- 2023-24 MSU Denver Senior Athlete of the Year (male)
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2023 CSC Academic All-America first team
- 2023 NCBWA All-America second team
- 2023 ABCA All-America second team
- 2023 D2CCA All-America third team
- 2023 ABCA All-South Central Region first team
- 2023 D2CCA All-South Central Region first team
- 2023 NCBWA All-South Central Region first team
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023 All-RMAC first team
- 2023 RMAC Gold Glove, 1st Base
- 2023 Academic All-RMAC first team
- 2022-23 MSU Denver Athletics CADRE Award (male)
- 2022-23 MSU Denver Academic Athlete of the Year (senior male)
- 2023 NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week, March 22
- 2023 RMAC Player of the Week, March 21
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2021-22 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2021 All-RMAC second team
- 2021 NCBWA South Central Region Player of the Week, March 31
- 2021 RMAC Player of the Week, March 30
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
Career: Entering the 2024 season, he was MSU Denver’s all-time leader in career slugging percentage (.814), and was also third in home runs (36), sixth in on-base percentage (.501), 10th in batting average (.395), tied for 11th in RBIs (132), 18th in total bases (276) and tied for 18th in runs (119). ... Among Division II players active in 2023, ranked second in career slugging percentage (.814), 16th in batting average (.395), 12th in on-base percentage (.501) and 25th in home runs (36). He was third among all active NCAA players, regardless of division, in slugging. ... Hit by pitches 38 times in his career prior to 2024, third-most in program history and 27th among Division II players active in 2023.
2023: All-America second team (ABCA, NCBWA) and third team (D2CCA), All-South Central Region first team (ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA) and All-RMAC first team. ... CSC Academic All-America first team and Academic All-RMAC first team. ... Batted .410 with 17 doubles, 20 homers and 85 RBIs. ... With a .774 slugging percentage and .492 on-base percentage, he had an OPS of 1.266. ... Finished third in Division II with 85 RBIs, tied for the second most in program history -- four away from Jake Palmer’s 2008 mark of 89. ... His 20 homers led the RMAC, ranked 12th in Division II and are tied for third in a season in program history. ... His 168 total bases ranked second on the team, and were second in the RMAC, ninth in Division II and were third-most in a season in program history. ... Second in the RMAC and 14th in the country in slugging (.774), the seventh-best percentage in a season in program history. ... His 75 runs were fourth on the team, but ranked fifth in the RMAC, 15th in Division II and were fifth most in a season in program history. ... His 89 hits were third on the team, but ranked fourth in the RMAC, 22nd in Division II and were the fourth most in a season in program history. ... Ninth in the RMAC (35th in Division II) in batting (.410), seventh in the RMAC (71st in Division II) in on-base percentage (.492). ... Earned RMAC All-Tournament honors after batting .412 (7-for-17) with four homers and nine RBIs. Homered twice as part of a come-from-behind, 16-15 win over CSU Pueblo in a May 10 first-round game. Had four RBIs in that game as well as in the 14-7 loss to Regis on May 12. ... Homered in both games of a doubleheader split at Colorado School fo Mines on April 29. ... Put together a 24-game hitting streak, three short of the 1991 program record by Brendon Peach, from Feb. 17 through the first game of an April 1 doubleheader, batting .447 (42-for-94) with seven doubles, eight homers and 36 RBIs. ... Was 4-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs in a 21-6 win over Adams State in the second game of an April 15 doubleheader. ... Went 2-for-5 with a double, a homer and five RBIs in a 13-5 win at New Mexico Highlands in the second game of an April 7 doubleheader, part of a four-game series sweep in which he batted .444 (8-for-18) with seven RBIs. ... In a 3-1 series win at Regis from March 23-25, batted .611 (11-for-18) with 10 RBIs and homers in both games of the March 24 doubleheader sweep. ... Capped a 3-1 series with against UCCS with a two-homer, six-RBI game in a 13-1 win on March 19. For the series batted .727 (8-for-11) with three homers and seven RBIs while also drawing four walks. Earned NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week, and RMAC Player of the Week for the second time in his career. ... In four games at Pittsburg State (Kan.) from Feb. 17-19 (two games were against Sioux Falls), batted .368 (7-for-19) with seven RBIs. ... Picked up where he left off after missing the 2022 season, going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in a season-opening, 6-1 winover Northwestern Oklahoma State on Feb. 3. Finished the three-game series at .500 (7-for-14) with three doubles and six RBIs.
