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Throws: Right
A leading candidate to be the Bears starting shortstop after earning Freshman All-America honors last season at Missouri...a player who can hit for average and power...has a strong arm and outstanding speed...was solid during fall practices and hit a home run in the intrasquad Blue-Gray World Series...
AS A SOPHOMORE (1999): In his first season with the Bears, started 57 of the team's 58 games at shortstop, batting .243 with nine doubles, a triple, six home runs and 35 RBI...highlights included going 3-for-5 with two home runs and a career-high six RBI Apr. 3 versus UCLA (three-run homer in the second, three-run homer in the ninth)...hit the game-winning homer with two-outs in the ninth Apr. 23 versus then No. 4 ranked Stanford...other top games included going 3-for-4 with a triple Jan. 28 at Hawaii, 2-for-4 with three RBI Mar. 7 at Tennessee, 3-for-5 with two doubles Apr. 24 versus Stanford and 3-for-5 with two RBI Apr. 27 at Santa Clara...
MISSOURI (1998): Was a member of the 1998 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American Team after batting .311 with 11 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 30 RBI for the Tigers...became Missouri's starting shortstop 10 games into his freshman season...
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Armijo High School in Fairfield, CA, was an All-Montecello Empire League selection in 1997 and was the winner of the Region 8 Gatorade Sportsmanship Award...following his senior year, he helped his American Legion team to a fifth-place national finish at the American Legion World Series in Rapid City, South Dakota...this past summer played for the Santa Barbara Foresters and helped his team to a 7-6 victory over the USA National Team (with Xavier Nady and Mike Tonis) Aug. 8 at the NBC World Series, going 2-for-4 with two RBI...majoring in social welfare...parents are Jerone and Cynthia Williams...born December 6, 1978 in Burlingame, CA.
Williams' Career Statistics
| YEAR | AVG | G | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | SB |
| 1999 | .243 | 58 | 210 | 38 | 51 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 3 |
Career vs. the Pac-10
| AVG | G | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | SB | TB | SLUG |
| vs. Arizona | .000 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| vs. ASU | .111 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .111 |
| vs. Oregon State | .286 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| vs. Stanford | .462 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .923 |
| vs. UCLA | .250 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | .750 |
| vs. USC | .200 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| vs. Washington | .077 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .077 |
| vs. WSU | .167 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .167 |
Career Bests
Most Hits: 3, five times, last time Apr. 27, 1999 at Santa Clara (3-for-5, 2 RBI)
Most Runs: 3, twice, last time Apr. 24, 1999 vs. Stanford
Most RBI: 6, Apr. 3, 1999 vs. UCLA (3-for-5, 2-HR, 6 RBI)
Career Grand Slams: None
Longest Hitting Streak: 6, Feb. 27-Mar. 7, 1999 (8-for-24, 2B, 2-HR, 7 RBI)
