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
Mo Williams - Men's Soccer - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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.