Derrick Williams Profile Biography

Derrick Williams Profile Biography – Biographyzone.com. Derrick Williams (English: Derrick Williams, was born in 1991. 25th May Lamirad?, California, USA) is an American basketball player, playing light attacker’s position. Currently (2011) represent the University of Arizona “Wildcats” team of the NCAA. He has logged 2011th On the NBA Draft.

Derrick Williams Career History

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Date of birth	May 25, 1991 (1991-05-25) (age 20)
Place of birth	La Mirada, California
Nationality	American
High school	La Mirada
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	241 lb (109 kg

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NCAA career in the first year he averaged 15.7 points in the game scored, and was recognized as the Pac-10 Conference the best rookie. The second game on average gained 19.5 points and collected 8.3 rebounds, helpingthe University of Arizona team to win the Pac-10 Conference regular season. D. Williams was recognized as the conference player. She represented the team qualified for the Elite Eight tournament.

Sophomore Year

Williams rose to national prominence in his sophomore year. He averaged 19.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. During the 2011 season, Williams led the NCAA in True Shooting percentage (.690) and Effective Field Goal percentage (.650), helping lead the Arizona Wildcats basketball team to a regular season PAC-10 championship. Williams was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year. Williams also contributed to the Wildcats’ run in the NCAA men’sbasketball tournament. He made a critical block with less than 2 seconds against Memphis.

He had a 3 point play against the Texas Longhorns, which advanced the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 of the 2011 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament. Williams then led Arizona to an upset victory over the #1-seeded Duke by a 16 point margin to advance into the Elite Eight, where they fell 65–63 to, future champion, Connecticut.

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Sophomore year honors:

* Pac-10 Player of the Year
* Three time Pac-10 Player of the Week
* USBWA District IX Player of the Year
* Wooden Award’s 10-player All-America team in 2011
* First-team All-American by Sports Illustrated
* Second-team by the Associated Press in 2011.
* Second-team by Sporting News
* Second-team by the United States Basketball Writers Association
* Second-team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches
* Second-team by Fox Sports.

Professional career

Williams announced that he would declare for the NBA draft on April 13, 2011. He was selected at the 2nd overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.

Drafted 2nd overall 2011 NBA Draft by the Timberwolves. (Source :  http://biographyzone.com/derrick-williams-biography/)