SPOKANE, Wash. –  Former Gonzaga men's basketball standout Nigel Williams-Goss signed a three-year contract with the Utah Jazz.
 
Williams-Goss was drafted No. 55 by the Jazz in the 2017 NBA draft after helping the Zags reach the national title game for the first time in program history.
 
Williams-Goss played for Utah's Summer League team in 2017, before starting his professional career with KK Partizan in Serbia. He made nearly 49 percent of his three-point attempts and averaged 17.8 points and 7.1 assists in 43 games. The Happy Valley, Ore., native spent last season with Olympiacos in Greece. Williams-Goss averaged 10.1 points and 4.4 assists in 53 games. He shot 38.4 percent from beyond-the-arc.
 
Following the 2016-17 season, Williams-Goss became the first player in West Coast Conference history to be named the league's Player and Newcomer of the Year. His 16.8 points per game ranked fifth in the conference, his 4.7 assists per game was fourth, and his 1.7 steals per contest and 86.7 free-throw percentage topped the WCC. He ranked fourth in the league with a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio. He added six rebounds per game.
 
Williams-Goss' 64 steals in 2016-17 ranks fourth for most takeaways in a single season in program history. His 179 assists are ninth on the GU all-time list, while his 640 points scored is 10th. He finished his three-year collegiate career with 1,536 points, 396 assists and 133 steals.
 
Williams-Goss started all 38 games he played in this season at GU, reaching double-digit scoring 32 times. He scored 20 or more points in 10 games and had three double-doubles. He was named the Most Outstanding Player in the WCC Tournament and to the All-Tournament Team at the Final Four.
 
After being named the conference Player of the Week four times during the season, he was named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award and a semifinalist for the Naismith Trophy. He was named to the Wooden Award All-American Team, and First Team All-American by Sports Illustrated and the USBWA. He was tabbed Second Team All-American by NBC Sports, The Sporting News, USA Today, the NABC and the Associated Press.
 
Williams-Goss boasted a 3.84 GPA and received a degree in Psychology. For his success off of the court, he was named First Team Academic All-American by CoSIDA. He was also selected as the Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year by the DI-AAA ADA and received the Mike Gilleran Scholar Athlete of the Year honor by the West Coast Conference.
 
Williams-Goss was singled out for academic achievements at the Final Four and was given the NCAA's Elite 90 Award, which recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. The Elite 90 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships.