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2012 Baseball Roster

35 Abram Williams

35 Abram Williams

  • Position:
    Right-handed Pitcher
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    175
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Radford, Va.
  • Highschool:
    Radford

Summary

Biography

2012 Season
Team captain for the Highlanders ... Named to the NCBWA National Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List ... Collegebaseballinsider.com Honorable Mention Preseason All-America

2011 Highlights
Radford’s single-season and career saves leader ... First Team All-Big South selection ... Set the Big South’s single-season saves record ... Named to the NCBWA National Stopper of the Year Watch List April 21 ... Fifth on Radford’s career ERA list ... 17 saves on 19 chances ... Picked up his first save since Feb. 26, 2008 with a two-inning performance against Army (Feb. 18) ... Preserved a tie with 2 1/3 scoreless innings in the win over Auburn (Feb. 25) ... survived a two-on, nobody out situation in the ninth inning in a 6-6 tie ... Earned his second save, stranding the tying run at third base in the ninth inning in a win over Fordham (March 5) ... Struck out the side in the second game of the Hartford series (March 12) for his third save in as many tries ... Saved two games on the same day, getting the final two outs in the opener with Cornell (including 2 Ks) and the final out of game two (March 19) ... Picked up his sixth save in a win at Virginia Tech (March 29) ... Earned his second two-inning save in the series finale against Presbyterian, entering the game with two on and no one out, allowing just one inherited runner to score (April 3) ... Converted his eighth save in an extended outing (2 2/3 IP) in the second game against VMI ... worked out of a bases-loaded, none-out situation and got a 4-6-3 double play to end the game (April 10) ... Set the Radford single-season saves mark with two saves on the same day against Winthrop (April 17) ... in the first game, walked two batters before getting the final out in a scoreless ninth ... in the second game, he allowed two hits before the final out to set the new record ... Came on for the final 1 1/3 innings against Appalachian State, and got the save with runners at second and third in the ninth (April 26) ... Earned his 12th save with his fifth multi-inning save effort at Marshall, working two scoreless innings to close out the game (May 10) ... Got game-ending double plays in both High Point series wins (May 14-15) ... Named Big South co-Pitcher of the Week for the first time following his three saves (May 10-15) ... Saved two games in the Liberty series to briefly assume the nation’s lead in saves and match the Big South record of 16 (May 19-20) ... Became the league’s new single-season saves leader when he worked the ninth inning in the Big South play-in game against VMI (May 24)

2010 Highlights
Made a career-high 24 appearances, all in late-inning relief … Led the Radford pitching staff in opponents’ batting average at .252 … Had the team’s best hits-innings pitched ratio (allowed 41 hits in 44 2/3 innings) ... Picked up his first win of the season with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief against Princeton (March 5) ... Worked three or more scoreless innings in back -to-back relief outings against Rider (G1, March 14) and UNC Asheville (March 19) ... Earned his second win of the season against Rider (March 14) ... Put together a streak of four consecutive scoreless appearances, working 10 2/3 innings between March 14-April 2 ...  Went 3 1/3 scoreless to close out the game in a loss to Liberty (April 11) ... Threw two perfect innings with a pair of strikeouts to wrap up a series opening win against High Point (April 16) ... Went two scoreless innings to close out the series finale with Presbyterian, earning his third win of the season ... Named to the New York Collegiate Baseball League All-Star team as a member of the Amsterdam Mohawks ... Selected as the 2010 Recover Sports Grill Mohawks Player of the Year and the NYCBL Championship Series Defensive MVP

2009 Highlights
Made his first appearance back from “Tommy John” surgery in an inning-and-two-thirds of relief at UAB on Feb. 21 ... First collegiate start came on March 9, 4 1/3 innings allowing three runs on six hits with six strikeouts March 9 against Bryant ... Had his first Big South start 13 days later at Presbyterian, allowing five runs on eight hits while striking out a career-high seven in 6 2/3 innings in a loss March 22 ... No-decision in a win over Winthrop March 29; went a then-career-long seven innings, allowing just one earned run ... Continued a 12-inning scoreless streak with eight shutout innings in a win at UNC Asheville April 5

2008 Highlights
Missed the final two months of the season with an elbow injury ... Tossed three innings of relief to earn his first career save in his collegiate debut against Georgetown on Feb. 23 ... Earned his first career win in Game 1 of a doubleheader against Seton Hall (2 1/3 IP, 1 K) ... Season-high 3 2/3 innings and five strikeouts in a win over North Carolina A&T on March 16 ... Four scoreless relief outings

CAREER STATISTICS

Year
ERA
W
L
App
GS
CG
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
2B
3B
HR
BF
B/Avg
WP
HBP
2008
2.35
2
1
8
0
0
2
15.1
21
9
4
2
16
2
1
2
72
.300
1
0
2009
5.95
2
5
12
10
0
0
56.0
74
40
37
17
31
10
0
10
253
.323
7
1
2010
4.03
3
1
24
0
0
0
44.2
41
21
20
14
42
5
1
2
187
.252
8
4
2011
3.48
0
2
24
0
0
17
31.0
41
15
12
12
28
3
0
1
144
.331
5
3
TOTAL
4.47
7
9
68
10
0
19
147.0
177
85
73
45
117
20
2
15
656
.302
21
8


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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2008Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11" 170 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2009Redshirt Freshman

    Right-handed Pitcher
    5'11" 170 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2010Sophomore

    Right-handed Pitcher
    5'11" 175 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2011Junior

    Right-handed Pitcher
    5'11" 175 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2012Redshirt Senior

    Right-handed Pitcher
    5'11" 175 lbs
    35