Maurice Williams

Height:
6-2
Weight:
175
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
West Orange, N.J.
High School:
West Orange
Prev School:
University of Cincinnati

**2021 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**

2021: Played in all 17 games starting thirteen of them... Picked up two points (two assists) across 1211 minutes on the defensive front for the Pirates... Played all 110 minutes in the shutout against Temple (8/26)... Picked up two assists in the draw with No. 10 Virginia Tech (9/6)... Played all 95 minutes in The Hall's overtime victory over NJIT (9/10)... Has a hand in the Pirates' back-to-back shutouts over BIG EAST foes DePaul (10/13) and St. John's (10/16)... Logged all 90 minutes in the victory at Butler (10/27).

2020-21: Played in fifteen matches starting fourteen of them... Logged 1291 minutes with nine points (4 goals, 1 assist) with six of his nine shots coming on net from the center back spot... Picked up his first point as a Pirate with an assist win over La Salle (2/20)... Scored the game-winning goal against UConn (3/27)... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/29)... Named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (3/29)... Tallied twice in the Pirates' BIG EAST Tournament semifinal win over No. 17 Marquette (4/15)... Named the BIG EAST Tournament's Most Outstanding Defensive Player for his performance in the Pirates' title run... Named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week for the second time of the season (4/20)... Scored the first equalizer for the Pirates as they advanced past Virginia Tech (5/6) in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16... in the season opener at NJIT (2/17)... Scored the game-winning goal in OT in the Pirates come-from-behind win at St. John's (3/17)... Part of the 2020 BIG EAST Championship team.

2019 (at Cincinnati): Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team... Mo, played in 16 games, starting 15... Had seven shots on target, four of which found the target... Aided Bearcats' to two clean sheets... Logged 1320 minutes on his 2019 season.

2018 (at Cincinnati): Did not see game action as a freshman.

High School / Personal: Product of West Orange High School in West Orange, New Jersey … Played club with TSF Soccer Academy … Super Essex Conference (SEC) Player of the Year and Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey (SCANJ) First Team All-State selection in 2017 … Recorded six goals and two assists starting every match this past season for state semifinalist West Orange … Member of the National Honor Society … Father, Mark, played soccer collegiately at both William Carey University and Mercy College.