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Career Accolades

  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 28, 2023)
  • Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 3, 2022)
  • CSC Academic All-America Second Team (2023)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2023)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)

As a Junior (2023)

  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 28)
  • CSC Academic All-America Second Team
  • CSC Academic All-District 
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Played in all 20 games, starting each
  • Led Stanford to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament, helping Stanford to a 3-0 win against No. 1 Marshall in the third round
    • Scored one of Stanford's three goals in the game
  • Set career high marks in goals (4), assists (7), points (15), shots (22), shots on goal (11), shots on goal percentage (0.500), and game-winning goals (2)
    • Scored goals against Georgetown (8/27), UC Irvine (9/8), San Francisco (10/12), and Marshall (11/26)
  • Tied for third on the team with 15 points and was fourth on the team with seven assists
    • Averaged 1.10 shots per game, 0.35 assists per game, and 0.75 points per game
  • Went the distance, playing all 90 minutes in seven games
  • Part of a Stanford team that ranked fourth in the NCAA in assists per game (2.75), third in total assists (55), eighth in points per game (7.05), sixth in total points (141), 11th in total goals (43), 10th in goal differential (24), and 13th in scoring offense (2.15)

As a Sophomore (2022)

  • Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 3)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Played in all 20 games, starting each
  • Scored three goals and tallied three assists
  • Netted his first goal of the season against San Jose State (9/4)
  • Recorded his first career brace against California (9/29) and also added an assist
  • Fired in 20 shots, including nine on goal
  • Played a season-high 107 minutes against UNC Greensboro (11/27)
  • Went the distance, playing every minute in four games
  • Part of a Stanford offense that ranked eighth nationally in total goals (46), 12th in scoring offense (2.30), 13th in goal differential (+27), and 14th in shots on goal per game (6.80)

As a Freshman (2021)

  • Appeared in 15 matches, starting three
  • Scored one goal on the season, the game winner against San Francisco (11/4)
  • Recorded two assists, one against California (10/3) and one against San Diego State (10/21)
  • Fired four shots on the season
  • Part of a Stanford offense that ranked 19th nationally in assists per game (2.17)

U.S. Soccer

  • Spent time competing the the U.S. national team at the U-17 level in 2018
  • Member of U17 USMNT for International tournament in England (starter in the midfield against England and Russia)
  • Member of U17 USMNT for Nike International Friendlies in 2018 (starter in the midfield against Portugal)
  • Multiple National Training Center Invites between 2015 and 2016
  • 2018 BBVA Bancomer International Tournament, Mexico City, Team Captain, Man of the Match honors
  • Generation Adidas Tournament (2018--2019)

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2021 graduate of The Paideia School
  • Represented Atlanta United 2 (2019-21) and Atlanta United (2016-21) at the club level
    • Made Atlanta United 2 debut on July 13, 2019
    • Made 13 USL appearances including eight starts
    • Two-time Man of the Match (August 17, 2019 and March 8, 2020)
    • Attended preseason with Atlanta United first team for 2020 season (played in games against NYRB, Philadelphia Union, and Elfsborg)
  • Captain of Atlanta United U17 Team
  • Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Team (2018-19)

Personal

  • Full name is William James Reilly
  • Son of Deirdre and Tom Reilly
    • Father, Tom, ran cross country at William & Mary
  • Has an older brother, Jack
  • Enjoys playing piano, reading, and cooking
  • Assistant Copy Editor of the Forum, Paideia’s school newspaper
  • Student Mentor in the Paideia Mentorship Program working with with junior high students
  • Volunteer for the past 10 years at the MLK Service Project
  • Spent time working with Inter Atlanta FC, at Kevin Able Campaign for Congress, Soccer In The Streets, and Connections School of Atlanta