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By Alex Weiner
Cronkite News
TEMPE – Alika Williams was not considered a top-tier baseball recruit when he arrived at Arizona State.
He was the 32nd-round draft pick out of Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego in 2017, but he chose to postpone turning professional to attend ASU.
At the time, Perfect Game rated him the 39th best shortstop and 219th overall college recruit in the country.
As Williams begins his third collegiate season, major college baseball sites D1 Baseball and Baseball America predict that he will be an All-American this year. D1 Baseball put him on its first-team as the best shortstop in the country.