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Matt Williams

  • position Inf
  • height 6-
  • weight 217
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Honea Path, S.C.
  • High school Belton-Honea Path HS
  • position Inf
  • height 6-
  • weight 217
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Honea Path, S.C.
  • High school Belton-Honea Path HS

Matt Williams Bio

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AWARDS

  • 2017-18 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll

2018 (SENIOR)

  • Played in 60 of Carolina’s 63 games with 37 starts
  • Had four doubles, three home runs and 21 RBI while scoring 21 runs with a .321 on-base percentage
  • Had six multi-RBI performances
  • Pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning in a 3-2 win over Clemson (March 2)
  • Was 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBI in a win over Ole Miss (May 5)
  • Did not commit an error in 303 chances at first base
  • Had two hits and drove in a pair of runs in a win over Tennessee (March 31)
  • Drove in a pair of runs and scored twice in a win at Kentucky (April 7)
  • Homered in a win over Princeton (March 9)

2017 (JUNIOR)

  • Played 52 games with 33 starts, hit .233 (30-for-129) with 21 runs scored, four doules, a homer and 12 RBIs as well as 25 walks to 20 strikeouts and a .377 on-base percentage
  • 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored in 6-1 win over Vanderbilt (4/8)
  • 2-for-4 with two walks, a RBI and a run scored in 15-1 win at The Citadel (3/28)
  • Three walks and a run scored in 4-2 loss to Alabama (3/24)
  • Tied career-high in hits going 3-for-5 with a RBI and a run scored in 10-2 win at Tennessee (3/19)
  • Career-high in hits going 3-for-5 with a homer and two runs scored in 5-2 win over Michigan State (3/11)
  • 1-for-2 with a sac fly, walk and a pair of RBI in 8-6 win over Winthrop (3/8)
  • 2-for-4 with a run scored in 12-5 win over The Citadel (3/7)
  • Hit .417 (5-for-12) with a pair of runs scored and a RBI in the Clemson series
  • 2-for-5 with a RBI double in 5-3 loss to Clemson (3/5)
  • 2-for-5 with a run scored in 8-7 loss to Clemson (3/4)
  • Two-run single in 10-5 win over Wright State (2/25)
  • Two-run single in 4-3 win over Wright State (2/24)
  • First career double in only plate appearance in 5-4 win over Charlotte (2/21)
  • 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored in 7-1 win over UNCG (2/17)

2016 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Played in 18 games with six starts, hit .240 (6-for-25) with three runs scored, a double, two homers and two RBI
  • Pinch-hit solo homer in 23-2 win over Rhode Island (6/5)
  • 1-for-2 with first career double in 6-5 loss to College of Charleston (3/29)
  • Solo home run in first start of the year in 2-0 win over Charleston Southern (3/13)
  • Pinch-hit single in 16-4 win over Winthrop (2/24)
  • Pinch-hit single in 10-1 win over Albany (2/19)

2015 (RS FRESHMAN)

  • Played in 10 games with a start, hit .111 (1-for-9) … First career start in 5-1 loss vs. Missouri at SEC Tournament (5/19) … First career hit in 5-3 victory over Wofford (5/6) … First career at-bat and appearance in 11-3 win over High Point (3/4)

2014 (FRESHMAN)

  • Redshirt season

HIGH SCHOOL

  • 2013 South Carolina AAA All-State
  • 2013 SC/NC Select All-Star
  • As a senior in 2013, hit .370 with 18 RBI and 32 runs scored

PERSONAL

  • Born on January 30, 1995
  • Parents are Steve and Trish Williams
  • Major is public health, Graduated in the spring of 2018