2013 Baseball Roster
Brett Williams
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Bern, N.C.
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 186
- Prev School:
- Pitt (N.C.) Community College
As a senior (2012)
• Granted a redshirt after suffering a season-ending knee injury on opening day
As a junior (2011)
• Played in all 62 games for the Wolfpack, making 61 starts
• Batted .333 (20-for-60) with two doubles, two home runs, 13 runs scored and 12 RBIs in the last 14 games of the season
• Batted .306 with six doubles, four triples, two home runs, 20 runs scored and 19 RBIs in 30 ACC games
• Got his Division I career off to a hot start Feb. 18 vs. Elon, going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, two RBIs and four runs scored in five at-bats
• Also had two spectacular catches in center field in the opener and had five putouts for the game
• Went 4-for-5, scored twice and drove in a run Feb. 27 at Coastal Carolina
• Went 3-for-4 with a double, drove in a run, scored two and stole two bases March 9 in the final game of the two-game series vs. Radford
• Homered and scored two runs April 16 in the second game of the North Carolina series
• Singled and scored a run in five at-bats in the final game of the UNC series, and made a spectacular momentum-changing catch in the fourth inning, turning a likely two-run double into an inning-ending double play
• Scored three runs and drove in three May 1 in the series finale vs. Maryland
• Went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored and two walks May 11 at Campbell
• Tied his season high with four hits, including a double, in five at-bats May 19 in the opener of the Boston College series, scoring a run and driving in a run
• Went 2-for-6 and drove in four runs May 20 in the second game of the BC series
• Went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a show-stopping circus catch vs. Florida State in the first round of the ACC Championship
• On the circus catch, he ran full bore for about 20 yards, dived and laid out parallel to the ground to make the catch fully extended, robbing the hitter of a possible triple
• The catch ranked No. 2 on ESPN's "Plays of the Day"
Junior College (2009-10)
• Helped lead Pitt CC to the 2010 NJCAA World Series
• Batted .348 with 11 doubles, 11 home runs, 45 RBIs and 10 steals in as many attempts in 46 games
• Tied for fifth in NJCAA Region X in home runs and was ninth in RBIs
• Earned first-team All-Region X honors
• Batted .429 (69-for-161) with 14 doubles, 14 home runs, 43 RBIs and 12 steals in 13 attempts in 42 games played as a freshman in 2009
• Drew 12 walks and was hit by five pitches for a .478 on-base percentage
• Had a .789 slugging percentage
MLB Draft
• Taken in the 25th round of the 2011 draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks
High school
• Played at New Bern High School
• Was a senior in 2008
Personal
• Majoring in science, technology and science