Jason Williams (Radford basketball)

Jason Williams
Personal information
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Bladensburg (Bladensburg, Maryland)
College Radford (1997–2001)
NBA draft 2001 / Undrafted
Position Forward
Career history
2002 Greenville Groove (D-League)
Career highlights and awards

Jason Williams is an American former basketball player.

Playing career

Williams is from Bladensburg, Maryland[1] and attended Bladensburg High School.[2] In his senior year of 1996–97, Williams was named to Prince George's County's 3A/2A First Team and also to the Washington, D.C. all-metro area fourth team.[2] Williams went on to play college basketball at Radford University between 1997–98 and 2000–01.[3] During his four-year career, Williams recorded 1,176 points (12.6 per game average), 412 rebounds (4.4), 173 assists (1.9) and 128 steals (1.4).[3] His best season came in 1999–2000 during his junior year. He averaged career-highs of 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as he led the Highlanders to a 12–2 Big South Conference record.[3][4] They won the conference regular season championship[4] and Williams was named the Big South Conference Player of the Year.[5] Other accolades in college include being a two-time First Team All-Conference player (2000, 2001) and an All-Big South Tournament selection (2001).[5] After college, Williams had a brief stint in the NBA Development League. He appeared in eight games for the Greenville Groove in the late portion of the 2001–02 season.[6] In the 2002 playoffs he appeared in five games; the Groove went on to win the D-League championship.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Jason Williams stats". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. 2001. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "1996–97 All-Met Basketball". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. 1997. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Jason Williams college statistics". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "1999–2000 Radford Highlanders men's basketball season". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "2008–09 Radford Men's Basketball Media Guide". pp. 90–91. Radford University. 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Jason Williams D-League stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ "2001–02 Greenville Groove season". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.