07/29/2026
Another alumni in the pro ranks!!!
Huge congratulations to TJ Williams as he has signed a free agent contract with Tri-City Valley Cats out of the Frontier League who is an MLB Partner league.
In his senior year at Eastern Michigan TJ was on the Academic All District Team.
At Eastern Michigan TJ lead the team in batting avg (.324), triples (2), OBP (.440), steals (14) and was top 5 in runs, hits, walks.
Defensively he was automatic posting a .970 fielding % while playing shortstop!
*NJCAA Division II All-America Second Team in 2024
Career: .422/.503/.484 (163-for-386), 18 2B, 3 3B, 73 RBI, 145 R, 55 BB, 61 SB in 116 games (91 starts)
2024: .423/.498/.492 (104-for-246), 13 2B, 2 3B, 49 RBI, 84 R, 32 BB, 31 SB in 61 games (all starts)
*Led the team in batting average, hits, runs and stolen bases in 2024
Slashed .421/.512/.471 (59-for-140), with five doubles, 24 RBIs, 61 runs, 23 walks and 30 stolen bases in 55 games (30 starts) as a freshman in 2023
*Helped Heartland win the NJCAA Division II National Championship and Region 24 Championship in 2023
*Played four years of baseball at William Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin
*Ranked the No. 15 infielder in the state of Wisconsin by Prep Baseball Report in 2022
*Named all-county first team in 2021 and 2022, all-conference first team in 2022, all-district second team in 2022 and all-conference second team in 2019 and 2021
*Played four years of basketball and ran four years of track & field in addition to baseball
Finished in third place in the Wisconsin State Finals in the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash in 2022
*Named all-county first team in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash and 4×400 relay in 2022 and all-county second team in the 100 meter dash in 2021
TJ your determination, resilience, work ethic and love of the game is inspiring!
