Honors and Awards
•Second-team All-Summit (2015)
•Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2013-14, 2014-15)
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15)
•Summit League Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 23, 2015; May 11, 2015)
•MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2010-11)
As a Senior (2015)
Second-team All-Summit…Made 16 appearances on the mound with 15 starts, compiling a record of 7-7 with a 4.18 ERA…Ranked second on the team with 88.1 innings pitched and 62 strikeouts…Held opponents to a .287 batting average…Twice named Summit League Pitcher of the Week…Had the start against Chicago State (Feb. 21), earning his first win of the season in a combined no-hitter with Tyler Hamer…Threw 5.0 hitless innings in the start, allowing just one walk with five strikeouts…Earned his first league pitcher of the week award on Feb. 23…Tossed 7.0 scoreless innings vs. North Dakota (March 7), keeping UND to three hits and two walks with eight strikeouts for his second win…Picked up another win vs. North Dakota State (March 21)…Made his only relief appearance of the season vs. Nebraska (April 1), holding the Huskers to one run on one hit with two strikeouts in 2.2 innings…Stamped his fourth win vs. Western Illinois (April 5), fanning nine…Followed with two more consecutive victories at Fort Wayne (April 11) and at South Dakota State (April 18)…Won his seventh game of the season at Western Illinois (May 9) with a complete-game shutout…Surrendered just six singles and one walk while striking out a career-high 10 Leathernecks…Honored as Summit League Pitcher of the Week on May 11…Finished his career ranked third in school history for batters faced (1,086), fourth for innings pitched (236.1), fifth for games started (37) and seventh for pitching appearances (50)…Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
As a Junior (2014)
Made 12 appearances on the mound with 11 starts...Compiled a record of 3-3 with a 3.47 ERA...Registered 39 strikeouts to 16 walks over 57.0 innings pitched...Held his opponents to a .255 batting average...Struck out seven batters in 4.1 innings of work vs. Villanova (Feb. 28)...Threw a season-long 7.0 innings vs. Air Force (March 15), earning his first win after striking out a career-high eight batters...Picked up his second win at Creighton (April 22), dealing 6.1 scoreless innings with six hits allowed and a strikeout...Got the win at Western Illinois (May 16), helping the Mavericks to their second straight Summit League championship...Threw 5.2 innings against the Leathernecks, surrendering one run on five hits with four strikeouts and no walks...Named to the Summit League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Sophomore (2013)
Made 11 appearances on the mound with eight starts, compiling a record of 4-1 with a 3.38 ERA...Threw 56.0 innings for the year and totaled 42 strikeouts, both of which ranked second on the team...Issued just 20 walks and held his opponents to a .222 batting average...Struck out five batters in three innings of hitless relief vs. North Dakota (March 8)...Made his first start at Air Force (March 19), allowing two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts in six innings of work...Picked up his first win of the season vs. Fort Wayne (April 5), tossing five scoreless innings while allowing just three hits with a season-best six strikeouts...Earned the win at Western Illinois (April 13), surrendering three runs on six hits over six innings...Tied his season best of six strikeouts in back-to-back starts vs. North Dakota State (April 27) and at Fort Wayne (May 5)...Recorded the win at Oakland (May 11), allowing two runs on four hits with four Ks in a season-long outing of 7.1 innings...Closed the year with a win over South Dakota State (May 18), striking out five while allowing two runs on five hits in 5.2 innings...Named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2012)
Made 12 appearances on the mound with four starts…Posted a record of 2-2 with a 4.65 ERA…Totaled 19 strikeouts over 40.2 innings of work while limiting his opponents to a .299 batting average…Debuted at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Feb. 18), holding the Islanders scoreless over three innings to earn the win…Made his first career start at Seattle (Feb. 29), allowing four runs – three earned – on three hits over 2.1 innings and striking out two…Surrendered one unearned run off a pair of singles with three strikeouts at Northern Colorado (March 9)…Fanned a career-high four batters against LIU Brooklyn (March 15), throwing a career-long seven innings while allowing two runs on eight hits…On March 20, held Northwestern scoreless over 1.1 innings of relief…Struck out four in two innings of hitless relief at Iowa (March 28)…Earned his second win at IPFW (April 1),giving up three runs on six hits with a pair of strikeouts…Matched his longest outing with a seven-inning start against North Dakota State (April 8), allowing one run on five hits…Started back-to-back games at UNLV (April 15) and at Oakland (April 22)…Closed the year at Kansas State (May 5), allowing two runs on three hits.
As a Freshman (2011)
Redshirted…Named to the 2010-11 MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
Millard West High School
Lettered two years for Head Coach Frank Ryan at Millard West High School…Split time as a pitcher and first baseman…In his junior year, the Wildcats finished fourth at the state tournament and went on to a state runner-up finish in American Legion ball…Also advanced to the Mid-South Regional in 2009…In his senior season, helped MWHS to a 32-5 record and top seed in the state tournament…Earned academic all-state honors as a junior and senior…Also lettered in basketball…Named to the honor roll all four years.
Personal
Born Oct. 2, 1991 to Greg and Gloria Williamsen in Escondido, Calif….Has two sisters, Christin and Megan…Hobbies include watching basketball and football and playing video games…Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in construction engineering in May 2015.
