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Jersey Number 5
Christian Williams
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Carmel, Ind.
- High School:
- Carmel HS
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District in redshirt-junior season of 2024 ... A two-time Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Academic Distinguished Scholar honoree ... Hit a home run in season-debut in each of back-to-back seasons, smashing HR for first career hit as redshirt-freshman in 2022 in game at UNLV, and knocked a HR on first AB of 2023 in game at Charleston Southern.
2024 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Garnered College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... Collected Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Academic Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Registered a .250 average in 46 games, logging eight doubles, three HR and 24 RBI, adding 28 runs scored ... Led team in hit by pitch (10), while ranking third in walks (26), fourth in doubles (8) and fifth in runs scored (28) ... Posted eight games with multiple hits, led by season-high four in going 4-for-4 vs. Marshall 9Feb. 24). ... Tallied multiple RBI in five games, with top outing of three ribbies twice, first at Georgia (Feb. 28) and again vs. Evansville (March 15) ... Had streak of at least one RBI in six-straight games (March 19-30) ... One of four Spartans with at least one double-figure game hitting streak with a 10-game streak (Feb. 23-March 15), adding an eight-game hitting streak (March 19-30).
2023 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and also Big Ten Academic Distinguished Scholar recognition ... Played in two games due to injury, and had three hits, with two HR, hitting .333, with a .400 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage ... Went 3-for-6 with three RBI and two runs, knocking two HR, in season-debut on March 4 at Charleston Southern ... Had a breakout season debut after missing the first two weekends with an injury, then bashing a home run in his first two at bats on March 4 at Charleston Southern, finishing 3-for-6 with three RBI and two runs, and marking second-straight season in homering in season-debut for first hit of season after also homering for his first collegiate hit in 2022 debut as well ...
2022 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Played in 24 games with 18 starts, making 11 starts behind the plate and seven as designated hitter ... Hit .258 with four doubles, two triples and two home runs, logging a .470 slugging percentage and a .392 on-base percentage, with 16 RBI ... Bashed first home run of Spartan career in collegiate debut, for first career hit with a two-run HR at UNLV (March 19) ... Knocked second home run of season and first at home vs. Minnesota (May 1) ... Registered career-high three hits in 3-for-4 outing vs. Houston Baptist (March 20) with two RBI and two runs scored ... Posted five multi-RBI games and four multi-hit outings ... Scored career-best three runs vs. Youngstown State (March 30), going 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBI ... Added a 2-for-4 outing at Evansville (April 2) with two RBI and a run scored, along with going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, with a double, at Notre Dame (May 10) ... Behind the plate, threw out two potential base stealers, making 84 putouts and six assists.
2021 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted first season at MSU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Carmel High School for head coach Matthew Buczkowski after transferring from Northville (Mich.) High School, where he was a two-year letterwinner for head coach John Kostrzewa ... Earned All-Conference and All-County honors after posting a .340 average with two home runs and swiping 20 stolen bases ... Helped the Greyhounds post a 21-8 mark ...As a sophomore hit .315 after posting a .230 average as a freshman ... Played 17U summer league for Indiana Bulls, helping team to 27-10 record hitting .531 with two home runs and 13 doubles . . . Named to the 2019 WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team ... Played 12U-16U summer league for Michigan Bulls ... Rated as the No. 3 catcher and the No. 28 overall player in Indiana by Prep Baseball Report ... Rated as the No. 6 catcher in Indiana by Perfect Game ... Also a four-year letterwinner in football, playing quarterback and wide receiver, helping Carmel to a state runner-up finish ... Selected MSU over Indiana, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, East Tennessee State, Butler and Ball State.
PERSONAL: Son of Lisa and Alan Williams ... Father, Alan, formerly defensive backs/safeties coach for the Indianapolis Colts, where he coached former Michigan State Spartan football great Khari Willis, and named defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears in February, 2022 ... Father, Alan, played college football at William & Mary, while his mother, Lisa, played college soccer at Slippery Rock ... Majoring in kinesiology at MSU ... Chose Michigan State because of his love for the coaches and the future he sees with them relationship wise and how they can develop him as a player, feeling like the best place to get a great education and play great baseball, and the home-feeling of campus.
