Toledo junior infielder Jeron Williams was named an All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the organization recently announced.
Williams, who earned a second-team selection, is the third Rocket to earn All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball, joining Mitch Maier (2003) and Chris Meyers (2021).
The 2023 MAC Player of the Year, Williams recently capped one of the best offensive seasons by a Rocket in program history. He started all 55 games at shortstop and hit .403 with 14 home runs, 48 RBIs, 67 runs scored, 16 doubles, four triples, a .681 slugging percentage, .467 on-base percentage and an incredible 49 stolen bases. Following the conclusion of the regular season, Williams led all of NCAA Division I in hits and stolen bases; his 49 thefts were 10 more than the next-highest total.
The Archbold native shattered the single-season stolen base record and was one away from tying the MAC single-season record for stolen bases. Williams’ 162 total bases accrued in 2023 are a new school record, and he is the first Rocket to hit .400 in a season since Maier, a former MLB First-Round Draft Pick, in 2003.
In MAC play, Williams hit .435 with nine home runs, 30 RBIs, 41 runs scored, a .771 slugging percentage, .493 on-base percentage and 26 stolen bases — leading Toledo in every category. A consistent threat to get on base every time he stepped in the box, Williams started the year with a 33-game hitting streak, eight games of which carried over from 2022, and finished the year on a 21-game hitting streak.
