William Wilson
Born: March 6th, 1977.
Country: Jamaica.
Height: 6' Weight: 176lbs

PLAYER SKILLS:

A central midfielder with the ability to use both feet . Extremely crafty with the ball and has an uncanny ability to get out of a sticky situation and find forwards in dangerous scoring positions. A very fast player (10.8 s - 100 m) with a very powerful shot (82 km/h). Extremely dangerous from dead ball situations especially direct free kicks. A very skillful player as well as goal scorer.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2001-Present: Called up to Jamaica's World Cup 2002 Campaign. Represented Jamaica against Bulgaria, Bolivia & Trinidad, Norway, Mexico, Costa Rica & Guatemala.

1999 Called up to Jamaica's World Cup 2002 Campaign.

1997 Called up to Jamaica's 98' World Cup Squad - Unable due to Academic obligations.

1993/94 Jamaica National U-20 Team. Team Captain (32 Caps) Several MVP Honors including being Voted one the Best Midfielders in the CONCACAF U-20 World Cup qualifiers in Honduras (Best 11 Select)

1993 Jamaica U-23 Olympic Team. (5 Caps)

1991-92 Jamaica U-17. Team Captain (30 Caps) Voted one the Best Midfielders in the CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualifiers in Cuba (Best 11 Select)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 A-League Connecticut Wolves. Head Coach - Dan Gaspar

1998 Try-outs to play for Millonarios in Columbia. Scored 3 goals in 3 games. Living and Contractual issues prevented signing. Head Coach - Chiki Garcia - Columbia's National World Cup 2002 Coach

1997 Jamaican National Premier League - Wadadah F.C.

1992/93 Jamaica First Div - Real Mona F.C.

NON PROFESSIONAL

1997-00 Connecticut All State.

1995-99 Selected to all NESCAC and All New England Collegiate Soccer Team. Voted Best Player and Athlete of the Season. (1997-99)

All American in Men's Soccer.

1994 First Team All New England High School Boys-Phillips Academy/Andover (New England Champions). Led in scoring and assists.

Coaches/References:
Jackie Walters (876) 700-2561 - Cell (Jamaica National Coaching Staff) Eddie Tremble (413) 531-8789 - Cell (MLS Coach) Anthony Corbett (954) 295-8665-Cell

 

 

EDUCATION:

1995-1999 Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT

  • Bachelor of Science Degree - Quantum Chemistry; GPA 3.85/4.0
  • PhD Scholarship to Princeton & Cornell University - Deferred
  • Publication in Journal of Chemical Physics (Vol.109, No. 24, Dec 22, 1998)

AWARDS:

  • High honors in Chemistry.
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (top 3% graduating class)
  • Van Heim-Etten Award in Sciences, 1996 & 1997.
  • Howard Hughes Fellow, 1996-98.
  • Dean's Award, 1995-99
  • All NESCAC Honors in Academics & Soccer, 1995-99 (New England Small Colleges Athletic Conference)

June 1995 Phillip's Academy Andover, MA

AWARDS: Honor roll. Special honors in Chemistry, Mathematics & English.

RESEARCH ANALYSIS EXPERIENCE:

Research Assistant Quantum Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Prof. G. Petersson, 1996-99

Carried out an investigation of increasing the accuracy of predicting heats of formation using the idea of bond additivity and ab initio computational methods and analyzed data for trends to make conclusions about particular bond types.

Research Team Member, Quantum Chemistry Group, Wesleyan University & Connecticut Quantum Group, 1996-99

Collaborated with Team members in the study of calibration techniques for several theoretical models used for predicting thermo chemical energies. Co-author of: Calibration and comparison of the Gaussian-2, complete basis set, and density functional methods for computational thermo chemistry, J Chem. Phys. Col.109, No.24, Dec 22, 1998

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Captain, Soccer Wesleyan University, 1998-99

Co-President, NOBCChE, National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Wesleyan University chapter, 1998-99

Co-Founder, Improvement Movement for Underprivileged Adolescent Youth in Hartford, 1996-98

Coach, Soccer, Oakwood Club

SKILLS (ACADEMIA):

Computer language: Fortran and c++. Software: Microsoft Excel, Word, Equation & Power Point.