Amari Williams wins CAA Defensive Player of the Year

By Sam Neter on March 4, 2022

Amari Williams has been named the 2021-22 Colonial Athletic Association’s Defensive Player of the Year, along with CAA All-Third team.

The former GB Under-18 and Hoopsfix All-Star Classic alumnus had a breakout season in his second year with the Dragons.

He led the CAA in blocked shots with more than two per game, while averaging 9.7 points and 7.3 rebounds on 52.7% shooting from the field.

Back-to-back double-doubles and a game winning basket earn Amari Williams #CAAHoops Co-Player of the Week honors! @DrexelMBB pic.twitter.com/OkV2RrTmDC

— CAA Basketball (@CAABasketball) February 28, 2022

The former Myerscough big man had six double-doubles, including a 20-point, 19-rebound performance against UNCW. The 19 rebounds were the most for a Drexel player since Malik Rose had 19 in March of 1996.

Williams and Drexel now head into the postseason with a 15-13 record and a 10-8 mark in CAA play. The 10 wins are the most the team has had in league play since the 2011-12 team finished 16-2, as they have now guaranteed themselves their second consecutive season above .500 for only the second time in the last 17 years.

Drexel will begin play in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship on Sunday afternoon in Washington, D.C. as the fourth seed in the tournament and will play Delaware.

Do you like our work?

We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.

We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.

We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.

If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.

We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.

Support Hoopsfix