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Tide's Ryan Williams Named Semifinalist For Shaun Alexander Award
Williams has been named a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander Award, presented annually to the most outstanding freshman.

Ryan Phillips is an award-winning journalist and editor from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A graduate of both the University of Mississippi and the University of Alabama, Phillips has worked as a reporter and editor at the Birmingham Business Journal, the Associated Press-Atlanta Bureau and Weather.com. Most recently, Phillips worked for nearly four years as the executive editor of the Starkville Daily News and (West Point) Daily Times Leader in Mississippi. Phillips has received numerous investigative journalism awards in both Alabama and Mississippi, along with awards for photography, general news reporting and commentary.
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Williams has been named a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander Award, presented annually to the most outstanding freshman.

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