Justin Williams Season 2021

Drafted in 2021 by the Houston Astros in the 17th round (508th overall)

JUNIOR (2021)
 
Season: Started all 42 games at third base…Batted .302 with 48 hits, including 12 doubles and five homers…Collected 23 RBI and 28 runs…Tallied 14 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. Northwestern (3/7): Collected a pair of base hits. at Indiana (3/13-14): Recorded two hits and scored a run in game one…Doubled and scored a run in game four. Maryland (3/20-22): Went 4-for-11 in the series…Registered two hits, including an RBI double, and scored a run in game one…Blasted a solo homer to left-center in game two. Michigan (3/26-27): Collected two hits, including a double, in game one…Recorded a pair of base knocks and scored a run in game three. at Rutgers (4/2-4): Went 5-for-12 with four RBI in the series…Crushed a solo homer to center in the seventh for the game’s only run in the series opener…Collected three hits, including an RBI single and a double, and a run in game two…Smashed a solo homer to center and added another RBI on a sac fly in game three. at Michigan State (4/9): Drove in two runs with a double in the first and scored a run in the second game of a doubleheader. vs. Purdue (4/10): Recorded two base knocks and scored a run. Nebraska (4/16-18): Singled and scored a run in each game…Added an RBI in game one. at Ohio State (4/25): Notched a pair of doubles, including a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh. Michigan State (4/30-5/2): Went 4-for-11 in the series…Recorded a double, an RBI, two runs and a stolen base in game one…Collected three singles, including an RBI knock in the first, and scored four runs in game two. at Iowa (5/7-5/8): Hit three singles and scored a run in game one…Had an RBI single in game two. Rutgers (5/14-17): Went 7-for-15 in the series…Crushed a homer to left and added a double, scoring two runs, in game one…Had two hits, including a double and an RBI single, and scored a run in game two…Blasted a go-ahead grand slam to right center in the sixth, highlighting a two-hit day, in game four. at Illinois (5/23): Lined a two-run double in the sixth and scored a run. vs. Minnesota (5/29): Collected two hits, including an RBI double in the sixth.

2020 (SOPHOMORE)
Season: Batted .276 with 16 hits, including three doubles and two homers, eight RBI and 10 runs...Stole two bases...Had four multi-hit games...Season canceled on March 12 after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Game-by-Game: USA Baseball Tournament (2/14-16): Had an RBI double and scored a run against Bucknell (2/14)...Collected two hits and a stolen base against NJIT (2/15). vs. Wagner (2/22): Tallied a pair of base his in game one...Singled and scored a run in game two. vs. Princeton (2/28-3/1): Went 3-for-5 with a solo homer and two runs in game one...Recorded two hits, including an RBI double, and crossed the plate three times in game three. at UMBC (3/7): Launched a three-run bomb to left-center and added a sac fly for a four RBI day. vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (3/8): Lined a go-ahead RBI double to right center in the eighth. Scored one run. at Miami Ohio (3/12): Singled and stole a base.

2019 (FRESHMAN)
Awards: Big Ten All-Freshman Team (Third Base)

Season: Tied for the team lead with four home runs…Batted .262 with 18 RBIs, five doubles, a triple and a .350 on-base percentage in 38 games with 32 starts at third base.

Game-by-Game: vs. No. 21 Duke (3/1, 3): Made collegiate debut off the bench in the series opener and finale. at Pitt (3/12): Made first Penn State start at third base...First career hit came in the second inning with a two-run double...Finished the game going 3-for-5 at the plate with four RBI’s. UMass Lowell (3/15-17): Reached base in all three games of the series...Hit an opposite field, two-run home run in the second game, helping Penn State to a one-run win. Youngstown State (4/9): Went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run, double and three runs scored. Pitt (4/10): Went 3-for-4 with an RBI-double. at Illinois (4/19-21): Went 4-for-11 with hits in all three games...Doubled, drove in a run and scored twice as part of a 2-for-3 effort in second game. Lafayette (4/24): Hit an estimated 445-foot home run to lead-off the second inning. Maryland (4/26-27): Reached base in all three games...Singled and walked in the series opener...Hit an estimated 412-foot home run in the second game...Walked twice and scored once in the series finale. Rutgers (5/4): Reached base six times in two games...Went 3-for-5 with a triple and three runs scored - including the game-winner in the 11th in the first game...Walked three times in the second game. Towson (5/8): Drove in three runs in the first two innings on a pair of base hits. Arizona (5/18): Went 2-for-5 with a double and run-scored in the season finale.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year team member and three-year letterwinner at Cumberland Valley under head coach Levi Mumma...Team captain as a senior...Named first-team all-conference as a junior...Ranked in Top 500 overall by Perfect Game and Top 50 amongst third basemen...Ranks as the 29th-best player in Pennsylvania and second-best third baseman...Perfect Game 2016 and 2017 high honorable mention...Played travel ball for US Elite...Volunteered for Special Olympics and Cumberland Valley Youth Baseball Camp.

PERSONAL
Full name is Justin Michael Williams...Parents are Mike and Sharon Williams...Has an older brother, Josh...Enjoys working out and aspires to go into sports therapy...Majoring in recreation, parks & tourism management...Born on June 29, 2000 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.