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William & Mary Athletics

2023 Baseball Roster

9 Ben Williamson

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chantilly, Va.
  • High School Freedom

Biography

2023
The Tribe’s first CAA Player of the Year since the 2014 season… First player in William & Mary history to be named First Team All-CAA for three consecutive seasons… Led the league and ranked 38th nationally with a .390 batting average, and was first in the CAA and 15th nationally with a .513 on base percentage… His 82 hits and 57 runs scored were the most by a William & Mary player since the 2014 season… Finished with 49 RBI, 11 doubles, five triples, and 12 home runs… Had 26 games with multiple hits and 14 games with at least three knocks… Recorded 13 games with multiple RBI and was 14/15 in stolen base attempts… Started all 55 games in which he played… Had eight hits, scored nine runs, and drove in seven in a sweep of Marist (2/24-26)... Tripled, homered, and had three hits at Old Dominion (3/1)... Knocked in three and scored three times in a win over Charleston with a homer (3/12)... Was 3-5 with a run scored at ECU (3/15)... Was 4-5 with two doubles in a win over Delaware (4/29)... Was 3-5 with two runs driven in against Northeastern (5/13)... Had three hits and knocked in three at UNCW ( 5/18)... Racked up 40 walks, eight of which were intentional.

2022
Named first-team All-CAA for the second straight season… Also named the conference Defensive Player of the Year… Played in 45 games, making 44 starts splitting time between third base and short… Tied for the team lead in runs scored, ranking sixth in the league with 41… Second on the team with 53 hits including 11 doubles, one triple, and four homers… Knocked in 16 men… Had a .976 fielding percentage on 165 chances in the field… Second on the team recording 16 games with multiple hits… Led the team scoring more than once in 11 games… Scored a career-high four runs against Richmond with a triple and two walks (Feb. 22)... Had three hits including a home run and scored three times in a win over Lafayette (Mar. 5)... Had a season-high four hit game in a win at George Mason, scoring twice and knocking in two (Mar. 20)... Had a season-high six-game hitting streak during the heart of CAA play.

2021
Named First Team All-CAA… Started all 43 games batting lead off and playing third base… Led the team and finished in the top-10 of the CAA with 53 hits… Topped all players with 29 runs scored… Finished fourth on the team with 11 doubles and 19 RBI, and tied for third with three homers… Had the team’s longest hitting streak of the season (16) from March 7 to April 10… Second on the team with 14 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games… Knocked four hits and scored a run at Charleston on March 13… Had first-career three-RBI game in a win over Richmond on April 4… Was 5-9 with three runs scored, three-RBI, and a homer in a double header sweep of Elon on April 17… Had back to back two-RBI games with a home run in each contest against James Madison on May 15-16… Finished the year with six steals on eight attempts… Had a .955 fielding percentage and seven double plays on the year. 

2020
Played in and started 13 games in his freshman season… Saw time at both third base and shortstop… Was 1-4 and scored his first career run 2/16 at ECU… Knocked in his first career run via a triple in a 2/22 win over Fairleigh Dickinson… Was 3-4 with a run scored in a loss at George Washington (3/3)... Was 1-3 with a run and an RBI in a win over Merrimack (3/6)... Was 2-4 with a double and two runs scored 3/7 against Merrimack… Finished the year hitting safely in seven of eight ballgames and five straight… Scored a run in eight straight starts (2/22-3/7)... Finished the year with 12 hits, 10 runs, and five RBI… Posted a .970 fielding percentage and produced seven double plays. 

High School
Played four years at Freedom High School… Earned two varsity letters… Was named First-Team All-Conference, First-Team All-Region, Conference Player of the Year, and Region Player of the Year in the 2019 season… Member of Hope Club and DECA in high school. 
 
Personal
Son of Andrew and Regena Williamson… Born November 5, 2000, in Fairfax, Virginia… Mother, Regena Williamson was a four-year gymnast at James Madison University... Majoring in Business Analytics and Data Science.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    6'0" 190 lbs
    9
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    2021Sophomore

    INF
    6'0" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    INF
    6'0" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    INF
    6'0" 190 lbs
    9