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Jersey Number 10
Nick Williams
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- B/T::
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Racine, Wis.
- High School:
- Union Grove HS
- Prev School:
- Wabash Valley CC
2026 (SENIOR): Shared the Kirk Gibson Co-Offensive Player of the Year MSU Team Award with Parker Picot ... Finished the season with a 16-game hitting streak, the longest of the season by a Spartan player and the longest since 2024, matching teammate Ryan McKay’s streak from 2024 ... Hit .508 during the 16-game hit streak, averaging 2.0 hits per game, with 32 total hits, logging 15 RBI, nine doubles, two triples and three HR, as well as drawing 12 walks, and only striking out four times in the 63 at bats ... Out of the 16 games during the streak, had 12 multi-hit games, including his season-high of three hits done four times during the hitting streak, doing so in back-to-back games with 3-for-4 with three RBI vs. No. 1 UCLA on May 3 then a 3-for-3 outing two days later vs. Bowling Green ... Also led MSU and ranked fifth in the B1G in toughest to strikeout, with just one K every 8.7 at bats, with just 20 strikeouts on the season in 174 at bats ... Also topped MSU and ranked tied for 21st in the B1G in average (.333) ... Additionally, ended the season reaching base in 22-straight games, as the 22-game reached base streak was the second longest of the season, just one shy of team-leader Khamaree Thomas ... Also led MSU with 20 multiple hit games, logging the aforementioned season-high of three hits in four games, while knocking two hits in 16 games ... Was also second on the team in both on-base percentage (.434) and doubles (14), tied for second in triples (2), along with third in slugging percentage (.667) and runs (39), and tied for third in both hits (58) and home runs (6) ... Played in 49 games making 46 starts, including 45 in left field and one in center field ... Of the 49 games played, had at least one hit in 34 games.
2025 (SENIOR): Played in 53 games, making 49 starts, with 34 starts in left field, 11 starts at DH and four starting nods at first base ... Ranked seventh in the B1G in toughest to strikeout (8.9) with only 19 Ks in 169 at bats ... Logged a .266 average with 45 hits, 10 doubles, two triples and five home runs in 169 at bats, adding 38 runs scored, 29 RBI and 32 walks, along with swiping eight stolen bases ... Was third on team in on-base percentage (.405), and was also second on team in both hit by pitch (10) and walks (32) ... Also third on team in triples (2) and tied for fourth in home runs (5) ... Additionally was second in sac flies (4) and tied for fourth in HR (5) ... Notched season-long six-game hitting streak April 26-May 9, and also finished season with hit in last four games of season (May 16-22) ... Ranked second in logging season-long 19-game reached base streak ... Posted nine multiple hit outings with season-high three hits, going 3-for-4 in middle game of series vs. Oregon (May 3) ... Logged seven multiple RBI outings, including a span with at least one RBI in six-straight games (Feb. 21-March 2), including back-to-back games with two RBI (Feb. 28 and March 1 vs. Harvard at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C.) as part of three out of four games with two ribbies, adding pair at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 22) ... Knocked pair of doubles in game against UCLA at Corpus Christi, Texas (Feb. 23) ... In field, made season-high seven putouts in game vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, while season high in outfield of five putouts came in season-finale vs. Oregon in Big Ten Tournament (May 22).
2024 (JUNIOR): Played in 50 games, making 49 starts, making 41 starts in left field, along with making seven starts at first base while Sam Busch was out with an injury, and also one start at designated hitter ... Posted a .309 average, .459 slugging percentage and .427 on-base percentage, logging 56 hits with 15 doubles and four HR, notching 37 RBI and matched that with 37 walks, adding three stolen bases ... Led MSU and ranked tied for 11th in the B1G in walks (37), while also ranked second on team and 27th in the B1G in on-base percentage (.427), in addition to third on team and tied for 18th in conference in doubles (15) ... Also fourth on team in slugging percentage (.459), along with leading team in sac flies (5), while ranking tied for second in runs scored (41), third in both RBI (37) and total bases (83), fourth in hits (56), hit by pitch (4) and at bats (181), tied for fourth in HR (7) and tied for fifth in stolen bases (3) ... Led team in multiple RBI games with 11, driving in a pair of runs in seven games, while knocking three RBI in four contests ... Fourth on team in multiple hit games with 16, knocking two hits in 10 games, while posting five three-hit outings and season-high four hits in one game ... Also shared MSU lead in longest reached base streak of 16 games (April 14-May 14), matching teammates Dillon Kark and Ryan McKay for tops on the team ... Notched a season-long six-game hitting streak (March 31-April 21), with two hits in four of the six games, also added a five-game streak (Feb. 24-March 3), with 13 hits in the four games, highlighted by season-high four hits going 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored vs. Western Michigan at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C., adding three hits both vs. Marshall (Feb. 24) and Illinois (March 3), along with two hits at Georgia (Feb. 28) ... Added a four-game hitting streak with 2+ hits in all four games, starting with two each vs. Penn State (April 20-21) and at Ohio State (April 26) and adding three hits next day vs. OSU (April 27) ... Added a three-hit outing at Minnesota (May 12), with all three hits being doubles ... Burst onto scene going 3-for-4 with a run and stolen base in Spartan debut on Feb. 16 vs. Merrimack at Charleston, S.C. ... Blasted first homer for the Green & White on March 3 vs. Illinois at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. ... One of four regular defenders with perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, ranking fourth in putouts with 126 and adding one assist.