- University of Minnesota head men's basketball coach Richard Pitino announced Wednesday the addition of Marvin "Tre'" Williams III to the Gophers. Williams, a 6-5 guard from Dallas, Texas who is currently enrolled at Wasatch Academy (Utah), signed his National Letter of Intent to join the team beginning in 2019.
Williams, who is rated a three-star prospect, is in his second season at Wasatch after two years of high school in Texas. Last season, Williams averaged 12.5 points per game, third highest on the Tigers' roster, after appearing in 26 games and also totaling 36 3-pointers. He was invited to the 2017 Nike Top 100 Camp as well as attending the 2018 Pangos All-American Camp in Norwalk, Calif. During his freshman season at Prestonwood Christian Academy, he was part of the TAPPS 5A Boys Basketball State Championship squad.
His work in the classroom has earned him a 4.11 grade point average, and he was awarded Wasatch's Headmaster Scholarship last May for academics.
Williams comes from an athletic family. His father, Marvin Jr., played basketball at Princeton from 1988-90 and his older sister, Jade Williams, is a sophomore at Duke where she plays basketball. His mother, Kelly, is a St. Paul native who played basketball at Harding High School and attended the U.
The Gophers return to action on Sunday, traveling to the Vancouver Showcase in British Columbia to take on Texas A&M at 9:30 p.m. CT.
