Armani Williams

Position:
Guard
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill. (Texas-Arlington
High School:
Elgin HS
Prev School:
Texas-Arlington

2010-11 (sophomore): Averaged 15.3 minutes of playing time through 23 games as a sophomore at UT-Arlington … Scored 134 points on .41-of-126 (.325) shooting … 32 of his 41 field goals were taken from 3-point range … Pulled down 23 rebounds, dished out 10 assists, blocked one shot and came up with six steals … Reached double-digit scoring totals in four games, including his season debut (12pts.) vs. Texas-Tyler … Scored a season-best 14 point vs. Lamar on 5-of-9 shooting and then poured in 11 points the following game vs. A&M-Corpus Christi.

2009-10 (UT-Arlington): Appeared in 28 games as a freshman ... Finished season averaging 5.8 points per game ... Shot 35 percent from 3-point range (40-114) which was second on the team ... 114 of his 153 field goal attempts were from 3-point range ... Career-highs of 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and 28 minutes vs. UT Dallas early in the season ... Followed that game with a 16-point performance vs. Utah Valley ... Conference season-high 12 points at UCA ... Scored in double figures five times which also included 14 points vs. North Dakota and 15 vs. Texas Wesleyan.

2008-09 (Redshirt): Underwent knee surgery at the beginning of the season ... Returned during the season to practice with the team.

High School: Finished his four-year career at Elgin as the second-leading scorer in school history with 1,744 career points, 363 behind all-time leader Sean Harrington ... Armani hit 337 career 3-pointers, which is not only a school record but is sixth all-time in the Illinois high school history ... He broke six scoring and 3-point shooting records as a freshman ... Matched his single-game record with 9 3-pointers in a game last January... Maintained a 3.5 grade point average all four years in high school.

Personal: Given name is Armani Rashad Williams … Born 7 Feb 1990 in Chicago ... Raised in Elgin, Ill. ... Son of Edith and L.A. Williams ... Business management major.