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played two years at Wabash Valley CC ... Named to First-Team NJCAA Division I Baseball All-America Team ... Also named Most Outstanding Hitter Award at the NJCAA D1 World Series and tabbed to the NJCAA World Series All-Tournament Team ... Helped Wabash to the NJCAA World Series, falling in the national championship game, finishing with a 57-13 record, as the Warriors made back-to-back trips to the World Series for the first time in program history and made it all the way to the championship game after not having any position players back from previous season and under first-year head coach Aaron Biddle ... Earned first-team All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference honors ... Posted slash line of .482 / .595 / .824 with 102 RBI, 15 HR, in 222 at bats, swiping 21 stolen bases in 70 games ... Logged streak of four HR in three games, including two vs. Carl Albert State (Feb. 25, 2023), part of 3-for-4 finish with eight RBI and three runs scored ... Led the Warriors to a 60-10 mark as a freshman in 2022 ... Hit .333 with nine RBI and 12 runs scored in 28 games ... Played summer league for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League with in the summer of 2023, after playing for the Owensboro Riverdawgs in the summer of 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Union Grove High School for coach Nate Meyer ... Helped the Broncos to a 25-4 record as a senior, advancing to the WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal, capping consecutive state tournament appearances for Union Grove, after not appearing in the state tourney since 1952 ... Named Conference Player of the Year in senior season ... Went 3-for-3 with two triples, four RBI and two runs in state tournament game ... Rated as the No. 11 utility player and the No. 36 overall player in the state of Wisconsin by Prep Baseball Report, while rated as the No. 12 utility player and No. 48 overall player in the state of Wisconsin by Perfect Game coming out of high school ... Also a two-year letterwinner on the Union Grove football team at running back, and was team captain as a senior ... Rushed for 975 yards with six catches for 115 yards.
PERSONAL: Son of Patricia and Neil Williams ... Father, Neil, attended Michigan State ... Majored in advertising management at MSU ... Attended a youth baseball camp at Michigan State in summer of 2011, and has autographed photo with Coach Boss and the 2011 Big Ten Conference trophy ... Names father as biggest baseball influence because of his help in overcoming some bumps in the road and keeping him accountable and focused on continuing to improve and the task at hand ... Lists greatest athletic achievement as having opportunity to be at the JUCO World Series in back-to-back years and being able to play and contribute to his team’s success as a sophomore was second-to-none and such an amazing experience made better by all the amazing teammates and people got to experience it with.
2025 (SENIOR): Played in 53 games, making 49 starts, with 34 starts in left field, 11 starts at DH and four starting nods at first base ... Ranked seventh in the B1G in toughest to strikeout (8.9) with only 19 Ks in 169 at bats ... Logged a .266 average with 45 hits, 10 doubles, two triples and five home runs in 169 at bats, adding 38 runs scored, 29 RBI and 32 walks, along with swiping eight stolen bases ... Was third on team in on-base percentage (.405), and was also second on team in both hit by pitch (10) and walks (32) ... Also third on team in triples (2) and tied for fourth in home runs (5) ... Additionally was second in sac flies (4) and tied for fourth in HR (5) ... Notched season-long six-game hitting streak April 26-May 9, and also finished season with hit in last four games of season (May 16-22) ... Ranked second in logging season-long 19-game reached base streak ... Posted nine multiple hit outings with season-high three hits, going 3-for-4 in middle game of series vs. Oregon (May 3) ... Logged seven multiple RBI outings, including a span with at least one RBI in six-straight games (Feb. 21-March 2), including back-to-back games with two RBI (Feb. 28 and March 1 vs. Harvard at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C.) as part of three out of four games with two ribbies, adding pair at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 22) ... Knocked pair of doubles in game against UCLA at Corpus Christi, Texas (Feb. 23) ... In field, made season-high seven putouts in game vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, while season high in outfield of five putouts came in season-finale vs. Oregon in Big Ten Tournament (May 22).