2024 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Garnered College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... Collected Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Academic Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Registered a .250 average in 46 games, logging eight doubles, three HR and 24 RBI, adding 28 runs scored ... Led team in hit by pitch (10), while ranking third in walks (26), fourth in doubles (8) and fifth in runs scored (28) ... Posted eight games with multiple hits, led by season-high four in going 4-for-4 vs. Marshall 9Feb. 24). ... Tallied multiple RBI in five games, with top outing of three ribbies twice, first at Georgia (Feb. 28) and again vs. Evansville (March 15) ... Had streak of at least one RBI in six-straight games (March 19-30) ... One of four Spartans with at least one double-figure game hitting streak with a 10-game streak (Feb. 23-March 15), adding an eight-game hitting streak (March 19-30).
2023 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and also Big Ten Academic Distinguished Scholar recognition ... Played in two games due to injury, and had three hits, with two HR, hitting .333, with a .400 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage ... Went 3-for-6 with three RBI and two runs, knocking two HR, in season-debut on March 4 at Charleston Southern ... Had a breakout season debut after missing the first two weekends with an injury, then bashing a home run in his first two at bats on March 4 at Charleston Southern, finishing 3-for-6 with three RBI and two runs, and marking second-straight season in homering in season-debut for first hit of season after also homering for his first collegiate hit in 2022 debut as well ...
2022 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Played in 24 games with 18 starts, making 11 starts behind the plate and seven as designated hitter ... Hit .258 with four doubles, two triples and two home runs, logging a .470 slugging percentage and a .392 on-base percentage, with 16 RBI ... Bashed first home run of Spartan career in collegiate debut, for first career hit with a two-run HR at UNLV (March 19) ... Knocked second home run of season and first at home vs. Minnesota (May 1) ... Registered career-high three hits in 3-for-4 outing vs. Houston Baptist (March 20) with two RBI and two runs scored ... Posted five multi-RBI games and four multi-hit outings ... Scored career-best three runs vs. Youngstown State (March 30), going 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBI ... Added a 2-for-4 outing at Evansville (April 2) with two RBI and a run scored, along with going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, with a double, at Notre Dame (May 10) ... Behind the plate, threw out two potential base stealers, making 84 putouts and six assists.
2021 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted first season at MSU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Carmel High School for head coach Matthew Buczkowski after transferring from Northville (Mich.) High School, where he was a two-year letterwinner for head coach John Kostrzewa ... Earned All-Conference and All-County honors after posting a .340 average with two home runs and swiping 20 stolen bases ... Helped the Greyhounds post a 21-8 mark ...As a sophomore hit .315 after posting a .230 average as a freshman ... Played 17U summer league for Indiana Bulls, helping team to 27-10 record hitting .531 with two home runs and 13 doubles . . . Named to the 2019 WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team ... Played 12U-16U summer league for Michigan Bulls ... Rated as the No. 3 catcher and the No. 28 overall player in Indiana by Prep Baseball Report ... Rated as the No. 6 catcher in Indiana by Perfect Game ... Also a four-year letterwinner in football, playing quarterback and wide receiver, helping Carmel to a state runner-up finish ... Selected MSU over Indiana, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, East Tennessee State, Butler and Ball State.
PERSONAL: Son of Lisa and Alan Williams ... Father, Alan, formerly defensive backs/safeties coach for the Indianapolis Colts, where he coached former Michigan State Spartan football great Khari Willis, and named defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears in February, 2022 ... Father, Alan, played college football at William & Mary, while his mother, Lisa, played college soccer at Slippery Rock ... Majoring in kinesiology at MSU ... Chose Michigan State because of his love for the coaches and the future he sees with them relationship wise and how they can develop him as a player, feeling like the best place to get a great education and play great baseball, and the home-feeling of campus.
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