Colorado University Athletics

2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster

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Jersey Number 5

Jeremy Williams

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    220
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Memphis, Tenn.
  • High School:
    Hamilton HS

COLORADO (freshman year): Played in all 27 games with 18 starts ... Averaged 7.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game ... Was fifth in scoring with 207 points ... Shot just under 50 percent from the field (80-for-164, .488) ... From the free throw line was 40-for-66 (.606) ... Tied for second in the offensive glass with 49 rebounds and fourth with 74 defensive rebounds; overall was fourth in team rebounding (123) ... Also contributed 22 blocked shots, 21 assists and 20 steals ... Led CU in rebounding five times (one shared), steals five times (three shared), and in blocked shots five times (one shared) ... On the glass had 17 games with at least four or more rebounds in a game and four games with six or more defensive ... Grabbed a career-best 12 boards at Oklahoma (Jan. 10), also had 10 rebounds against Pepperdine (Dec. 4) ... Scored over 10 points, eight times including season-high 18 points at Baylor (Jan. 30), also had a season-best in minutes (37) with offensive rebounds (6) against the Bears ... Netted a pair of 15-point efforts against Missouri (Jan. 24) and at Mizzou (Feb. 28) ... In his 18 starts, averaged 7.9 points and 4.4 rebounds ... At one point, started 12 straight games averaging 7.9 points, 3.8 rebounds with 10 blocks and 10 steals; shot 38-for-75 (.507) from the field ... Grabbed eight first half rebounds at Kansas (Jan. 27) finishing with 11 points and tying a season-best three steals ... Started his first game as a Buff against Utah (Nov. 21).

 

HAMILTON HS: Averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds, 3.4 blocks and four assists as a senior ... Helped lead Hamilton to a perfect 39-0 record, a Class AAA state title and a No. 7 national ranking in USA Today’s end-of-season Super 25 ... Finalist for Mr. Tennessee Basketball Award ... Was an all-state, all-region, all-metro first team selection ... Also named the team’s most valuable player ... Member of a number of championship teams: state, league, regional, city, sub-state ... Averaged a double-double his junior year (20 ppg, 10 rpg.) ... Four-year prep record was an impressive 109-32 (.773) ... Was also a member of the state and sub-state champion track team.

 

ACADEMICS: Is an open option major in Colorado’s College of Arts and Sciences.

 

PERSONAL: Born Jeremy Jamaal Williams on November 7, 1987 in Memphis, Tenn. ... Son of Gregory Williams and Jewel Fason Plunkett ... Has three younger sisters, Charity, Octavia and Faith ... Would like to become a psychiatrist ... Enjoys swimming, playing the saxophone (tenor) and the piano ... Lists winning the state championship in track and basketball, and graduating as his biggest moments of high school career.

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