Jason Williams (Radford basketball)
Jason Williams is an American former basketball player.
Playing career
Williams is from Bladensburg, Maryland[1] and attended Bladensburg High School.[2] In his senior year of 1996–97, Williams was named to Prince George's County's 3A/2A First Team and also to the Washington, D.C. all-metro area fourth team.[2] Williams went on to play college basketball at Radford University between 1997–98 and 2000–01.[3] During his four-year career, Williams recorded 1,176 points (12.6 per game average), 412 rebounds (4.4), 173 assists (1.9) and 128 steals (1.4).[3] His best season came in 1999–2000 during his junior year. He averaged career-highs of 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as he led the Highlanders to a 12–2 Big South Conference record.[3][4] They won the conference regular season championship[4] and Williams was named the Big South Conference Player of the Year.[5] Other accolades in college include being a two-time First Team All-Conference player (2000, 2001) and an All-Big South Tournament selection (2001).[5] After college, Williams had a brief stint in the NBA Development League. He appeared in eight games for the Greenville Groove in the late portion of the 2001–02 season.[6] In the 2002 playoffs he appeared in five games; the Groove went on to win the D-League championship.[6][7]
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