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  Eddie Williams

Eddie Williams

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Lawton, Okla.

High School:
Eisenhower

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 190

Position:
Guard

Experience:
2L

Is the top returning scorer in 2009-10 after averaging 7.4 points per game ... also the No. 2 returning rebounder with 2.1 boards per contest a year ago ... should be half of a formidable defensive backcourt after teaming with Eric Bell for 65 combined steals a year ago.

2008-09 (Sophomore): Selected to All-SLC Tournament team ... started the first 23 games of the season before coming off the bench for the final nine contests ... was third on the team with 7.4 points per game ... broke double digits in scoring 10 times, including two 25-point efforts ... had five or more assists on three occasions ... posted a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio, tops on the team ... was second on the team and tops among returners with 33 steals ... tied what was then a career high with a team-leading 16 points against Howard Payne ... also tied career bests with seven field goals and three steals in that contest ... went 4-for-5 for 11 points and tied what was then a career best with four assists against Texas Wesleyan ... named to the Drake Hy-Vee Classic all-tournament team ... set a new career-high with 25 points on a career-best 11-of-18 shooting in triple-overtime win over North Dakota State ... posted a new season-best with seven rebounds in that game ... set a new career-high with five assists and tied a career mark with three steals the following night against Drake ... tied career-best with 25 points on 11-of-16 shooting against Austin Peay ... also tied career-high with three steals in that game ... tied career-high with five assists at Arkansas ... scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half against Sam Houston State ... also set a new career-high with six assists in that game ... tied career-high with five free throws at Central Arkansas ... scvored all 10 of his points at Southeastern Louisiana in the second half ... scored 11 points against Northwestern State ... also posted four assists, two blocked shots and a pair of steals in that game ... went 3-for-3 from the field for six points against Texas State ... was instrumental in SFA's SLC Tourney championship win against UTSA, scoring 10 of his 16 points after halftime.

2007-08 (Freshman): Played in all 32 games of his rookie campaign, getting at least 10 minutes of action in every contest but one ... scored career-high 16 points against Jackson State in second game of the year and averaged 5.1 points per game ... pulled down career-high eight rebounds at Texas State and grabbed seven the next game against UT-Arlington ... had six double-figure scoring performances ... posted career-best four assists in three different games.

High School: Lettered in basketball and tennis at Eisenhower High School ... earned four letters in basketball and started for two seasons under coach Bruce Harrington ... played all five positions during his high school career ... helped lead his team to a second-place finish in the state playoffs as a senior ... Eisenhower captured the city, conference and district championships in 2007 ... as a junior, led team to a city and conference championship ... earned all-state, all-district and all-conference honors as a senior ... was also named one of the Top 5 players in Oklahoma his senior year ... was an all-conference nod and earned honorable-mention all-state consideration as a junior ... lists top individual performance as a 29-point outing his senior year ... also lettered four years in tennis ... reached the state tournament as one half of a doubles tandem and finished eighth ... an honor roll student and recipient of the President's Award for Academic Achievement.

Personal: Son of Edward and Cathy Williams ... Born 6/24/89, in Charleston, S.C. ... father played four years of professional football ... criminal justice major.