Jonathan Williams
Year: Senior
Position: Guard
Height: 6-3
Weight: 180
Hometown: Southfield, MI
High School: Southfield-Lathrup
As a Junior (2015-16)
Earned third-team All-MAC honors...Ranked third in MAC with 17.6 ppg and averaged 2.9 rpg and 2.8 apg...Paced team with 70 treys and 186 3pt shots and was second with 80 FT and 115 FT attempts...Scored 14 or more points in all but three games, including 13 20-point outings...Scored career-high 26 points vs. San Jose State (11/25) and at Green Bay (12/6)...Poured in MAC-season high 24 points vs. WMU (2/2) and at EMU (2/20). Tallied career-high five steals vs. Eagles...Also produced 20 or more points at Youngstown State (11/18), vs. Loyola (IL) (11/27), vs. Middle Tennessee (11/28), at Detroit (12/6), vs. Bethune-Cookman (12/19), vs. North Carolina A&T (12/21), vs. Northern Illinois (1/12), vs. Ohio (1/26) and at WMU (3/1)
As a Sophomore (2014-15)
Started all 33 contests...Averaged 10.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 1.7 apg in 29.8 mpg...One of five Rockets to average double figures in scoring column...Shot career-best 36.1 3PTFG% (52-of-144)...Ranked 10th in league play with team-high 39.7 3PTFG% (29-of-73)...Registered lone career double-double with 18 points and career-high 10 rebounds vs. Miami (Jan. 27)... Registered career high point total in back-to-back games — 17 vs. Detroit (Nov. 25) followed by 19 at Oakland (Nov. 29)...Buried career-best five treys (in six attempts) en route to 15 points at Buffalo (Feb. 10)...Posted double-digit scoring outputs in career-high seven contests from Nov. 21-Dec. 13.
As a Freshman (2013-14)
Named to MAC’s All-Freshman Team, marking third straight year a Rocket received honor...Played all 34 contests with two starting assignments...Was team’s’ top scorer off bench with 6.7 ppg and 1.5 rpg in 17.5 mpg...Posted 40.2 FG% (74-of-184), 32.4 3PTFG% (34-of-105) and 82.5 FT% (47-of-57)...Sank 31 of last 35 FT attempts for 88.6 FT% and scored 12 points (4-of-6 shooting from three-point range) in regular-season finale vs. EMU (Mar. 8)...Scored conference season-best 14 points on 4-of-4 three-point shooting at Ohio (Feb. 1)...Also tallied 12 points and played season-high 36 minutes vs. Bobcats (Feb. 12)...Scored 13 points in 21 minutes at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 15)...Tied season high with 15 points and hit 3-of-4 treys vs. Sam Houston State (Dec. 14).
High School (Southfield-Lathrup)
A 2013 graduate of Southfield-Lathrup High School...Four-year letterwinner in basketball...Also lettered in cross country...Ranked No. 15 player in Michigan by ESPN...School’s all-time leading scorer with 1,785 points...Named to Detroit News first-team and Detroit Free Press third-team Class A all-state squads as senior...Also selected first-team All-Oakland County...Averaged 32.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg... Earned first-team all-state honors as junior...Averaged 27.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 5.0 apg for Chargers.
Personal
Full name: Jonathan Edward Williams...Age: 21 (born February 25, 1995 in Farmington, MI)...Son of Jonathan and Tawanda Williams...Father is building engineer and mother works in accounting...Has four sisters, Doretha (27), Vershanda (26), Kenyetta (24) and Carlisha (22)...Interests include movies and bowling...Worked with Southfield Falcons Pop Warner organization...Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
