R.J. Williams

Position:
OF
Height:
6-0
Weight:
185
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Pickerington, Ohio
High School:
Pickerington Central

2018: Played in 39 games … made 22 starts … his .391 on-base percentage was tied for second best on the team … hit .288 for the Falcons with 21 hits, 13 walks, and 10 runs scored … went 5-for-7 on stolen base attempts … went 2-for-3 in the series finale at UAB (Feb. 18) … posted three hits and two runs on March 3 versus Canisius … went 2-for-2 at Western Kentucky (March 9) … in fact, recorded at least one hit in all three games of that Western Kentucky series … racked up one hit apiece in the final two games of the Northern Illinois (May 12-13) series … went 2-for-5 at Toledo (May 17).

2017: Played in 23 games … made 12 starts … recorded six hits in 45 at-bats … hit .133 on the campaign … posted two RBI and one home run on the season … coaxed eight walks … hit a home run at Ball State on April 14 … registered an RBI in a game versus Georgia State on March 12.

2016: Played in 44 games, while starting in 31 … took over the everyday duties in right field by the end of the season … led the team with a .378 on-base percentage … hit .245, scored 15 runs and recorded seven RBI … tied for second on the team with two home runs … registered one double and one triple … picked up his first-career hit and RBI on March 6 in a win over Stony Brook … had a career day against Ohio on May 17, finishing the game 3-for-4 with a three-run home run … went 3-for-5 at Florida State on May 7 … slugged his second homer of the season against Youngstown State May 11.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner in both baseball and football for baseball coach Andy Takos and football coach Jay Sharrett at Pickerington Central High School … earned team MVP honors in baseball in 2014 and 2015, also earning First Team All-OCC and All-District Honors … in football, quarterbacked his team to an undefeated regular season in 2014, reaching the Division I regional finals as a junior and senior ... named All-OCC as a senior ... played for the Ohio Sharks and won a state championship in 2013 for coach Randy Abrams, as well as a Cal Ripken national championship while earning tournament MVP honors.

PERSONAL: Full name is Ron Christopher Williams Jr. … son of Ron and Carmen Williams … born June 14, 1997 … majoring in communication.