2023-24 Men's Soccer
Roster
#14 Mo Williams 2022-23 Men's Soccer Roster
Defender
Height
6-2
Weight
190
Class
Grad Student/Senior
Hometown
West Orange, NJ
High School
West Orange
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CAREER AWARDS & HONORS
- 2020-21 Big East Tournament’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player
- 2021 Big East All-Academic Team
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2023)
- Played in 16 matches, making seven starts during his final collegiate soccer
- Played a key role as a center back in the Notre Dame backline, which allowed 15 goals on the season, the second fewest for a season in program history
- Started NCAA Championship matches against Kentucky and Western Michigan
AS A GRAD STUDENT (2022)
- Played in and started 14 matches as a defender for the Irish
- Forced to miss the final three matches of the season due to an injury
- Helped the Irish record three clean sheets
- Made his Notre Dame debut in the season opener against Seattle
AS A SENIOR (2020-21 – SETON HALL)
- Played in all 17 games starting thirteen of them
- Picked up two points (two assists) across 1211 minutes on the defensive front for the Pirates
- Played all 110 minutes in the shutout against Temple (8/26)
- Picked up two assists in the draw with No. 10 Virginia Tech (9/6)
- Played all 95 minutes in The Hall’s overtime victory over NJIT (9/10)
AS A JUNIOR (2020-21 – SETON HALL)
- Played in fifteen matches starting fourteen of them
- Logged 1291 minutes with nine points (4 goals, 1 assist) with six of his nine shots coming on net from the center back spot
- Picked up his first point as a Pirate with an assist win over La Salle (2/20)… Scored the game-winning goal against UConn (3/27)
- Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/29)
- Named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (3/29)
- Scored a brace in the Pirates’ BIG EAST Tournament semifinal win over No. 17 Marquette (4/15)
- Named the BIG EAST Tournament’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player for his performance in the Pirates’ title run
- Named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week for the second time of the season (4/20)
- Scored the first equalizer for the Pirates as they advanced past Virginia Tech (5/6) in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16
- Scored the game-winning goal in OT in the Pirates come-from-behind win at St. John’s (3/17)
- Part of the 2020 BIG EAST Championship team.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019 – CINCINNATI)
- Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team…
- Played in 16 games, starting 15
- Had seven shots on target, four of which found the target
- Aided Bearcats’ to two clean sheets
- Logged 1320 minutes on his 2019 season.
AS A FRESHMAN (2018 – CINCINNATI)
- Did not see game action as a freshman.
PREP & PERSONAL
- Product of West Orange High School in West Orange, New Jersey
- Played club with TSF Soccer Academy
- Super Essex Conference (SEC) Player of the Year and Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey (SCANJ) First Team All-State selection in 2017
- Recorded six goals and two assists starting every match this past season for state semifinalist West Orange
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Father, Mark, played soccer collegiately at both William Carey University and Mercy College.