Career Notes
One of the top rebounders and shot blockers in the Missouri Valley Conference, Williams has continued to develop on the offensive end ... Should combine with
Ashley Chelleen andÂ
Amy Peters to give the Braves a potent trio at center ... Ranks second in career blocked shots at Bradley and enters her senior year ninth on the MVC’s all-time blocked shots chart.
2004 European Exhibition
Posted double-doubles in three of the five games and averaged team highs of 17.8 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per contest ... Had 14 points and 11 boards against BC Evreux ... Scored 26 points on 12-of-19 shooting and snagged 13 rebounds in 96-63 victory over BBC Deinze ... Finished with 15 points, 16 rebounds and three steals against Tournai Midi ... Averaged 17.0 points and 8.0 boards per game while shooting 56 percent (14-for-25) in two games against the Dutch National Team.
2003-04 Season (Junior)
Ranked fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference in rebounding, averaging a team-best 8.2 boards per game ... Was third in the Valley in blocked shots per game at 1.64 ... Helped the Braves to a 6-3 finish to the season, averaging 15.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocks while shooting 51 percent (48-of-94) during that stretch ... Posted seven double-doubles on the year ... Scored a career-high 26 points on 12-of-16 shooting to go along with 14 rebounds and six blocked shots against Creighton ... Averaged 17.0 points and 15.5 rebounds against Illinois State during the season with games of 20 points and 15 rebounds and 14 points and 16 boards ... Had double-digit points or rebounds in 19 of 28 games ... Her 11 double-digit rebounding efforts is tied for the fourth most in a season by a Bradley player and her 230 boards is tied for the eighth-best season total in program history ... Blocked 46 shots, which ranks third among Bradley season marks and needs just 16 blocked shots to pass Heather Best for the Braves career mark.
2002-03 Season (Sophomore)
Earned Missouri Valley Conference player of the week honors after posting a career-high 21 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in Bradley’s season-opening victory at Butler ... Started a total of 13 games and averaged 6.6 points and a team-best 6.1 rebounds per game ... Ranked ninth in the conference in rebounding and third in the Valley in blocked shots per game at 1.4 ... Posted fourth career double-double with 13 points and 14 boards against Fairleigh Dickinson ... Blocked 40 shots on the year, which ranks as the sixth best season total in Bradley history ... Enters her junior season needing 61 blocked shots to catch Heather Best for the BU career record ... The Braves active career rebounding leader with 336, she is on pace to end her career sixth on BU’s career rebounding list ... Had eight points, 10 rebounds, three assists and five blocked shots at Evansville ... Owned a streak of 15 consecutive games with a blocked shot snapped against Loyola ... Posted five double-digit rebounding outings on the season ... Averaged 9.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game against non-conference opponents.
2001-02 Season (Freshman)
Emerged as the Braves starting center the final eight games of the season ... Averaged 6.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, earning a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference’s all-freshman squad ... Posted averages of 7.5 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game in conference games ... Broke the Bradley season record mark with 52 blocked shots as a frosh ... Ranks seventh on the BU career rejections list with 52 ... Had two double-doubles on the year with 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 10 rebounds against Fresno State ... Had 16 points, 10 boards, three assists, three blocks and four steals in Bradley’s 65-45 victory against SMS after dedicating the game to her grandmother who passed away two days prior ... As a starter, Williams averaged 9.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game ... Had six blocked shots against Indiana State, which was the most since Heather Best’s BU single-game record eight blocks on Feb. 15, 1997.
High School
A three-time letterwinner and four-year team member at Hickman ... Named the team’s most improved player and best defensive player as a senior ... Helped the team to a third-place state finish, averaging 6.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game as a junior ... Led Hickman to a 24-6 record as a junior.
Personal
Enrolled in the College of Education and Health Sciences, majoring in early childhood education ... Born Feb. 1, 1983, in Columbia, Mo. ... Grandparents are George and Yolanda Williams ... Honored at Hickman High School for outstanding academic achievement ... Member of the Braves’ Council, the student-athlete advisory committee ... Has been named to the Bradley Athletic Director’s Honor Roll one time.
