1983-84 Star #192 Rob Williams

Rob Williams played basketball for 3 years for the University of Houston from 1979-82 including one Final Four. Although his professional career wasn't at the level of some UH alums, he had one of the greatest college careers of any Cougar.

His name is all over the UH record book:
#5 career points (1838)
#7 career scoring average (20.9)
#6 career assists (407)
#7 career assists average (4.6)
#9 career steals (157)
#9 career steals average (1.83)
#8 career average minutes played (35.6)
#1 season average minutes played (39.03 in 1980-81) (I'm glad he got to rest 1 minute per game)
#6 season points scored (749 in 1980-81)
#6 season scoring average (25.0 in 1980-81)

Rob led the team in many categories while he was there:
Scoring all 3 years he played: 1979-80 (608), 1980-81 (749), and 1981-82 (633)
Assists all 3 years he played: 1979-80 (127), 1980-81 (146) and 1981-82 (134)
Free throw percentage in 1980-81 (.785) and 1981-82 (.793)
Steals in 1980-81 (62)

He is the only Cougar named to the All-Southwest Conference 1st Team 3 times. He was the SWC Newcomer of the Year in 1980 and SWC Player of the Year in 1981.

Williams was also named 3rd Team All-American in 1981 and 2nd Team All-American in 1982.

He was also named to the University of Houston Hall of Honor in 2006.

After his college career, Rob was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (#19) of the 1982 NBA Draft. He played for the Nuggets for 2 seasons. After his NBA career, he played in the Continental Basketball Association as well as in the Philippines, Italy, Australia, and Spain.