2022: Did not play due to injury.
2021: All-RMAC second team selection. ... Played in 40 games, starting 38, while batting .369 (45-for-122) with 11 doubles, 16 homers and 47 RBIs. ... Posted huge .885 slugging percentage and .516 on-base percentage for a 1.401 OPS. ... Fourth in the RMAC and 20th in Division II with 16 homers, third in the RMAC and ninth in the country in slugging percentage (885), and second in the league (26th in the country) with a .516 on-base percentage, 11th in the league with 47 RBIs and ninth with 108 total bases. ... Was hit by pitch a school-record 23 times to lead the RMAC and rank second nationally. Was hit by a pitch at least once in every weekend that MSU Denver played. The single-season school record was 22, by Tim Uhls in 2000. ... Finished the season on a 17-game hitting streak, batting .415 (22-for-53) with eight homers and 22 RBIs. ... Went 4-for-10 with three homers, 10 RBIs and a double while being hit by pitch in all four games and scoring nine runs in a four-game sweep of Colorado Christian from May 6-8. ... Was 6-for-13 (.462) with a double, a triple and a homer as MSU Denver won three of four against Regis on April 30 and May 1. ... Went 5-for-12 with two homers and five RBIs in four-game sweep of Adams State on April 17-18, starting it off by homering in each game of the April 17 doubleheader. ... In four games against No. 1 Colorado Mesa on April 9-11, clubbed two homers and a double while adding six RBIs. ... Mashed two more homers while going 4-for-13 in series win against UCCS from April 1-3. ... NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week, as well as RMAC Player of the Week, after going 7-for-13 (.538) with four homers, nine RBIs and nine runs while playing two games each against CSU-Pueblo and Colorado Christian from March 26 through 28. Had two-homer, four-RBI game to support Cade Crader’s perfect game against CSU-Pueblo on March 27. Stole a base while going 1-for-3 against the ThunderWolves on March 28. Went 4-for-6 with two homers and five RBIs against Colorado Christian. ... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs against New Mexico Highlands in the seocnd game of a March 20 doubleheader. ... Put together a 4-for-7 day, with a double, a homer and four RBIs in a season-opening doubleheader sweep of Fort Hays State (Kan.) on Feb. 19. ... Went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs, and reached base three other times (two walks and one hit by pitch) in his MSU Denver debut in the opening game of a Feb. 19 doubleheader against Fort Hays State (Kan.).
Before MSU Denver: Played two seasons at Merced (Calif.) College. ... ... All-Central Valley Conference honorable mention. ... Batted .349 in 2020, with three homers and 22 RBIs. ... Hit .314 as a freshman, with 11 RBIs. ... Teammate of Brady Mello, who is also now a member of the MSU Denver team. ... Two-time Academic All-American. ... Redshirted in 2017, then took a year off from playing baseball.
High School: Mariposa County High School, class of 2016. ...Four-time All-Southern League Conference selection. ... All-Star selection, 2016. ... Named to the Mariposa Gazette's All-Decade baseball team for Mariposa County High School. ... Helped his team to a section title as both a hitter and pitcher. ... Coached by Justin Kleinsmith. .. Four-time All-Southern League pick in football. ... Two-time All-Southern League selection in basketball. ... Three-time school athlete of the year. ... Sportsmanship Award winner, 2016. .. Four-time CIF Scholar-Athlete. ... CIF Scholastic Federation lifetime member. ... Had perfect attendance all four years of high school.
Personal: Born Jacob Dalton Williams in Merced, Calif. ... Birthday is June 19. ... Son of Tony and Beth Williams. ... Has two sisters, Riyn and Shea. ... Majoring in sport management.
