In their recent trip to Texas, the Oklahoma City Thunder made a quick pit stop to see Kenrich Williams get celebrated by his high school with a jersey retirement ceremony.
The 29-year-old attended University High School — a public school located in Waco, Texas. He earned District 8-4A defensive player of the year honors and led the squad to a 28–5 record during his senior year.
Afterward, Williams played at JUCO for one season before he attended TCU for three seasons in college. He’d go undrafted in 2018 and spent the first two seasons of his career with the New Orleans Pelicans before being traded to the Thunder.
Plenty of former athletes attended University, but Williams is arguably the best basketball player from the school. It only made sense that his old school would retire his No. 34 jersey a day before his birthday and the Thunder’s win over the Dallas Mavericks.
Several of Williams’ teammates were in attendance and applauded the accomplishment. A pretty cool moment for a tight-knit group that views the veteran wing as a locker room leader.
Williams is in his sixth season in the league. In nine games, he’s averaged 5.7 points and three rebounds. He’s shot 53.3% from 3 on 1.7 attempts.
Squad showed up to support Kenrich’s jersey retirement ceremony at University High School in Waco, TX 🙌 pic.twitter.com/XVCorrGoys
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) December 2, 2023
God I LOVE this team lol pic.twitter.com/ttDEXOZ6Mc
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) December 2, 2023
