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EVERY YEAR OF THE JORDAN WILLIAMS-ERA AT TOMBALL HAS ENDED WITH THE COUGARS REACHING THE PLAYOFFS.
As Williams enters her fifth season at the helm of the program (101-57 at Tomball), she will try and get back there with a fairly new squad.
Only three starters return off the Regional Quarterfinalist squad from a year ago. Texas State-signee Kaitlyn Davis is back after being named the District 15-6A MVP a year ago. Davis registered 417 kills and 468 digs in 2022.
Other key returners include Lexi Klenzing (150 kills, 67 digs, 47 blocks) and Madalyn Hoot (497 assists and 229 digs). Hoot was first-team, all-district, while Klenzing earned an honorable mention nod.
Keys to success for Williams’ team this season will weigh heavily on “finding the team chemistry and the seniors needing to lead".
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Second Baptist School’s Jordan Williams commits to Texas A&M
HOUSTON – Football has always been in the blood of Jordan Williams.
His father Jermaine Williams played in the NFL for five seasons (Buccaneers, Raiders, Jaguars, Chiefs) and brother Josh currently plays running back at LSU.
Jordan played football since he was four years old and into his sophomore year of high school. But then he made the decision to just focus on basketball, which he started playing in the seventh grade.
He invested into basketball. It was his focus. His passion.
“I felt like if I kept playing football, I wouldn’t be as good as I could be down the road,” Williams said. “I worked out every day. I worked on my game and hard work pays off.”
That move has now paid off. On Saturday, which is Jordan’s mother, Kimberly, birthday he gave her a present she will never forget – his commitment to play college basketball at Texas A&M.
“I feel like it’s really special, it’s one heck of a birthday present I tell you that much,” Williams said.
Williams finished with offers from Sam Houston, Virginia Tech, UMass, St. John’s, Mississippi State, Tulane, and Rice.
In the end it came down to Virginia Tech and Texas A&M.
“I really believe in what Coach Buzz [Williams] is preaching there at Texas A&M,” Williams said. “I really like the culture and the dynamics of the team. I feel like it’s a family down there. It’s close to home and it really feels like home to me.”
The relationship with Williams was also a big selling point for the Second Baptist School senior.
“It’s his whole aura,” he said. “He’s a worker, I’m a worker. He’s an earner, I’m an earner. Get things out of the mud. I just looked at his situation and once I went down there on my official visit and got to see him coach, I really loved his coaching style. I really loved him as a person. That had a big part of me doing this.”