Men's Basketball

RYAN WILLIAMS NAMED TO 2008 NABC DIVISION II
ALL-DISTRICT NORTHEAST FIRST TEAM

PLEASANTVILLE, NY - The awards keep rolling in for Pace University senior guard Ryan Williams (Centreville, VA/Paul VI), as he has been named to the 2008 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II All-District Northeast First Team, which recognizes the best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes in Division II and is selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC. Williams is now eligible for the State Farm Division II All-America teams, which is also selected by the NABC. Williams was also named to the 2007-08 Northeast-10 Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference First Team and the 2007-08 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Northeast All-Region First Team earlier this month, as well as being honored as a preseason All-American Honorable Mention by the Sporting News back in November.

Williams finished his stellar four-year Pace career tied for second on the schools all-time scoring list with 1,892 career points and ranked sixth on the all-time steals list with 175, while recording 402 career rebounds and 225 career assists. Williams also rewrote the schools three-point record book, as he leaves Pace as the all-time leader in career three-pointers made (340), threes made in a single-season (115), which he accomplished last year (2006-07), and three-pointers made by a freshman (88). Williams also set the school freshman record for points with 458, on his way to being named the 2004-05 NE-10 Conference Co-Freshman of the Year, as well as being named to the conference All-Rookie Team.

Williams played in all 28 games this season for Pace (14-14, 13-9 NE-10), while making 27 starts, logging in 35.8 minutes per contest, good for sixth in the NE-10 in minutes played. He scored a team-best 550 points on the year, averaging 19.6 points per game, good for second in the conference, while shooting 44.2% (180-for-407) from the field, including 41.0% (89-for-217) from beyond the arc and 78.9% (101-for-128) from the free throw line. Williams' conference leading 89 three-pointers on the season ranked him second in the conference in three-point field goals per game (3.18), while also ranking 10^th in the conference in three-point field goal percentage and 14^th in free throw percentage. Williams also averaged 4.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Nationally in Division II, Williams ranks 25^th in scoring, 15^th in three-point field goals per game and 39^th in three-point field goal percentage.