Former HS phenom Mikey Williams to transfer to Sacramento State

Apr 30, 2025, 8:26 AM | Updated: 8:26 am

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Sacramento State continues to add star power to its college basketball program after former prep phenom Mikey Williams indicated that he has committed to play for the Hornets next season.

As first reported by ESPN, Williams will transfer to Sacramento State, which has made headlines over the past month by hiring former NBA point guard Mike Bibby as the team’s head coach followed by the recent hiring of Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal as the general manager.

A 6-foot-3 guard, Williams was rated as a five-star prospect early in his high school career, buoyed by his viral dunks and YouTube mixtapes. As a freshman at San Ysidro High School in San Diego, Williams averaged 29.9 points and broke the school’s single-game scoring record with 77 points. He was named the MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year.

On heels of Shaquille O’Neal and Mike Bibby hirings as GM and coach, ex-prep phenom Mikey Williams tells ESPN he has committed to play for Sacramento State. Williams transferred out of UCF to be under the tutelage of Bibby and Shaq now at a basketball program adding big names. pic.twitter.com/3mbnwRJHxs

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 29, 2025

Initially committed to Memphis, Mikey Williams never played a game for the Tigers and transferred to Central Florida following an April 2023 arrest for allegedly firing a gun at a car full of people at his home.

The charges were reduced and Williams ultimately pleaded guilty to one felony count of making criminal threats with provisions that would allow him to avoid jail time. That charge was reduced to a misdemeanor in August after Williams was sentenced to a year of summary probation, which allowed Williams to suit up for the Knights.

At UCF, Williams appeared in 18 games (five starts) and averaged 5.1 points in 14 minutes per contest.

–Field Level Media

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Sacramento State couldn’t have found a bigger general manager for its basketball program — literally.

Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is set to take on the job without pay, ESPN and the Sacramento Bee reported Monday.

The 7-foot-1 superstar already had a connection with the school: His son Shaqir transferred to Sacramento State last month after spending two seasons at Texas Southern and then last season at Florida A&M.

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