Eli Williams

My Career Goals

I plan to study business management along with agriculture or aquatic management. I have always enjoyed being outdoors and working with my hands, and my experience with Southern Target has shown me that I can build a career that combines those interests with serving people in my community.

Working in my family's business has allowed me to meet and work with people throughout Mobile and Baldwin Counties while gaining real experience in pest control, lawn maintenance, equipment operation, and client service. It has also taught me the importance of paying attention to details, solving problems, and completing every job the right way.

My long-term goal is to use my education to help expand Southern Target into areas related to my field of study. I want to continue building the family business while creating new ways for us to serve our community and provide services that people can depend on.

My Educational Path

I am a senior at Faith Academy in the Class of 2027 with a 3.7 weighted GPA, a 3.6 unweighted GPA, and an ACT score of 19. I have consistently earned A/B Honor Roll recognition throughout my school career.

My current plan is to begin college at Bishop State Community College, where I hope to continue playing baseball while staying close to home during my first year. Being close to home is especially meaningful to me because I want my grandparents to have the opportunity to watch me play college baseball. They have supported me throughout my baseball career and my life, and having them in the stands for even a few college games would mean a great deal to me.

After Bishop State, I hope to continue both my education and baseball career at a four-year college or university. My goal is to continue growing academically, athletically, and personally while preparing for a career that allows me to build on the experience I have already gained through my family's business.

My Community Service

Many of the clients we serve through our family business are seniors or homebound and are not always able to handle small jobs around their homes. Over the past seven years, my family and I have often returned after the workday, at no charge, to help with things such as changing light bulbs, installing handrails, setting up trail cameras, and hauling pine straw for flowerbeds.

One experience that has stayed with me involved an older widow in our neighborhood whose family did not live nearby. My brother and I would cut her grass and trim her hedges when she needed help. She always tried to pay us, but we were not doing it for money. We helped because she needed someone, and I believe God has given us the ability to help others when we can. Since we would not accept payment, she would bring us cookies instead. Seeing how happy something so simple could make her reminded me that helping someone does not always require doing something big.

I also participate in Faith Athletics Outreach, an annual community event serving individuals with intellectual disabilities. I have been involved since 2023 and plan to continue finding ways to serve others in my community.

My Athletics and Activities

Baseball (2023 to present): I am a left-handed pitcher and two-way player at Faith Academy, and I play outfield and first base and pitch for our varsity team. In 2026, our team won the AHSAA Class 5A Baseball State Championship. Earlier in my career, I was named 8th Grade Pitcher of the Year. A college coaching staff (NCAA Division II) gave me a written evaluation of my pitching, and I follow a plan to improve.

Performance Lab 360: I have trained with Performance Lab 360 for three years, a baseball development program connected with the SBG Sox and the Snopek organization.

Leadership: I mentor younger players on the Faith Academy team and youth players in the community, and I help train new staff at Southern Target.

Outside of baseball: I enjoy woodworking, outdoor photography, boating, fishing, and hunting, and I have completed Hunter Education and Boater Safety certification.

My Work Experience

Southern Target, LLC — Field Service Technician | 2019–Present

I have taken on more responsibility each year while working in my family’s business. I now assist with pest control and lawn maintenance services as needed around school, baseball, weekends, holidays, and summer breaks. I work with residential, commercial, and industrial clients throughout Mobile and Baldwin Counties and am trusted to complete assigned service work independently.

My responsibilities include calibrating and maintaining equipment, reading and following product labels, calculating application rates, and applying treatments according to label directions and company procedures. I also document completed services, assist with scheduling and quality control, communicate with clients, and help train new employees.

Athletic Field Maintenance Assistant | Summer 2023–Present

I work with Coach Matt Seymour to help maintain baseball and softball fields. My responsibilities include mowing, seeding, spraying, operating tractors and field equipment, calibrating equipment, and calculating application rates from product labels.