Hunter Williams

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Photo by: N.C. Brown

Height:
6-0
Weight:
215
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
West Monroe, La.
High School:
West Monroe

2017 American Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year
2017 American Athletic Conference First Team
2017 First-Team Academic All-America member
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District 6
2017 American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (4/17)
2017 All-Louisiana
2017 American Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete Sports Excellence Award
2016 NCAA Oxford All-Regional Team
2016 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (5/23)
2016 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (4/11)
2016 College Sports Madness Preseason All-AAC Second Team
2015 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Team

Career: Appeared in 174 career games with 161 starts...batted .303 in 623 career at bats with 91 runs, 189 hits, 37 doubles, three triples, 24 home runs, 103 RBI, 48 walks, and five stolen bases...career slugging percentage of .488 and on-base percentage of .362...ranks ninth in Tulane history in field percentage (.988) and recorded the sixth highest single-season fielding percentage in 2016 (.997).

2017 (Senior): Appeared in and starter 58 games, all at first base … batted .357 with 45 runs, 87 hits, 18 doubles, 11 home runs, 41 RBI, 18 walks, and five stolen bases … notched a slugging percentage of .574 while posting an on-base percentage of .404 …led the team in hits, doubles, and slugging percentage, ranked second in runs, and ranked third in home runs and on-base percentage…recorded 29 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games…recorded two double-digit hitting streaks (10 games from 3/17-3/31 and 14 games from 4/2-4/23)…recorded two hits, one double, and one run in the second game of a double header vs. Air Force (2/18)…tallied two hits, two RBI, and one stolen base vs. Army (2/19)…hit two solo home runs and recorded three hits at Southeastern Louisiana…knocked a double and two hits at UC Santa Barbara (2/25)…totaled two hits and one RBI at UC Santa Barbara (2/26)…notched three hits, one double, one walk, and one RBI vs. San Diego (3/11)…recorded three hits, two doubles, two runs, and one RBI vs. Columbia (3/17)…tallied three hits, three RBI, two runs, one home run, one double, and one walk vs. Columbia (3/19)…scored three runs along with three hits, one double, a triple, and one RBI vs. McNeese State (3/21)…notched two hits and two runs at Louisiana Lafayette (3/22)…tallied two hits and one RBI vs. Stetson (3/24)…recorded three hits, two doubles, two RBI, and one run vs. Stetson (3/26)…hit an RBI double at LSU (3/28)…knocked in an RBI with two hits and a double vs. USF (3/31)…scored a run along with two hits, one RBI, and one double vs. USF (4/2)…totaled two doubles, two runs, and one RBI at New Orleans (4/4)…racked up two hits, two runs, one RBI, and one walk at Cincinnati (4/7)…notched a home run at Cincinnati (4/9)…tallied a double, a home run, and two RBI vs. Nicholls State (4/11)…drove in two RBI and scored a run vs. UCONN (4/13)…tallied two hits including a home run and two RBI vs. UCONN (4/15)..tacked on two hits and a run vs. Southern Miss (4/19) and two hits and one RBI at Houston (4/21)…slammed a home run in back-to-back games at Houston (4/22 and 4/23)…tallied two hits, one run, and one RBI at East Carolina (4/28)…hit a two-run home run at East Carolina (4/29)…totaled two doubles vs. Houston (5/13)…tallied four hits, four runs, a walk, and a stolen base vs. Houston (5/14)…recorded two hits, two runs, two RBI, two walks, a stolen base, and a home run vs. New Orleans (5/16)…notched two hits, two RBI, and two runs at Memphis (5/18)…recorded three hits, one run, one RBI, and one double at Memphis (5/20)…hit a home run in his final game vs. UCF (5/25)...was a member of the Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 and was a 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member.

