Ray Williams

Class: Senior Hometown: Scotch Plains, N.J. High School: Scotch Plains

Event: Sprints Birthdate: 11/11/1983

High School: 2002 New Jersey Track Athlete of the Year … two-time state champion in the outdoor 400m … runner-up in the 200m as a senior … clocked personal-bests of 46.34 in the 400m, 21.3 in the 200m, and 10.6 in the 100m in his final spring season … 400m time ranked fifth in the country … placed second in the 400m at the 2002 adidas Outdoor National Championships … indoors, set state records in the 200m and 400m … top times in those races were 21.4 and 47.3 … placed second in the 200m at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships … as a junior, won the state 400m title with a 47.15 … ranked second in the nation in the 400m with a time of 46.9 … ran the 400m indoors in a state-record time of 47.45 and outdoors in 47.15 … as a sophomore, finished sixth in the 400m at the state meet … placed 10th in the 200m at the state meet with a time of 22.5 … has been timed at 4.4 in the 40m … lettered in track and basketball all four years and football three years … ranked as No. 19 wide receiver in the nation and No. 5 overall prospect in New Jersey by SuperPrep … caught 32 passes for 539 yards and five touchdowns as a senior … picked off six interceptions as a cornerback.

Personal: Given name Raymond Oliver Williams … born 11/11/83 in Jamaica … parents are Raymond and Jenise Williams … has an eight-month old sister Jovi … major is undecided ... wide receiver on the Purdue football team.

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