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2021-22 Cowboy Basketball Roster
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Williams, Donovan
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Jersey Number 4
Donovan Williams
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Rockford, Ill.
- High School:
- North Star HS
Bio
2021-22 (Sophomore Season)
• Saw action in nine games during his sophomore season with 10.7 minutes contest. Averaged 3.1 points with 1.6 rebounds.
• Earned the opening night start on Nov. 9 against UT-Arlington. Played a season-high 16 minutes with a year-high seven points and three steals.
• Also earned starts against Oakland, Cleveland Sate and Houston.
• Posted five points in a neutral site game against Houston on Dec. 18.
2020-21 (Freshman Season)
• Game-by-Game Stats
• Saw action in six games before sustaining a season-ending knee injury.
• Despite the injury, Williams was a vocal locker room and sideline presence for the entire 2020-21 season.
• Notched steals against Texas Southern, Marquette and Oakland, and blocked a shot against the Golden Eagles.
• Had a pair of two rebounds games at Marquette and against Oral Roberts.
• North Star High School
• Named Nebraska's Mr. Basketball after leading the state with an average of 28.3 points per game.
• Rated as a four-star recruit by both ESPN and Rivals.
• No slouch in the rebounding department, he also hauled in a team-high 8.1 boards per game, and added 1.6 steals and 1.4 assists per game.
• Rivals lists Williams as the nation's 128th ranked recruit, while 247Sports also listed him among the top 150 recruits in the country and the No. 28 shooting guard.
• Three-time First Team All-State selection and a two-time First Team Super-State honoree by the Nebraska Coaches Association.
• The Lincoln Journal Star also had Williams listed among their First-Team All-State selections in 2019 and 2020.
• A true scorer from all three levels, Williams posted a school-record 50 points against Class A state champion Bellevue West just days after scoring 44 points against Lincoln Northeast.
• Williams set new school records for points in a career, single-single season scoring average, as well as 3-pointers in a season and career.
• As a junior, he averaged 21 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game while leading North Star to the Class A semifinals.
• The three-time all-city first-team selection scored 18.3 points an outing as a sophomore.
• Williams, who plans to study criminal justice at OSU, chose the Cowboys over scholarship opportunities from Kansas State, Texas, Nebraska and others.
• Key member of the Cowboy signing class that was ranked No. 4 by Rivals.
Personal
• Born on March 10, 2001.
• Is the son of Will Williams, Elizabeth Seitz and Daniel English.
• Has four siblings; Bryson, Katelynn, Trey and Morgan.
• An athletic family, Bryson played football at Wisconsin and Trey ran track at Nebraska.
• Has not officially declared a major, but plans to study business marketing at Oklahoma State.
• Saw action in nine games during his sophomore season with 10.7 minutes contest. Averaged 3.1 points with 1.6 rebounds.
• Earned the opening night start on Nov. 9 against UT-Arlington. Played a season-high 16 minutes with a year-high seven points and three steals.
• Also earned starts against Oakland, Cleveland Sate and Houston.
• Posted five points in a neutral site game against Houston on Dec. 18.
2020-21 (Freshman Season)
• Game-by-Game Stats
• Saw action in six games before sustaining a season-ending knee injury.
• Despite the injury, Williams was a vocal locker room and sideline presence for the entire 2020-21 season.
• Notched steals against Texas Southern, Marquette and Oakland, and blocked a shot against the Golden Eagles.
• Had a pair of two rebounds games at Marquette and against Oral Roberts.
• North Star High School
• Named Nebraska's Mr. Basketball after leading the state with an average of 28.3 points per game.
• Rated as a four-star recruit by both ESPN and Rivals.
• No slouch in the rebounding department, he also hauled in a team-high 8.1 boards per game, and added 1.6 steals and 1.4 assists per game.
• Rivals lists Williams as the nation's 128th ranked recruit, while 247Sports also listed him among the top 150 recruits in the country and the No. 28 shooting guard.
• Three-time First Team All-State selection and a two-time First Team Super-State honoree by the Nebraska Coaches Association.
• The Lincoln Journal Star also had Williams listed among their First-Team All-State selections in 2019 and 2020.
• A true scorer from all three levels, Williams posted a school-record 50 points against Class A state champion Bellevue West just days after scoring 44 points against Lincoln Northeast.
• Williams set new school records for points in a career, single-single season scoring average, as well as 3-pointers in a season and career.
• As a junior, he averaged 21 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game while leading North Star to the Class A semifinals.
• The three-time all-city first-team selection scored 18.3 points an outing as a sophomore.
• Williams, who plans to study criminal justice at OSU, chose the Cowboys over scholarship opportunities from Kansas State, Texas, Nebraska and others.
• Key member of the Cowboy signing class that was ranked No. 4 by Rivals.
Personal
• Born on March 10, 2001.
• Is the son of Will Williams, Elizabeth Seitz and Daniel English.
• Has four siblings; Bryson, Katelynn, Trey and Morgan.
• An athletic family, Bryson played football at Wisconsin and Trey ran track at Nebraska.
• Has not officially declared a major, but plans to study business marketing at Oklahoma State.
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