2016 (Junior): An NCAA Oxford All-Regional Team selection … appeared in 39 games with 37 starts, all at first base … batted .294 with 20 runs, 40 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 30 RBI and eight walks … notched a slugging percentage of .581 while posting an on-base percentage of .345 … recorded 14 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games … fielding percentage of .997 ranks sixth-highest in single-season Tulane history … tied for third on the team in doubles, ranked fourth in home runs and fifth in RBI … ranked eighth in The American Athletic Conference in home runs … was used as a pinch-hitter vs. Southeastern Louisiana (4/5) … made his first start since Feb. 26 against East Carolina (4/8), going 2-for-4 with a single and the walk-off, three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth … went 2-for-4 with two RBI against East Carolina (4/9) during game two of the series … was 2-for-5 with two doubles and a career-best four RBI vs. Southern Miss (4/19) … went 2-for-3 with a double at UCF (4/22) … posted the go-ahead RBI on a groundout vs. LSU (4/26) … scored twice and hit a solo home run vs. Houston (4/29) … posted two singles and scored a run vs. Houston (4/30) … went 2-for-5 with a double and a run at USF (5/6) … posted two doubles and a single to go along with one run and an RBI at USF (5/7) … doubled and scored a run vs. New Orleans (5/10) … hit a grand slam vs. Southern (5/11) … went 2-for-4 with a double vs. Memphis (5/13) … posted a solo homer and a single with two RBI and two runs scored vs. Memphis (5/15) … posted two singles vs. Nicholls State (5/17) … went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a double during the first game of a doubleheader at Houston (5/20) … had an RBI and a single vs. Houston at The American Baseball Championships (5/28) … tripled and posted two RBI during the opening game of the NCAA Oxford Regional vs. Boston College (6/3) … hit two solo home runs and singled during a 3-for-4 day with two runs and two RBI vs. Ole Miss during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/4) … singled, doubled and scored a run vs. Utah during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5) … went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs vs. Boston College during the season finale at the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5)...was a 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member.

2015 (Sophomore): A 2015 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Team member … appeared in 59 games with 57 starts (39 at designated hitter and 18 at first base) … batted .285 with 26 runs, 59 hits, seven doubles, one triple, four home runs, 28 RBI, 17 walks, two sacrifice flies and three sacrifice hits … notched a slugging percentage of .386 and an on-base percentage of .351 … posted 15 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games … led the team in RBI and multi-RBI games … scored twice and record an RBI at Pepperdine (2/14) … went 2-for-4 at the plate at Southeastern Louisiana (2/18) … hit his first-career home run to tie a game against San Francisco (2/20) with two outs in the bottom of the ninth … homered the following day against San Francisco (2/21), notching two RBI in the contest … went 2-for-2 with two runs, two RBI and a sacrifice fly against Creighton (2/27) … scored twice and recorded a solo homer at Nicholls (3/3) … went 2-for-4 at Southern Miss (3/11) … collected three RBI in a 2-for-5 performance against Xavier (3/15) … tripled in a two-run, two-hit performance against Southeastern Louisiana (3/17) … homered at UC Riverside (3/21) … collected a pair of hits at East Carolina (4/2) in the opening game of the series before going 1-for-4 in game two (4/3) and 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI in the series finale (4/4) … posted three RBI on a single, double and sacrifice fly against Nicholls (4/7) … posted back-to-back two-hit performances against UCF (4/18 and 4/19) … went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run at Cincinnati (4/24)...scored in the other two games at Cincinnati (4/25 and 4/26) … doubled against Southeastern Louisiana (4/28) … went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI against Southern Miss (5/12) … doubled and scored a run in addition to singling at Memphis (5/14) … scored twice and notched four singles during the second game of a doubleheader at Memphis (5/16) … scored twice and walked twice while singling against UConn (5/22) during The American Baseball Championships … doubled, scored and recorded two RBI in a 2-for-4 day at the plate against Lehigh (5/30) during the NCAA Baton Rouge Regionals … recorded singles against UNC Wilmington (5/29 and 5/31) during the first and third games of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regionals...was a 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member.

2014 (Freshman): Appeared in 18 games, making nine starts (all at designated hitter) … batted .083 with three hits, two doubles, four RBI and five walks...had one multi-RBI game … led the team in pinch-hitting hits (two) … made his collegiate debut in a pinch-hitting situation against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/15) … collected his first collegiate hit - a double - as a pinch-hitter at Louisiana Tech (2/22) … earned his first-career start at Nicholls (2/25) … notched an RBI in a start a start against Sacred Heart (3/3) … posted a hit as a pinch-hitter during the second game of a doubleheader at East Carolina (3/15) … walked three times against Middle Tennessee (3/22) … posted three RBI and a double during the second game of a doubleheader against UTSA (4/4) … earned Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll honors, as well as the C-USA Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative-GPA of 3.75 or better.

High School: Was a two-year letterwinner at West Monroe High School in West Monroe, La. … played first base and catcher … helped lead his team to a 24-13 record, as well as a semifinals finish in the state playoffs, during his senior year … batted .388 with seven home runs, 34 RBI and 18 stolen bases during his senior campaign … earned first-team All-District 2-5A and All-Region honors during his senior year … earned second-team All-District 2-5A honors during his junior year … won the Marucci Prep Classic Home Run Derby … also lettered one year in football as a middle linebacker and one year in soccer as a goalie at West Monroe High School.

Personal: Has one sister … major is neuroscience.