Alex Williams Season 2020

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 team champion (2022)
• Drafted in the 11th round (No. 322) of the 2022 MLB Draft (Miami Marlins)
• Collegiate Baseball All-America first team (2022)
• College Baseball Foundation All-America first team (2022)
• NCBWA All-America second team (2022)
• ABCA All-America third team (2022)
• Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year (2022)
• ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first team (2022)
• College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year semifinalist (2022)
• All-Pac-12 first team (2022)
• All-Pac-12 defensive team (2022)
• Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal (2022)
• Three-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 18, 2020; April 11, 2022, May 9, 2022)
• Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America (2019)
• NCBWA Freshman All-America (2019)
• Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-America (2019)
• Baseball America Freshman All-America second team (2019)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team (2022)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2022)
• Senior CLASS Award All-America first team (2022)
• Senior CLASS Award finalist (2022)
• Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)

As a Senior (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

• Drafted in the 11th round (No. 322) of the 2022 MLB Draft (Miami Marlins)
• Collegiate Baseball All-America first team
• College Baseball Foundation All-America first team
• NCBWA All-America second team
• ABCA All-America third team
• Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year
• ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first team
• College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year semifinalist
• All-Pac-12 first team
• All-Pac-12 defensive team
• Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal
• Two-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (April 11, May 9)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Senior CLASS Award All-America first team
• Senior CLASS Award finalist
• Went 8-4 with a 3.20 ERA while striking out 96 compared to 25 walks over 101 1/3 innings
• Managed a quality start in nine of his 18 starts
• Ranked third in Pac-12 in ERA, wins and strikeouts and posted a 1.11 WHIP to place fourth
• Held opponents to a .229 average against and posted a Pac-12-best two complete games
• 5-0 with a 1.36 ERA and 64 strikeouts over 10 starts in Pac-12 play (10 ER in 66 1/3 IP)
• Went 6-0 with a 0.45 ERA (3 ER in 59 2/3 innings) over his last eight starts in the regular season
• Earned the win on Opening Day after tossing three scoreless innings vs. Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 18)
• Allowed one run on three hits with six strikeouts over five innings to earn the victory over Louisiana from the Karbach Round Rock Classic (Feb. 25)
• Struck out 10 over six innings against Oregon (March 11)
• Allowed one unearned run over seven innings with 10 strikeouts at No. 16 Arizona (March 19)
• No decision in a 1-0 Cardinal victory at No. 3 Oregon State after tossing 6 1/3 scoreless with three strikeout (April 1)
• Three-hit shutout with six strikeouts to beat Arizona State and earn Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (April 8)
• Earned the victory at No. 12 UCLA after tossing five innings and allowing an unearned run with eight strikeouts (April 14)
• Tossed eight innings and allowed one run on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts to earn the victory vs. Grand Canyon (April 22)
• Struck out seven and allowed just one run over six innings at Washington (April 29)
• Allowed two unearned runs on four hits with seven strikeouts over 8 1/3 innings to beat Cal (May 6) to earn Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week
• Eight shutout frames on 88 pitches while allowing three hits and striking out six in a victory at Utah (May 13)
• Complete game allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts vs. USC in final regular-season start (May 19)

As a Junior (2021)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Made 12 appearances, including 11 starts, while pitching to a 5-2 record and a 3.42 ERA
• Logged 55 1/3 innings and struck out 54 batters compared to just 17 walks
• Limited opponents to a .192 average against
• Went 2-2 and struck out 30 in 33 innings of work against Pac-12 opponents
• Made three postseason starts, compiling a 3-0 record and a 2.11 ERA over 21 1/3 innings with 23 strikeouts
• Four shutout innings while allowing just one hit with four strikeouts at USC (May 2)
• Tossed six shutout innings, allowing three hits with six strikeouts, to pick up the victory in the rubber game of the series with No. 9 Arizona (May 9)
• No decision at California after leaving with the lead and contributing seven innings while allowing just three runs on five hits with three strikeouts (May 15)
• Earned the victory at No. 13 Oregon after tossing 6 1/3 innings and allowing four runs on six hits and one walk with five strikeouts (May 22)
• Opened the Stanford Regional with a victory over NDSU after tossing seven innings and allowing one run on three hits and two walks with nine strikeouts (June 4)
• Two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts at #8 Texas Tech to hand Stanford a 9-0 win in the Super Regional and punch a ticket to the College World Series (June 12)
• Earned the victory vs. Arizona at the College World Series after allowing four runs over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts in a 14-5 victory (June 21)

As a Sophomore (2020)

• Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 18)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 2-0 with a 0.51 earned-run average in three starts, limiting hitters to a .177 average with an 18-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
• Allowed one run on five hits in 7.0 innings pitched, earning the win against Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 16).

As a Freshman (2019)

• Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America
• NCBWA Freshman All-America
• Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-America
• Baseball America Freshman All-America second team
• Struck out 5 in 6.0 IP in collegiate debut, earning the win while allowing 0 runs on 3 hits and 1 BB at Grand Canyon (Feb. 18)
• Earned the win in 4.2 perfect relief innings at Washington State, striking out four (March 30)
• 2.0 shutout relief innings against Fresno State (April 2)
• Earned the win at San Francisco, allowing one ER in 5.0 innings (April 9)
• Earned the win against San Jose State in 6.0 innings pitched
• Career-high six strikeouts in 7.0 innings of one-run ball at Santa Clara (April 30)
• Career-high 7.2 innings of one-run ball against Cal Poly (May 14), allowing one run on four hits
• Complete game with a career-high seven strikeouts in Stanford's 12-3 win over Sacramento State to stave off elimination (June 2)

Prior to Stanford

• Prepped at Redwood Christian High School in San Lorenzo, California
• Three-time league champions (2015, 2017-18)
• Three-year captain of the baseball team (2016-18) and two-year captain of the basketball team (2017-18)
• Three-time Team MVP (2016-18)
• League MVP (2017-18)
• League’s Most Valuable Pitcher (2016-17)
• Small Schools State Player of the Year (2018)
• Second-team All-League in basketball (2017-18)
• Played club for Phenom (2014), NorCal Young Guns (2015-16), CAB Soldiers (2017) and PUF Capitalists (2018)

Personal

• Son of Alicia and Joseph Williams
• Has an older sister, Nia, and a younger sister, Sarah
• Avid A’s and Warriors fan