2008

• An ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III selection
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the second consecutive year
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the third straight season
• Started 50 games behind the plate
• Batted .330 with 67 hits, including 16 doubles for the second-most on the team
• Scored 39 runs and drove in 29
• Slugged .409 and compiled a .400 on base percentage with 15 walks and 10 times hit by a pitch
• Batted .288 with 10 doubles in the ACC
• Threw out 19 runners to tie for the second-most in the conference
• Held opposing runners to a 67 percent stolen base success rate
• Made just one error in 34 chances for a .997 fielding percentage to lead all ACC catchers
• Ended the season on a 42-game errorless streak
• Turned in 21 multi-hit games, including five three-hit outings
• Hit .345 with nine doubles during a career-high 14-game hitting streak (4/6 through 4/26)
• Doubled in six straight games (4/19 through 4/26)
• Went without a hit in back-to-back games just twice during the season
• Had multiple hits in 21 games, including five three-hit outings
• Ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak
• Batted .440 with runners on base
• Had 13 two-out RBI with a .283 average in two-out situations

2007

• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
• Selected to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive season
• Started 48 games behind the plate
• Batted .308 with 29 RBI and 30 runs
• Collected 53 hits, including six doubles
• Led the team with eight sacrifice flies, tying him for the ACC lead
• Boasted a .974 fielding percentage
• Threw out 15 runners trying to steal for the seventh most in the ACC
• Quadrupled his walk total from 2006, drawing 21 free passes
• Had 14 outings with two or more hits
• Had two hitting streaks of six games and two of five games
• Batted .301 with runners on base and .288 with runners in scoring position
• Named to the Texas Collegiate League All-Star Team during summer ball
• Caught for the Duncanville Deputies and committed just two errors in 219 chances behind the plate

2006

• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Started 54 of 55 games played as a freshman, including 51 behind the plate, two as a DH and one at third
• Batted .259 with 27 runs scored and 23 RBI
• Raked 52 hits, including five doubles, a triple and a home run
• Swiped five bases
• Had 14 multiple-hit games, including a career-high four hits against Elon (2/22) and a pair of three-hit efforts
• Had six multiple-RBI games, including a pair of three-RBI performances against Radford (2/25) and Virginia Tech (4/22)
• Added four two-RBI games on the season
• His season-long eight-game hitting streak from April 14 to April 29 was the third-best on the squad
• Also had a six-game hitting streak from March 3 through March 10

High School

• Four-year letterwinner and two-year captain at Northville High School
• First team all-state selection as a junior and senior
• Three-time all-conference selection
• Four-time all-area first team and all-division selection
• Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America selection as a senior
• Hit .462 with one home run and 22 RBI during his senior campaign
• Batted .454 with five home runs and 40 RBI as a junior
• Hit .442 with 18 RBI during his sophomore season
• Batted .422 with 12 RBI as a freshman
• Also lettered in football
• National Honor Society member

Personal

• Born Matthew Randall Williams on February 23, 1987, in Dallas, Texas
• Son of Steve and Kelly Williams
• Has a brother, Dan, and a sister, Katy
• Majoring in Political Science with a certificate in Markets and Management
• Minoring in Religion