2024 (JUNIOR): Played in 50 games, making 49 starts, making 41 starts in left field, along with making seven starts at first base while Sam Busch was out with an injury, and also one start at designated hitter ... Posted a .309 average, .459 slugging percentage and .427 on-base percentage, logging 56 hits with 15 doubles and four HR, notching 37 RBI and matched that with 37 walks, adding three stolen bases ... Led MSU and ranked tied for 11th in the B1G in walks (37), while also ranked second on team and 27th in the B1G in on-base percentage (.427), in addition to third on team and tied for 18th in conference in doubles (15) ... Also fourth on team in slugging percentage (.459), along with leading team in sac flies (5), while ranking tied for second in runs scored (41), third in both RBI (37) and total bases (83), fourth in hits (56), hit by pitch (4) and at bats (181), tied for fourth in HR (7) and tied for fifth in stolen bases (3) ... Led team in multiple RBI games with 11, driving in a pair of runs in seven games, while knocking three RBI in four contests ... Fourth on team in multiple hit games with 16, knocking two hits in 10 games, while posting five three-hit outings and season-high four hits in one game ... Also shared MSU lead in longest reached base streak of 16 games (April 14-May 14), matching teammates Dillon Kark and Ryan McKay for tops on the team ... Notched a season-long six-game hitting streak (March 31-April 21), with two hits in four of the six games, also added a five-game streak (Feb. 24-March 3), with 13 hits in the four games, highlighted by season-high four hits going 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored vs. Western Michigan at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C., adding three hits both vs. Marshall (Feb. 24) and Illinois (March 3), along with two hits at Georgia (Feb. 28) ... Added a four-game hitting streak with 2+ hits in all four games, starting with two each vs. Penn State (April 20-21) and at Ohio State (April 26) and adding three hits next day vs. OSU (April 27) ... Added a three-hit outing at Minnesota (May 12), with all three hits being doubles ... Burst onto scene going 3-for-4 with a run and stolen base in Spartan debut on Feb. 16 vs. Merrimack at Charleston, S.C. ... Blasted first homer for the Green & White on March 3 vs. Illinois at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. ... One of four regular defenders with perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, ranking fourth in putouts with 126 and adding one assist.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played two years at Wabash Valley CC ... Named to First-Team NJCAA Division I Baseball All-America Team ... Also named Most Outstanding Hitter Award at the NJCAA D1 World Series and tabbed to the NJCAA World Series All-Tournament Team ... Helped Wabash to the NJCAA World Series, falling in the national championship game, finishing with a 57-13 record, as the Warriors made back-to-back trips to the World Series for the first time in program history and made it all the way to the championship game after not having any position players back from previous season and under first-year head coach Aaron Biddle ... Earned first-team All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference honors ... Posted slash line of .482 / .595 / .824 with 102 RBI, 15 HR, in 222 at bats, swiping 21 stolen bases in 70 games ... Logged streak of four HR in three games, including two vs. Carl Albert State (Feb. 25, 2023), part of 3-for-4 finish with eight RBI and three runs scored ... Led the Warriors to a 60-10 mark as a freshman in 2022 ... Hit .333 with nine RBI and 12 runs scored in 28 games ... Played summer league for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League with in the summer of 2023, after playing for the Owensboro Riverdawgs in the summer of 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Union Grove High School for coach Nate Meyer ... Helped the Broncos to a 25-4 record as a senior, advancing to the WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal, capping consecutive state tournament appearances for Union Grove, after not appearing in the state tourney since 1952 ... Named Conference Player of the Year in senior season ... Went 3-for-3 with two triples, four RBI and two runs in state tournament game ... Rated as the No. 11 utility player and the No. 36 overall player in the state of Wisconsin by Prep Baseball Report, while rated as the No. 12 utility player and No. 48 overall player in the state of Wisconsin by Perfect Game coming out of high school ... Also a two-year letterwinner on the Union Grove football team at running back, and was team captain as a senior ... Rushed for 975 yards with six catches for 115 yards.
PERSONAL: Son of Patricia and Neil Williams ... Father, Neil, attended Michigan State ... Majored in advertising management at MSU ... Attended a youth baseball camp at Michigan State in summer of 2011, and has autographed photo with Coach Boss and the 2011 Big Ten Conference trophy ... Names father as biggest baseball influence because of his help in overcoming some bumps in the road and keeping him accountable and focused on continuing to improve and the task at hand ... Lists greatest athletic achievement as having opportunity to be at the JUCO World Series in back-to-back years and being able to play and contribute to his team’s success as a sophomore was second-to-none and such an amazing experience made better by all the amazing teammates and people got to experience it with.
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