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TCU to Retire Williams’ Jersey - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU Athletics will retire the jersey of Oklahoma City Thunder guard/forward Kenrich Williams at a halftime ceremony on Feb. 3 when TCU takes on Texas.
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FORT worth – TCU Athletics will retire the jersey of Oklahoma City Thunder guard/forward Kenrich Williams at a halftime ceremony on Feb. 3 when TCU takes on Texas.
It will be just the fifth time a jersey will be retired on the TCU men's basketball team and the first since Kurt Thomas was recognized on Feb. 4, 2017. Darrell Browder, James Cash and Dick O'Neal have also had their jerseys retired.
Williams has been a regular in the NBA for six seasons, which ties for the second-longest of anyone who played for TCU. He's played the past four seasons with the Thunder after starting his career with the New Orleans Pelicans in 2018 after going undrafted.
Williams graduated from TCU in 2018, following TCU's first trip to the NCAA Tournament under Jamie Dixon, where he averaged 13.2 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. That season, he became the second TCU player to lead his team in rebounding for three seasons.
As a junior in the 2016-17 season, Williams averaged 11.4 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists. His 19 double-doubles led the Big 12 and his 359 rebounds were the fifth-most in a season. The Waco, Texas native became the only player in school history to record over 400 points, 300 rebounds and 100 assists in a season. The second triple-double in program history came in the third round of the NIT against Richmond when Williams had 11 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. Two games later, Williams had 25 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Georgia Tech in the championship game and was named the NIT Most Outstanding Player.
It was the 2016-17 season that Kenrich earned the nickname Kenny Hustle. After sitting out the entire 2015-16 season due to a knee injury, Williams became known for hustle plays due to his hard-nosed defense, diving for loose balls, fighting over screens and doing all the dirty work a lot of players would not want to do.
As a sophomore under head coach Trent Johnson, Williams started the final 17 games of the 2014-15 season and averaged 8.6 points and 6.7 rebounds. He arrived in Fort Worth after a freshman season at New Mexico Junior College.
Over three seasons at TCU, Williams has all-time program ranks of fourth in rebounding (877) and 25th in scoring (1,125). He recorded 34 double-doubles and is one of five players in program history with over 1,000 points and 800 rebounds. He earned All-Big 12 honors twice and was named USBWA All-District VII and NABC All-District 8.
