WKU Basketball’s Williams Selected as Senior CLASS Award Candidate
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Hilltopper Basketball redshirt senior Carson Williams was selected as one of 30 Senior CLASS Award® candidates for the 2020-21 men’s basketball season. The student-athletes selected have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
Since transferring to WKU after two seasons at Northern Kentucky, Williams has been an upstanding member of the Hilltopper team both on and off the court. In the classroom, the forward currently holds a 4.0 GPA in his master’s program after graduating in the fall of 2019 with undergraduate degrees in criminology and sociology. In 2020, Williams was named to the Conference USA Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team and was on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.
On the court, Williams has started in 46 of his 47 contests at WKU. In 2019-20, he stepped up in the absence of front court partner Charles Bassey to average 14.0 points and 6.6 rebounds per game while often undersized and outmatched against taller, stronger opponents. He also netted 23 of 59 shots from behind the arc and was named to the C-USA All-Conference Third Team.
So far in the 2020-21 campaign, Williams is averaging 6.8 points and 5.6 rebounds. In his last three games, the forward is averaging 13 points and six rebounds per game while shooting 50% overall and from the 3-point line, as well as 79% from the free-throw line.
Between his time at NKU and here on The Hill, Williams has scored 1,300 points and pulled down 680 rebounds while shooting 56.7% from the field.
The Owenton, Ky., native has participated in numerous community services activities with his teammates including two United Way Days of Caring, a full day of community service where WKU Sports student-athletes volunteer time to play with children from the community. He has also volunteered with the squad to put on practices with Camp Happy Days, a program for people with special needs from the Bowling Green community.
Former Hilltopper Justin Johnson made the 2017-18 Senior CLASS First Team as one of five finalists for the award. Since its inception, numerous WKU student-athletes have been named as candidates and finalists for their respective sport’s Senior CLASS Award.
The list of candidates for the Senior CLASS Award will be narrowed to 10 finalists in late February, and those names will be placed on an official ballot. Ballots will be distributed to media, coaches and fans who will select the candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four C’s. The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2021 NCAA Men’s Final Four in the upcoming months.
