2012-13
Redshirted ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average).
PRIOR TO UTEP
Spent the 2011-12 season at Findlay Prep, which won its third ESPN NHSI championship in four years ... averaged 8.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks for a 32-1 team that also signed players with Arizona, Ohio State and UNLV for the 2012-13 season ... shot 62 percent from the field and 73 percent from the line while starting more than half of the Pilots' games ... posted season-highs of 29 points and 15 rebounds versus ABCD Academy on Feb. 15, 2012 ... led Findlay Prep in blocked shots with the second-highest single season total (46) in school history ... ranked second on the team in field goal percentage and third in offensive rebounds ... played the previous year (2010-11) at Consortium High School in Detroit, averaging 12 points and eight boards with a .700 field goal and free throw percentage.
PERSONAL
Full name is Matthew Jacob Willms ... parents are Bob and Joanne Willms ... has one sister ... born 2/6/93 (Leamington, Ontario, Canada).
