bases.
Draft
Selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.
Personal
Son of Harry and Cheryl Williams…Majoring in General Studies with an emphasis in Sports and Society…Chose Arizona because “I love the atmosphere and it has been my dream school. The coaching staff is unbelievable.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
