Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR IN 2021-22 AT EASTERN KENTUCKY
Appeared in 24 games and started 13 times … limited throughout the final month and a half of the season due to an injury … averaged 8.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 0.6 assists per game … shot 44 percent from the field … hit 32-of-93 from three-point range for 34 percent … ranked fourth in the ASUN Conference in blocks per game (1.1/game) … hit five three-pointers and scored a season-best 22 points at West Virginia (Nov. 26) … chosen as ASUN Newcomer of the Week on Nov. 29 after averaging 17.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 4.3 blocks while shooting 52 percent in three games … grabbed 10 rebounds in a game three times … had two double-doubles, at Milwaukee (Nov. 13) with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 22) with 16 points and 10 rebounds … blocked a season-high six shots against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 22) … scored 21 points against James Madison (Nov. 16).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2020-21 AT MARSHALL
Saw action in 22 games and started 21 times … averaged 9.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game … shot 42 percent from the field … blocked a team-best 45 shots, finishing 30th in the nation with 2.05 blocks per game … was one of only two players in the NCAA to register at least 45 blocks and 40 made 3-pointers during the 2020-21 season … had five blocks and 13 points against Toledo (Dec. 16) … scored 24 points on 9-of-17 shooting and grabbed six boards against Robert Morris (Dec. 20) … finished with 19 points against Western Kentucky (Jan. 15) … also blocked five shots against Old Dominion (Feb. 5) and against Charlotte (March 5) … concluded his Marshall career with a school record 196 career blocks, breaking the record in a win over Middle Tennessee (Feb. 12) … scored 943 career points at Marshall.
 
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2019-20 AT MARSHALL
Played in all 32 of Marshall’s games, while starting in 22 of those contests … scored in double figures in eight games … scored eight points in season-opening win against Robert Morris (Nov. 7) … had three consecutive games of 10 or more points from Nov. 19 through Nov. 29 … scored 12 points at Toledo (Dec. 8) … had nine points and three blocks against Rice (Jan. 2) … collected nine rebounds against Southern Miss (Feb. 6) … scored 14 points in a win at UTEP (Feb. 15) … first double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 rebounds in win over Old Dominion (Feb. 22) … season-high 18 points, six rebounds and season-high five blocks in a win over FAU (Mar. 4).

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19 AT MARSHALL
One of six players to appear in all 37 games and one of three to start in every game … team-high 72 blocks, fourth most in a season in program history … averaged 9.0 points and a team-high 5.1 rebounds per game in 24.3 minutes … scored in double-figures in 17 games, including a season-high 24 points on a 9-for-11 night from the field at Maryland (Nov. 23) … recorded a pair of double-doubles, at Rice (Feb. 9) and at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 28) … scored 22 points against Southern Miss (Mar. 14) … rejected five or more shots in three games including a season-high eight blocks against UTEP (Jan. 31).

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2017-18 AT MARSHALL
Named the Bob Allen Most Improved Player by Marshall coaches … made 35 appearances for the Herd and started eight games … started the final five games of the season … averaged 5.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 0.83 blocks, made 16 steals and dished out eight assists on the season … his 5.4 points came from 66-of-164 (49.3 percent) from field goals, 27-of-70 (38.6 percent) of shots from behind the arc and 31-of-41 (75.6 percent) of made free throws … reached double figures for the first time after he scored 10 points versus Concord (Nov. 26) on 3-of-4 shooting from the field, including 1-of-1 on 3-pointers, while he also added two rebounds … grabbed seven rebounds and scored seven points versus Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 22) … scored a season-high 18 points versus WKU after he shot 7-of-10 from the field, 4-of-6 from 3-point land and made 4-of-6 of his free throws, while he added six rebounds, one assist and one block … at Charlotte (Jan. 11), he made his first collegiate start and scored seven points, collected four rebounds, had three blocks and a season-high two steals … grabbed seven rebounds and scored two points versus FIU (Feb. 8) … made a season-high four blocks, pulled down four rebounds and added two points against Florida Atlantic (Feb. 10) … at No. 25 Middle Tennessee (March 3), he collected his first career double-double after scored 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting and going a perfect 5-of-5 at the free throw line, while pulling down 11 rebounds … scored 15 points from 5-of-8 shooting, 3-of-5 shots from 3-point land and 2-of-4 shots at the charity stripe, while he grabbed four rebounds against UTSA (March 8) … scored 17 points after making 5-of-6 field goals 2-of-2 3-pointers and 5-of-6 free throws against Southern Miss (March 9) … had a near double-double with nine rebounds and eight points against WKU (March 10), while his rebound in the final seconds of the game helped Marshall secure its first C-USA Championship … scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds versus Wichita State (March 16) … averaged 4.3 points per game in 15 games during November and December, and then 6.3 points per game in the final 20 games … averaged 0.5 blocks in the first two months of the regular season, and doubled that number the rest of the way … his 3-point percentage went from 34.7 percent through the New Year to 46.8 percent in the final three months … doubled his rebounding total over the same span, from 1.6 per game to 3.2 per game … during a five-game winning streak that saw the Herd beat nationally ranked Middle Tennessee on the road, win three games en route to the Conference USA crown and knock off Wichita State in the NCAA Tournament, he averaged 12.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016-17 AT MARSHALL
Redshirted season, did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Newnan High School in Georgia ... as a junior, he blocked 3.6 shots a game and pulled down 10-plus rebounds per contest ... named to the all-county team by the Newnan Times-Herald newspaper.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Jannson Sparks Williams … son of Jeffrey and Shanna Williams … has one brother – Ryan, and two sisters – Taylor and Kierston … majoring in risk management & insurance.