Senior (2017): Pitched in six games during an injury-shortened senior season, going 0-1 with a 5.40 earned run average… Struck out seven batters in 15.0 innings… Did not allow an earned run, while striking out three and giving up just one hit in a relief appearance against Washington (Mo.) on April 15… Pitched a scoreless inning in relief against John Carroll on May 3… Received UAA Spring All-Academic Recognition… Finished his career with a 5-2 record and a 3.94 ERA over 16 starts and 29 total appearances.
Junior (2016): Made a career-high 13 appearances during his junior season, including 11 starts… Went 5-1 with a 4.10 earned run average, and strike out 43 batters in 59.1 innings, while holding opponents to a .260 batting average… Helped the team go 9-2 in his 11 starts… Held opposing hitters to a .244 average with the bases empty (30-for-123) and restricted right-handed batters to a .256 average (42-for-164)… Selected to the UAA All-Tournament Team after allowing just one run in 12.0 innings over two starts for a 0.75 ERA, and picking up a pair of wins during the tournament… Recorded the first complete game of his career in a 6-4 win over Ohio Welseyan on April 10th… Allowed one run or less in seven of his 11 appearances… Struck out a season-high six batters against La Roche on March 19th… Earned UAA All-Academic honors.
Sophomore (2015): Pitched in five games during his sophomore season, notching a 2.81 ERA and one save…totaled 16.0 innings pitched, allowing just 15 hits for a .231 opponents’ batting average and four walks…struck out 12 batters during the year…recorded a three-inning save against Pitt-Greensburg on April 10, allowing just one hit and striking out two, en route to a combined shutout…made his first career start on April 22 against Otterbein, yielding two earned runs over four innings…struck out four batters over three innings of work against DePauw on April 25…allowed just one earned run on two hits over 5.0 innings of relief against John Carroll on April 29…earned UAA All-Academic recognition.
Freshman (2014): Made five relief appearances as a freshman…posted a 1.59 ERA and five strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work…threw 1.1 shutout innings in collegiate debut at Guilford on February 22.
Personal: Earned three varsity letters at Second Baptist School…team captain and honorable-mention all-district as a senior…three-time recipient of the Joshua Character Award…four-year honor roll student who graduated in top 10% of senior class…AP Scholar…son of Fred and Kellye Williams.
