OF 5-10 170 Arizona
2020 Arizona stat line - 15-G, 46-AB, .348/.527/.500, 15-BB, 0-HR
When the Arizona Wildcats return for the 2021 campaign — pandemic permitting — Williams will be one of the team’s headliners. Not only will he be penciled into the top of the lineup, Williams will be in a prime position to further what has become his life’s work — to help change both the game and society.
Williams was the only African American on the ’20 UA baseball team — hardly an unusual circumstance in the sport. In 2019, according to the NCAA’s demographics database, only 6.2% of Division I baseball players were Black. That figure was up slightly from recent years but remained considerably lower than the percentages in football (48.7) and men’s basketball (56). It also fell in line with MLB’s opening-day rosters in 2019 (7.7).
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Outfielder Ryan Holgate (No. 82), outfielder Donta Williams (No. 126), and incoming right-handed pitcher Austin Smith (No. 137) represented the Cats in the Top 150.
Williams, one of the best center fielders in the country, has logged 114 games in a Wildcat uniform while posting a career .275 batting average with 100 runs scored, 28 extra-base hits, and 59 RBI. His success extends to the field as well, where he boasts a .987 fielding percentage and earned 2019 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors. Williams' numbers have steadily improved while in Tucson and 2020 was no exception; in his junior campaign his electric game produced a .348 batting average and a .527 OBP that was tied for the team lead with first round draft pick Austin Wells.
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8/19/19:�Plus defender (2019 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team) in the big field with plus speed. Showed near average arm strength as the ball jumps out of his hand and carries well at a low trajectory. At the plate he takes a big swing and jumps at the pitch. Showed below average raw power. Defense over offense type who struggled with the wood (.190/.284/.293) after a solid sophomore campaign for the Wildcats (.267/.396/.408).
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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).
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