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In his first year as a volunteer assistant coach after a four-year career with the 49ers At Charlotte - 2005: Earned second team All-Conference USA honors after leading team and ranking among the league's leaders in batting (.352), hits (77), doubles (17), RBI (50), and stolen bases (17) ... Coach Hibbs called him one of the best left-handed hitters ever to play at Charlotte ... Ended his career with 189 games played, batting .340 with 136 runs scored, 42 doubles, 18 home runs, 120 RBI and a .500 slugging percentage ... 23 multi-hit games, including six 3-hit and a pair of 4-hit games ... 14 games with multiple RBI, including six with three or more ... Ended his career on a 10-game hitting streak, his longest of the season ... Tied the school record with three doubles at Wake Forest (March 30) ...
2004: Started all but one game, establishing season and single-game career highs in every offensive category ... Ranked second on the team and tied for 24th among the Conference USA leaders with a .341 average ... Improved to .350 hitting in 29 Conference USA games ... Hit seven of his career-high eight home runs in C-USA play ... Season-best two home runs against UAB on April 25 (tied career high) ... Had a team-high 24 multiple-hit games (13 two-hit, 10 three-hit and one five-hit) ... Team-best five-hit game against ECU on April 4 (career high) ... Tied the team's season high and set a new career mark with five RBI against Siena (Feb. 21) ... Eight multiple-RBI games ... career-best eight game hitting streak, going 18-for-37 (.486) from April 28 to May 9 ... Split time between all three outfield spots, playing the most in right (27 games).
2003: Finished the season with a career-high five home runs. Connected on four of those home runs in the team's final seven games. Blasted two home runs in a game against TCU (5/9). Had a .318 average in all games. Finished second on the team with a .348 average in C-USA games. 23 of his 34 hits came against C-USA foes. Had nine multiple-hit games and four multiple RBI games, including a career-high four against TCU (5/9).
2002: Named Honorable Mention Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-America. Finished second on the team with a .336 batting average. His .336 average is the fourth highest by a freshman in the program's history. Collected a hit in 29 games with 11 multi-hit games including three three-hit games. Also made six pitching appearances with starts against Virginia Tech (4/2) and North Carolina (4/9). Had 11 games with at least one RBI with five multi-RBI games. Enjoyed arguably his best game of the season against Virginia (3/10) when he hit his first career home run. In that game he scored twice, knocked in three runs and had three hits. Against Southern Miss (4/7), he hit a double and a triple. Led off all three games in the Cincinnati series with a base hit.
At New Bern - Named first team all-state as a senior. MVP of the Crystal Coast Classic as his team captured the Classic title when he was a senior. MVP of the Sun-Journal Area. Named team MVP as a senior. Earned all-conference honors three times. Led his high school area in strikeouts as a senior. Named team most outstanding offensive player as a junior. Named team's defensive player of the year as a sophomore. Four-year varsity starter. Personal - Parents are John and Cindy Willard. Major is geography. Birthdate is March 23, 1983.
