Carlos Williams

Carlos Williams vs. WSU 5-18-18 Senior Day

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Photo by: Lance Murphey

Position:
OF
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 199
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Covington, Tenn.
Prev School:
Covington HS
NIL:
R/R

Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.

2017 - Junior
Played in 45 games with 27 starts … In 80 at bats, put together 18 hits, with one home run against Alcorn State (4/5) … Successfully stole six bases on the year … Had multi-hit games against Southern (3/26), Houston (4/15), East Carolina (5/14), and UConn (5/26) … His three-run homer against Alcorn State also set a season high for runs batted in (4/5) … Drew two walks against Middle Tennessee State (3/7).

2016 - Sophomore
Appeared in 17 games, mostly as a pinch-runner in 2016 … Made his first career start, at designated hitter, and went 0-for-1 with a walk and run scored against Missouri State (3/13) … Recorded his first career hit against Eastern Illinois (3/20) and also scored a run … Finished the season with five runs scored and was 2-for-4 on stolen bases … In his first pinch-running appearance of the season he stole a base and scored a run versus SIUE (2/27) ... Pinch-ran and scored a game-tying run as part of a ninth-inning rally in a 4-3 win over USF (4/9) … Also scored a run as a pinch runner against UConn (4/30).

2015 - Redshirt Freshman
Played in 18 games, mostly as a pinch-runner in 2015 ... Finished the season a perfect 4-for-4 on stolen bases in limited opportunities ... Scored 11 runs and drove in one run in his 18 games played ... Worked a walk and was hit by a pitch in four hitless at-bats ... Scored the game-winning run on a walk-off squeeze bunt by Darien Tubbs against Cincinnati (5/3) ... Also came around to score the final run in a 4-1 win over USF (5/22) in an elimination game of the American Athletic Conference Tournament.

Prep
Set a Tennessee prep record with 185 career stolen bases ... Also established a state high school record for consecutive steals (12) and the national record for being hit by a pitch (60) ... Baseball accomplishments resulted in recognition from Sports Illustrated's Faces In The Crowd feature ... The Baseball Draft Report listed him on the site's list of Top 75 High School Outfield Prospects (No. 47) ... Two-way player on the gridiron at Covington High School who helped lead the Chargers to the 4A state football championship game as a senior ... Marty Wheeler-coached Covington team posted a 15-1 record in 2012 and captured the AA District 13 title with a 9-0 mark.