AmariWilliams

2024-25:
Started all 36 games for the Wildcats … NABC Second Team All-District selection … Kareem-Abdul Jabbar Award Preseason Watch List … Averaged 10.9 points per game, a team-high 8.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists … Was the team leader with a 56.1 percent field-goal percentage, a career best … His 115 total assists on the season tied for the team lead and were the most ever by a 7-footer at Kentucky … Totaled 391 points, 306 rebounds, 115 assists, 44 blocks and 20 steals … Was the second men’s basketball player in SEC history to have at least 375 points, 300 rebounds, 100 assists, 40 blocks and 20 steals in a single season alongside Johni Broome this year … He is just the 25th player in NCAA Division I history to reach those marks and the first ever to do so while playing fewer than 1,000 minutes … Finished the season with 39.6 points-rebounds-assists per 40 minutes, the third highest by a Kentucky player since 1996-97 … Scored in double-figures 21 times … Had 16 games with 10 or more rebounds … Posted 10 double-doubles, including eight in SEC play … Posted a line of 14 points, four rebounds and three assists in NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game vs. Tennessee … Averaged 9.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists across Kentucky’s three NCAA Tournament games … Scored 16 points and had seven rebounds plus four assists in SEC Tournament quarterfinal against Alabama … Made a career-high 10 free throws on his way to 14 points and eight rebounds in regular-season finale at Missouri while reaching 1,000 rebounds for his career … Had 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists against No. 1 Auburn … Finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and six assists on the road at Alabama … Was a perfect 6 of 6 from the field and 5 of 5 from the line at Vanderbilt, finishing with 17 points and four blocks to become the first NCAA Division I player or NBA Player since Pau Gasol on Nov. 21, 2010 to record 15 or more points, have four or more blocks, no fouls and shoot 100 percent from both the field and free throw line … Scored 18 points and snatched 12 rebounds at Texas while hitting his lone 3-pointer of the season … Became the fourth player in program history to register a triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists at Ole Miss … Scored a season-high 22 points along with 11 rebounds vs. Arkansas … Grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds, also scoring 10 points, in road win over Tennessee … Collected 10 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in a road victory against Mississippi State … Recorded 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists in home win vs. Florida … Scored 15 points and totaled eight rebounds vs. Colgate … Put together 13 points and 14 rebounds vs. Bucknell, his second consecutive double-double to start the season … Began the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds in season-opener vs. Wright State.

2023-24 (at Drexel):
First player to be named CAA Defensive Player of the Year in three straight seasons … A First Team All-CAA selection … Finished his Drexel career with 186 blocks, which is fifth all-time at DU … Scored 1,081 points and had 732 rebounds … Graduated with a degree in communication … All-District pick for the second straight season …Finished his final season at Drexel averaging 12.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots … Led the conference in rejections for the third straight year and was fifth in the CAA in rebounding … Blocked a shot with just three seconds remaining to preserve Drexel’s first-ever Big 5 win against Villanova … Had five blocks in the game … A two-time Big 5 Player of the Week … Recorded eight double-doubles and finished his career with 24 … Scored in double figures 23 times and had 10 or more rebounds 10 times … Had 21 points and 11 rebounds vs. Delaware … Led DU with 20 at Charleston … Shot 52% from the floor and finished second on the team with 27 steals … Selected as the team’s Most Valuable Player … Earned the Drexel “D” Award winner for the third straight season and was once again the “Sweep” Award winner as the team’s top rebounder … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 (at Drexel):
Emerged as one of the top big men in the Colonial Athletic Association …Named the CAA’s Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season … Became only the second Dragon to win the award in consecutive years … First Team All-CAA selection … Led the CAA in blocked shots (67) and in field-goal percentage (.523) … Was 14^th in the nation with 2.23 blocks per game … Finished second in the league in rebounding (8.8) and tied for 13th in scoring with 13.7 points per game … Led the Dragons with 41 steals … Recorded nine double-doubles … Scored 19 points and added 12 rebounds in Drexel’s win against College of Charleston … Was 6 for 8 from the floor in the game … Scored a career-high 23 points at Elon … Led Drexel with 20 points against both Penn and Florida Gulf Coast … Recorded 10 points or more in 26 of 30 games and had double figures in rebounds 12 times … Named CAA Player of the Week on Jan. 2 after averaging 14 points, 11.5 rebounds and five blocks in two Drexel wins … Blocked a career-high six shots against William & Mary … Snared a season-best 16 rebounds at Monmouth … Named the  Drexel “D” Award winner and the “Sweep” Award winner as the team’s top rebounder … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22 (at Drexel):
Had a breakout season for the Dragons … Named the CAA’s Defensive Player of the Year … Was a Third Team All-CAA selection … Led the CAA in blocked shots with more than two a game … Also finished third in the CAA with 7.4 rebounds per contest … Averaged 9.5 points per game and shot 52.1% from the floor … Recorded six double-doubles … Scored 20 points and had a career-high 19 rebounds against UNCW … Had 21 points and 12 rebounds in the win at JMU … Scored the game-winner on a dunk at the buzzer against College of Charleston … Reached double figures in scoring 14 times and had 10 or more rebounds on eight occasions … Named the Drexel “D” Award winner and was the team’s Samuel D. Cozen Award recipient as the most improved player … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll … Selected to represent Great Britain in the World Cup Qualifiers against Greece and Turkey in the summer of 2022.

2020-21 (at Drexel):
A member of Drexel’s 2021 Colonial Athletic Association championship team … Came off the bench in 15 games during his freshman season on campus … Scored a season-high five points and had a pair of blocked shots in the second win against Quinnipiac … Grabbed five rebounds in the victory at Fairleigh Dickinson … Ended the season with three assists and two rebounds against Illinois in the NCAA Tournament … Shot 42.9% from the floor in his first year … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduated from Myerscough College in Preston, England … Was a member of Great Britain’s U20, U18 and U16 teams … Averaged  9.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and a block during the U20 European Youth Basketball League Championships.

PERSONAL:
Born Jan. 28 in Nottingham, England … Parents are Sharon and Gerry Williams … Has a brother, Hakim … Graduated from Drexel with a degree in communication … First time he dunked was during a national league game in England at age 14 … Played soccer growing up … Favorite TV show is Outer Banks … Lists his parents and all of his teammates over the years who have influenced his life the most … Favorite food is barbeque based pizza … A superpower he’d most like to have is teleportation … All-time favorite basketball player is Derrick Rose, also likes Nikola Jokic … Favorite former Wildcats are Devin Booker and Sacha Killeya-Jones who he plays with on the England National Team.