Seven Questions with Kevin Williams

Full name: Kevin Eugene Williams (yea… Eugene)

Hometown: Merrick, NY (Strong Island)

Birth date: December 10th, 1986

Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Nickname(s): K-Dubs, Kwilli, Dr. Swagz

Favorite pro athlete: Kenny Powers

Favorite Tufts athlete: On field -- Brittany Holiday Off field -- Jared Melillo (Do I need to explain?)

Special: I have a lot of respect for Ryan Molloy (TU laxer) because he's the biggest jersey chaser at the U.

Kevin Williams is a senior midfielder on the nationally ranked No. 8 men's lacrosse team. So far this season, Kevin has nine goals and 11 assists, ranking him sixth on the team in total points. His undying passion for sports, women and film makes him a very unique and diverse member of the Tufts community -- naturally, an interview with Kevin was an opportunity the Daily could not pass up.

1. You were an All-League safety in high school -- why lax at Tufts and not football?

Well, there are many reasons for being a sweet laxer in college. One of the benefits is that every time I am at Dewick or C-Mike, freshmen girls just seem to flock to me. Then I realize I'm just standing in front of the fro-yo machine.

2. Considering your development as a player of sports involving excessive amounts of physical contact as well as your propensity to bully people (both on and off the field), to what extent do you go to protect your three attractive sisters from other men?

I mean, guys are usually timid when they see my rugged Steve Segal-esque exterior. But underneath all that, there's a little Hugh Grant dying to get out. Just because I rock doesn't mean I'm made of stone.

3. You're an extremely well-respected member of the lacrosse team. You've been called "the guy who's always out there working the hardest." So, as an individual player, what is it that you've been working on the most to improve your game? What kind of adversity have you had to overcome?

Well, I just try to make my teammates around me better. Teams have been really trying to shut me down, which opened up the way for D.J. Hessler to get [67] points under the radar so far. I mean, he may have 50 more points than me, but its quality not quantity, right?

4. Mental preparation is also paramount to one's success. How do you get psyched up before a game or practice?

I drink seven raw eggs, do 39 calf raises, listen to M.C. Hammer's "2 Legit 2 Quit," then watch Patrick Swayze's fight scene in "Roadhouse."

5. I'm confused. At your game against Conn. College I heard some of the field hockey girls saying you were in a "shooting slump" earlier this year, but I've been watching you all season, and you're good. Damn good. What did they mean?

Well, I was in an off-field slump for a while. It just seems that girls here at the U play really good team defense. So I got our goalie Matt Harrigan to help me out. We watched some film and he said I had to go back to the fundamentals (seventh-grade style). He stressed using smileys during "AIM game" and putting a heavy emphasis on Facebook pokes.

6. In "The Kevin Williams Story," who plays you?

I am actually in the midst of collaborating with the Pied Piper, R. Kelly, about making a hip-hopera about the life of Kevin Williams.

7. You're about to graduate. How important to you is it to finish your Tufts career on the highest note, like winning NESCACs or making a run towards a national championship?

Every year our goal has been to win NESCACs and then the National Championship. This year, more than any other probably, we are definitely capable of doing it. I don't want to look back and have any regrets or think what could have been.