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Devin Williams

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-10
Weight:
200
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Riverside, Calif.
High School:
Centennial HS

2024-25
Redshirted.

2023-24
Played in 10 games … averaged 1.4 points and 0.7 rebounds … logged 3.2 minutes per game off the bench … made 5 of 8 shots (62.5%) and was 4-for-7 at the free throw line (57.1%) … scored a season-high six points in his third collegiate game, shooting 2-for-2 from the field in a win at home against Long Island University (Nov. 15) … had four points and one block in seven minutes off the bench in a 65-50 win at USC (Jan. 27) … totaled a season-high three rebounds in the team’s season-opening win against Saint Francis (Nov. 6).

High School
Was a four-year varsity basketball letterwinner, spending his final three seasons at Centennial High School (Corona, Calif.) under head coach Josh Giles … helped lead Centennial to three consecutive CIF Southern Section Open Division titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023 … spent his freshman year on the varsity basketball team at Corona High School … as a senior in 2022-23, was ranked as the No. 72 player in his high school class by ESPN.com … also was ranked No. 74 in the 247Sports.com composite national player rankings and No. 92 by Rivals.com … was listed as a top-15 player in the state of California in his high school class by 247Sports.com … as a senior, helped lead Centennial to a third straight CIF Southern Section Open Division title … averaged 12.0 points and 7.0 rebounds during his senior season and secured first-team All-Big VIII League honors … Centennial finished the 2022-23 campaign with a 30-4 overall record, losing to Harvard-Westlake (80-61) in the CIF State Open Division regional final (Southern California) … Centennial defeated St. John Bosco, 58-56, at the Honda Center (Anaheim) to secure its third consecutive CIF-SS Open Division crown … Centennial finished the 2022-23 season ranked No. 11 in the final nationwide MaxPreps.com top 25 rankings and No. 10 in the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 rankings … the Huskies had won 20 consecutive games during the 2022-23 season, heading into the CIF State Open Division regional final versus Harvard-Westlake … as a junior, guided Centennial to a second consecutive CIF Southern Section Open Division title before his team won the CIF State Open Division championship with a 59-50 win over Modesto Christian in Sacramento, Calif. … Centennial went 33-1 in 2021-22, concluding the year ranked No. 2 in the nationwide MaxPreps.com top 25 rankings … averaged 11.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as a junior, shooting 44 percent from 3-point distance … scored 19 points as a junior in Centennial’s 83-59 win against Sierra Canyon in the playoffs, en route to the CIF State Open Division championship … secured All-CIF Southern Section Open Division honors as a junior and was recognized as an All-Inland Empire selection from the San Bernardino Sun … as a sophomore, helped lead Centennial to a 21-2 overall record in a season that was pushed back in the calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Centennial’s 2020-21 season ended with an 82-70 win at Sierra Canyon in the CIF Southern Section Open Division title contest … as a freshman at Corona High School in 2019-20, registered a triple-double (12 points, 13 rebounds, 10 blocks) as a 6-foot-7 center in a 71-48 win against California High School in the championship game of the Showcase on Shoemaker.

Personal
Devin Williams was born in Riverside, Calif. … is the older of Albert and Maria Williams’ two children … has one younger sister, Alyssa … his great uncle, Mack Calvin, was a point guard who attended Long Beach City College (LBCC) and USC and played 11 seasons of professional basketball (seven years in the ABA and four seasons in the NBA), recorded the second-most assists in ABA history and was later named to the ABA All-Time Team … undeclared major.