2008: Named GLIAC Player of the Week (April 28) after batting .600 (12-20) , slugging .800 and posting a .667 on-base mark as WSU went 6-0 against Tiffin and Northwood ... scored 13 of WSU's 80 runs (16.3 percent) during the week and stole seven bases.

2007: Played in 48 games, started 45 (30 SS, 14 3B, 1 2B) ... batted .282 and led the team in sacrifice bunts (8) while finishing fourth in walks (15) and fifth in runs scored (32) ... batted leadoff in 22 starts and ninth in 21 ... team posted a 15-7 record when he batted leadoff ... totaled nine multiple-hit games ... opened the year on a season-high nine-game hitting streak Feb. 23-March 14 during which he batted .387 (12-31) with five RBI and nine runs scored ... followed that up with a six game hitting streak March 15-24 in which he went 11-for-22 (.500) with six RBI and six runs scored ... scored a run in five straight games April 21-24 ... also stole six bases during that stretch ... made three appearances on the mound, posting an 0-2 record ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2006: Redshirted at Wayne State.

Pre-WSU: Attended and played baseball in 2005 at Henry Ford Community College.

High School: A 2004 graduate of Royal Oak Shrine High School ... was a three-year letterwinner in baseball as well as football and basketball ... primarily played shortstop ... earned all-league and all-catholic honors in all three sports, as well as all-state accolades in baseball and basketball ... was named MVP of the baseball team as a senior.

Personal: Full name--Matthew C. Williams ... born July 5, 1986, in Detroit ... son of Michael and Cheryl Williams ... has a brother, Michael, and three sisters, Lisa, Alicia and Sabrina ... is a human resources management major.

Matthew Williams' Career Batting Statistics

Year

GP/GS

AVG

AB

R

H

2B-3B-HR

RBI

TB

SLG

BB/HBP/SO

OBP

SF/SH

SB/A

2007

48/45

.282

142

32

40

4-0-0

17

44

.310

15/7/24

.376

1/8

15/19

Matthew Williams' Career Fielding Statistics
Year	PO	A	E	FLD
2007	52	122	21	.892

Matthew Williams' Career Pitching Statistics
Year	ERA	W-L-S	APP	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R/ER	BB/SO
2007	20.25	0-2-0	3	0	0	0/0	1.1	7	3/3	0/0