A Florida Gators fan was ejected from Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium during the Gainesville Super Regional Series after an altercation involving Jason Williams and the younger sister of his daughter Mia Williams, a Florida spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the fan will not be allowed back into the stadium for the remainder of the Gainesville Super Regional Series. The incident unfolded as the family was celebrating a hit by the Williams family member, and Jason Williams said the girl was struck by a fan with a handheld fan.
Campus police initially escorted Jason Williams from the stadium, according to the timeline of events. Williams, who played at UF in 1998 before a 13-year NBA career that included an NBA title with the Miami Heat, returned to the stands shortly after. Police later escorted the UF fan out of the stadium.
The afternoon had the urgency of postseason baseball on May 22 and the heat of late spring in Florida — temperatures near 90 degrees — when tempers flared in the crowd during the matchup between the Gators and the Red Raiders.
Mia Williams, who played two seasons at UF before transferring to Texas Tech ahead of the 2026 season, entered the Super Regional riding a powerful run. She had 21 homers and 77 RBIs entering the May 22 matchup, a production level that drew attention from the stands and from family celebrating in the seats.
The sequence of escorts adds an awkward friction to an already charged situation: a former UF star and NBA champion was first led away by campus police, then returned, while a spectator was removed later and formally banned for the rest of the series. Those moves, and the Florida spokesperson’s decision to bar the fan for the remainder of the Gainesville Super Regional Series, are the clearest public steps the university has announced so far.
Jason Williams, long associated with the program that sent him to the pros, was in Gainesville supporting family during a postseason game when the incident occurred. The family’s account that a young relative was struck by an object — described as a handheld fan — is the central factual claim that prompted the ejection and the university’s travel ban for the spectator.
The most consequential unanswered question is whether the university or local authorities will pursue further disciplinary or legal action beyond the stadium ban. For now, the immediate fallout is confined to the stands: a fan removed, a ban for the remainder of the Gainesville Super Regional Series, and a former player who left the stadium briefly before returning to support his family as the postseason unfolded.
