LG’s Jaden Williams Leads Leps to State Track, Baseball Playoffs

La Grange’s Jaden Williams is the athlete a coach would dream for.

Williams plays baseball, basketball, football, and track while earning quality minutes in all sports. He’s also part of the La Grange track 4x200 relay team that is headed to the state meet at University of Texas.

“He’s definitely a special athlete,” said La Grange head baseball coach Robert Barber. “He does it all and he does everything well. Once we got him back from basketball, it kind of took him a little bit of time, which this is a tough sport to just jump in and get going, but once he got going, once he got to work, it’s just taken off for him. He had a lot of success and really had some big hits for us, made some good defensive plays for us, but the most important thing is the kind of teammate he is. He’s a heck of a teammate to all these kids out here and I couldn’t be happier for a kid next week getting to go run in a state track meet as well and represent our school. I think he has a really good opportunity to win himself a gold medal there, him and his teammates. He’s just one of those kids that you really love to have on your team because he’s always upbeat, he’s always positive, and I love the kid to death.”

Williams’ production across the board in many sports has given him the nod for this edition’s Athlete of the Week.

Question: What are you most looking forward to at state track?

Answer: “Really just running with my teammates. We’ve been working hard all year to run on the biggest stage there is and compete with the best guys in the state. It’s awesome.”

Question: What’s your favorite sport out of all the sports you play?

Answer: “I can’t pick a favorite sport. I say I like one, then when that season comes around it’s my favorite, so I can’t pick one.”

Question: If you could compare yourself to one athlete, who would you compare yourself to and why?

Answer: “Probably a few guys that played multiple sports, like Michael Jordan playing baseball, Bo Jackson, those kind of guys playing multiple sports. Just being an athlete.”

Question: What kind of job would you like to have when you’re done with school?

Answer: “If it’s not playing ball somewhere, then it would probably be a coach.”

Question: If you had to choose between Hawaii and the Bahamas for vacation, which one would you choose?

Answer: “I’d go to the Bahamas.”

Question: Who’s your favorite music artist?

Answer: “I’m a big music guy. I listen to a lot of music. I like a lot of country music, some rap, so George Strait. My favorite rap artist, probably Lil Baby. Stuff like that.”

Question: What’s a hobby outside of sports?

Answer: “I like spending time with my family. Me and my family, we spend a lot of time together, go on trips, stuff like that.”

Question: Who’s your funniest teammate?

Answer: “Funniest teammate I have, it just depends on the day. A lot of these guys are like really funny. On the baseball team, I’d probably have to say Max Dixon. On the track team, definitely Jaren (Woods). Jaren’s definitely the funniest.”

Question: What’s a pro sports team outside of Texas you like and why do you like them?

Answer: “I’ve always been a big Dodgers fan. They’ve just always been really good since I was growing up. I’ve always liked a few players that played for them. Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts, players like that.”

Question: Where’s your go-to business in La Grange?

Answer: “My go-to place of business is definitely Whataburger. Whataburger after a game, or Whataburger with my friends any time. Really just food in general.”

Williams is a once in a blue moon type athlete due to the variety of sports he plays and his ability to contribute in all of them.