Luke Williams

Position:
Face-off
Height:
6-0
Weight:
210
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Mendota Heights, Minn.
High School:
IMG Academy

Awards and Honors

2023-24
All-BIG EAST Second Team
BIG EAST Specialist of the Week (April 8)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 4, Feb. 12)

2021-22
All-BIG EAST Second Team

BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2021-22, 2022-23)

Career: Ended his career second all-time at MU with 386 career faceoff wins and a winning percentage of .541 (386-of-713) and 212 ground balls (No. 3 in program history) ... Totaled 13 points on seven goals and six assists in 51 career games.

2024 Season (GS): All-BIG EAST Second Team ... Finished the 2024 regular season ninth nationally with a .593 winning percentage (140-of-236) at the dot .... Led MU with a single-season program record 90 ground balls in 2024 ... Picked up nine ground balls in the season opener against Air Force (Feb. 3) and won 8-of-12 faceoffs ... Claimed 11-of-14 draws against Utah (March 2) and picked up nine ground balls ... Recorded one goal, one assist, and five ground balls, while winning 9-of-16 faceoffs against then-No. 1 Notre Dame (Feb. 18) ... Was named BIG EAST Specialist of the Week for play in April 6 game at No. 6/9 Georgetown in which he won 19-of-22 faceoffs and picked up 15 ground balls (both marks were the second-highest totals of his career) ... Won 18-of-27 faceoffs, picked up 11 ground balls and added an assist in game against Providence (April 13).

2023 Season (R-Jr.): Played in all 14 games and won 88-of-183 faceoffs (.481), while picking up 45 ground balls ... Also scored one goal against Michigan (Feb. 25) and added an assist against St. Bonaventure (March 25) ... Fought through injuries through much of the season ... Scored first goal of the season in road victory over Michigan (Feb. 25) ... Won nine faceoffs and picked up four ground balls in win over Penn State (March 18) ... Won seven of nine faceoffs and picked up five ground balls in win over St. John's (April 8) ... Led the team with seven ground balls and 13 faceoff wins in home contest against then-No. 9 Georgetown (April 15).

2022 Season (R-So.): All-BIG EAST Second Team ... Played all 15 games, won 133 faceoffs at a .568 clip (133-of-234), picked up 69 ground balls and posted seven points on four goals and three assists ... Finished fourth in the BIG EAST in faceoff winning percentage ... FO% was also the No. 5 single-season mark in MU history ... His 133 FO wins are the third-highest single season mark at MU (behind Zachary Melillo's 2016 and 2017 seasons) ... Only FO specialist at MU other than Melillo to earn All-BIG EAST honors ... Scored first career goal against Detroit Mercy (March 5) ... Scored in three consecutive games against Air Force (March 26), Providence (April 2) and St. John's (April 9) ... Won 18 faceoffs (18-of-28), picked up eight ground balls and scored a goal against Providence (April 2) in the BIG EAST opener ... In the next BIG EAST game at St. John's (April 9), went 21-of-27 on faceoffs with 16 ground balls, one goal and an assist.

2021 Season (R-Fr.): Played in eight games and led the team with a .417 face-off winning percentage (25-of-60) while picking up eight ground balls ... Claimed 7-of-13 at the dot in a 10-5 win over Cleveland State (March 27) while picking up two ground balls ... Won 10-of-16 face-offs and picked up four ground balls in the 7-6 four overtime win at Providence (April 17).

2020 Season (RS - COVID): Did not see action as a true freshman after arriving on campus in January 2020.

Prior to Marquette: Williams enrolled at Marquette in January 2020 after spending the fall of 2019 at IMG Academy in Florida ... Williams attended St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minnesota and was named the Pioneer Press Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year as a senior in 2019.

Personal: Williams is the son of David and Kim Williams ... Has two brothers and one sister ... Older brother, Ben, was a USILA All-American face-off specialist at Syracuse, where he became the all-time leader in face-off wins and a three-time Tewaaraton Award nominee ... Father played football at the University of Minnesota from 1985-87 ... Earned a bachelor's degree from MU in real estate and acquired a graduate certificate in leadership in May 2024.