2008 Baseball Roster

Seth Williams
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hendersonville, NC
- High School:
- North Henderson
JUNIOR (2007)
Appeared in 69 games and made 63 starts, mainly in center field • Hit .293 (68-for-232) with 46 runs scored and 42 RBI • Finished third on the team with nine home runs and added 10 doubles • Posted a .453 slugging percentage • Swiped six bases in seven chances • Hit .321 with three home runs and 19 RBI in ACC action • Finished with 19 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games • Ranked second on the team with a .317 average (13-for-41) with a homer versus No. 1 Rice June 21 and six RBI in the NCAA Tournament • Registered three multi-hit games in the NCAA tourney • Posted a nine-game hitting streak from May 24 to June 10 over the ACC and NCAA tournaments • Had a career-high four hits and scored two runs at No. 1 Florida State April 22 • Homered and scored a career-best four runs versus Georgia Tech Mary 13 • Homered and matched career highs with three runs scored and four RBI against Davidson March 28 • Belted a walk-off, three-run homer versus Charlotte April 10 • Also had three RBI in the April 13 win over Duke • Went 6-for-12 with a homer and four RBI in a series sweep at Boston College • Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBI and a home run at Elon May 8 • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. Summer 2007: Played with the Wilmington Sharks of the Coastal Plain League • Hit .333 in 14 games • Had 16 hits, including four doubles and two home runs • Drove in eight runs and slugged .542.
SOPHOMORE (2006)
Made 52 starts and hit a career-best .298 (51-for-171) despite being hampered by a hamstring injury for much of the season • Drove in 23 runs and scored 20 times • Hit three home runs and added 12 doubles and one triple • Tallied 12 multi-hit games, including three three-hit efforts • Batted .375 (18-for-48) against left-handed pitching and .322 (29-for-90) with runners on base • Hit safely in 10 of 11 NCAA Tournament games to finish the season on a 10-game hitting streak • Hit .395 (17-for-43) in the postseason, including a .375 (9-for-24) mark in the College World Series • Named to the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional All-Tournament Team • Had a career-best three hits against Winthrop June 3, Cal State Fullerton June 21 and Maryland March 19 • Homered and drove in a season-high three runs against Purdue March 4 • Also hit home runs in back-to-back games against George Mason March 15 and Maryland March 17. Summer 2006: Hit .178 in 26 games with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod League • Hit one home run with two doubles and eight RBI.
FRESHMAN (2005)
One of the country's top power-hitting rookies • Earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball • Played in 53 games and made 38 starts in right field and center field • Hit 13 home runs, the second most by a freshman in Carolina history • Batted .280 with 32 runs scored, eight doubles and 34 runs batted in • Posted a .593 slugging percentage, which ranked fifth in the ACC • Also ranked fifth with 0.25 home runs per game • Had nine multi-hit games and was third on the team with 11 multi-RBI games • Also had a 14-game hitting streak, the longest on the team, from April 12 to May 10 • Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, three RBI and his first career home run versus College of Charleston March 9 • Drove in a season-best four runs with a grand slam against Winthrop March 29 • Was 3-for-4 with three RBI and a homer against Virginia April 2 • Homered twice in the Miami series • Drove in seven runs over a four-game stretch from April 23-27 • Also an outstanding defensive outfielder and did not commit an error on the season. Summer 2005: Played with the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League • Led the team with a .299 average and hit four home runs • Also drove in 19 runs • Pitched in eight games and went 1-2 with a 5.11 earned run average • Selected to play in the CPL All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby • Named the league's Rawlings Co-Hitter of the Week for week four after batting .571 • Rated the No. 8 prospect in the Coastal Plain League by Baseball America.
NORTH HENDERSON HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of baseball at North Henderson under head coach Scott Rhodes • North Carolina all-state selection in 2003 • Earned all-region honors from 2002-04 • Three-time all-conference honoree • Played in the North Carolina-South Carolina All-Star Game in 2004 • Team MVP as a junior and senior and named school's most valuable athlete as a senior • Played in the State Games in 2002 and '03 • Also played basketball for four years and football for three years. Summer 2004: Played with American Legion Post 77 and hit .426 with 10 home runs.
PERSONAL
Seth Matthew Williams is the son of Charlie and Jeri Williams • Majoring in sports administration at Carolina • Father lettered in football at Carolina • Has two sisters, Carlie and Corey • Lists "Caddyshack" as his favorite movie • Favorite athlete is Vladamir Guerrero • Favorite team is the St. Louis Cardinals • Modeled his game after Ted Williams • Favorite food is crab dip.
CAREER STATS
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2005 .280 53-38 150 32 42 8 0 13 34 89 .593 17 2 41 3 .359 1 1 3-4 79 2 0 1.000 2006 .298 53-52 171 20 51 12 1 3 23 74 .433 20 6 29 1 .385 3 3 4-6 87 5 4 .958 2007 .293 69-63 232 46 68 10 0 9 42 105 .453 34 8 20 7 .399 2 3 6-7 155 5 2 .988 TOTAL .291 175-153 553 98 161 30 1 25 99 268 .485 71 16 90 11 .384 6 7 13-17 321 12 6 .982