2014: CoSIDA District Academic Team...First Team All-SAA...SAA All-Tournament Team...named to the SAA Honor Roll...Team Captain...saw action in 21 games, including 20 starts...led a Berry defense which allowed just 21 goals in 21 games...dished out one assist on the season...dished out one assist in a 1-0 win at Greensboro (9/26)...helped a Berry defense record three consecutive shutouts throughout the SAA tournament (11/7-9), including a 2-0 win versus Birmingham Southern in the Championship game...helped Berry in a 2-1 2OT victory over #11 nationally ranked Emory (11/14) in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
2013: Named to the SAA Fall 2013 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll and the Dean's List...saw action in 14 games, including 11 starts...fired off two shots...recorded one shot in a 4-0 win against Louisiana College (8/30) and a 3-0 win versus Sewanee (10/18).
2012: Member of 2012 SAA Champion Viking team. SAA Honorable Mention. Named to the SAA Fall 2012 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll. Saw action in 19 games, including 19 starts...fired off five shots on the season...had a season high two shots against Emory (9/15).
2011: Appeared in ten games...recorded two shots overall, both on goal...fired one shot on goal against Averett (9/10) and another against Virginia Wesleyan (9/18).
High School: Earned three varsity letters in soccer, two coming at Lambert and another at South Forsyth High School...won the 2010 Lambert Longhorn Award as a junior...served as Lambert's captain as a senior...named Lambert's Defensive MVP in 2011...also earned a place on the 2011 Forsyth All-County and All-Region teams...played club soccer for the Atlanta Fire United Elite...in 2007 the team won the Aiken Cup...in 2008 the team earned the GSA Super Cup...in 2008 and 2010 the team was a finalist in the Atlanta Cup...a member of Beta Club and Natitonal Honor Society...in 2009 he earned the University of Georgia Scholar Award as well as the Furman Scholar Award...won the AP Psychology Award in 2010...named AP Scholar with Distinction in 2010..named National AP Scholar in 2011.
Personal: Matthew James Williams was born in Roswell, Georgia...the son of Sandra and Daryl Williams...has one sister, Samantha...works as study hall manager for on-campus job...majoring in government and accounting at Berry.
