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2023-24 UAA Men's Basketball Roster

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1 Jaron Williams

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Anchorage
  • High School Bettye Davis East HS
  • Previous Team Spokane CC
  • Experience 1VL
  • Instagram ronniefromak
  • Twitter @ronniefromak

Biography

2023-24 (Sr.): Was third-leading scorer (9.8 ppg) and second-leading rebounder (3.9 rpg) for UAA squad that went 22-11 and reached NCAA Tournament … helped Seawolves to Great Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament runner-up finish, scoring league career-high 23 points (7-13 FG, 4-6 3FG, 5-5 FT) in first-round victory over Saint Martin’s … recorded GNAC top-20 ranks in steals (9th, 1.3 spg), assists (16th, 2.3 apg), A/T ratio (17th, 1.7) and free throw pct. (19th, .711) … aided Seawolf defense that led GNAC and ranked 11th in NCAA Div. II with 65.0 ppg allowed … made all-tourney team at Hoops In Hawaii Classic and was GNAC Player of the Week for Dec. 9-19 … scored career-high 29 points to lead 77-72 road win over Hawaii Pacific, with 11-of-13 (.846) shooting performance tying for 13th on UAA single-game accuracy list (min. 10 att.) ... scored double figures 13 times and had at least five rebounds on 12 occasions … other top efforts included 15 points (6-12 FG), 3 assists and 2 steals in 84-78 victory over GNAC regular-season champ MSU Billings; 14 points (3-5 FG, 7-10 FT), 8 rebounds, 6 assists and one turnover in 71-69 win over Western Washington; 12 points (6-8 FT), career-high 9 rebounds and 4 assists in 80-79 road victory over No. 17 Saint Martin’s; and 12 points (5-7 FG), 4 assists and 2 blocks in Nov. 66-52 win over Adams State … received UAA Athletic Department’s GCI Born & Raised Award for outstanding contributions to his team.

2022-23 (Jr.): Played in all 27 contests, providing spark off the bench with 6.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals … posted Great Northwest Athletic Conference ranks of 6th in steals, 4th in assist/turnover ratio (2.3) and 18th in assists … helped Seawolves to NCAA Div. II national team ranks of 2nd in turnover margin (+8.1) and turnovers forced per game (19.5), 7th in steals (9.9 spg), 13th in A/T ratio (1.5) and 14th in assists (17.1 apg) … scored double figures six times, with season highs of 19 points (7-12 FG) and 7 rebounds in Dec. 28 win over Portland Bible … made at least one field goal in 25 of 27 games … top efforts included 16 points (4-8 FG, 2-3 3FG, 6-7 FT) and 3 assists in home win over Alaska Fairbanks; 10 points (4-4 FG, 2-2 FT) in 72-71 road loss to Seattle Pacific; 8 points (4-5 FG) in road win over Central Washington; and 10 points (4-8 FG, 2-2 FT) in season-ending road upset of MSU Billings.

BEFORE UAA: Spent three seasons at Spokane Community College in Washington, scoring 919 points in 65 career games … averaged 14.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.9 steals and posted a 2.2-to-1 A/T ratio in 2021-22, shooting .429 overall and .777 at free-throw stripe … named to NWAC East Region All-Defensive Team and helped SCC to second round of NWAC Tournament in final season, with six 20-point scoring efforts all coming after Jan. 26 … equaled career-high 30 points in narrow wins over Yakima Valley and Walla Walla … started all 11 games in Covid-shortened 2020-21 campaign, averaging 13.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a 3.2-to-1 A/T ratio … started 20 of 24 games a true freshman for squad that went 24-6 overall and 13-3 in NWAC, posting 14.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.6 apg and 3.0 spg … earned First Team All-NWAC and East Region Defensive Player of the Year honors as rookie.

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped East Anchorage to ASAA 4A State Tournament all four seasons, including third-place finish as freshman in 2016 and fourth place as senior in 2019 … named AABC Second Team All-State in final campaign and earned spot on ASAA State All-Tournament Team.

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 2, 2001 in Anchorage, Alaska … son of Rakia Harris and Chuck Williams … has two brothers and one sister.

MAJOR: Journalism & Public Communications ... graduated May 2024.

Career Highs
Points – 29 at Hawaii Pacific, 12/19/23
Rebounds – 9 at Saint Martin’s, 2/22/24
Assists – 6, twice (last: vs Northwest Nazarene, 3/8/24)
Blocks – 2, twice (last: vs Simon Fraser, 2/15/24)
Steals – 5 vs Western Washington, 1/12/23

Career Stats
Season       GP-GS  Min/Avg   FG-FGA  FG% 3FG-Att 3FG%  FT-FTA  FT%  OR- DR-REB/AVG  PF-D   A  TO  BK  ST  PTS/AVG
2022-23 (Jr) 27-2   574/21.3  71-161 .441   4-23  .174  30- 40 .750  24- 52- 76/2.8  32-0  60  26   4  38  176/6.5
2023-24 (Sr) 33-0   806/24.4 116-264 .439  23-74  .311  69- 97 .711  32- 96-128/3.9  74-0  76  46  12  43  324/9.8
Totals       60-2  1380/23.0 187-425 .440  27-97  .278  99-137 .723  56-148-204/3.4 106-0 136  72  16  81  500 8.3

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