One of the best high jumpers in U.S. history tying for third on the all-time U.S. men’s high jump list as a professional
2011 World Champion
2010 World Indoor Bronze medalist
2-time World Athletics Championships bronze (2008, 2009)
3-time U.S. Champion (2008, 2010, 2011)
2-time Olympian (2008 and 2012)
5-time World Championship qualifier (2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
4-time World Athletics Final qualifier (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
4th at 2015 Pan Am Championships
4th at 2015 NACAC Championships
3-time World Indoor Championships qualifier (2008, 2010, 2012)
At the 2011 USATF Nationals, the 6-0 Williams cleared a PR 7-9 1/4 -- the highest
jump by an American in 15 years.
His 2011 World title was the first by an American high jumper in 20 years.
 

IN COLLEGE (N.C. STATE/SOUTHERN CAL)
4-time NCAA champion in the high jump
     2 indoors (2005 and 2006)
     2 outdoors (2005 and 2006)
6-time All-American
     at Southern Cal
     2005 & 2006 outdoor
     2004, 2005 & 2006 indoor
     at N.C. State
     2003 indoor
PAC-10 Field Athlete of the Year, 2005

HIGH SCHOOL
2-time Track & Field News All-American (2001, 2002)
His high school best was 7-feet, 3 inches
4-time NCHSAA 4A High Jump
     sophomore (6-8, in 2000), junior (7-0, in 2001), and senior (7-2, in 2002), and               won the State Indoor title (7-0) as a senior
4th at 2002 World Junior Championships
2002 Silver at U.S. Junior Championships
2002 Adidas Outdoor Champion

2002 Penn Relays Champion
2002 Silver at Golden West
2001 USATF JO National Champion
Inducted into Broughton High School Athletic Hall of Fame, 2007