Destiny Williams
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Born | Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Benton Harbor (Benton Harbor, Michigan) | ||||||||||||||
College | Illinois (2009–2010) Baylor (2010–2013) | ||||||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
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Destiny Williams, also known as Cliffhanger, is an American basketball forward for the Baylor Lady Bears. Nationally ranked as the No. 8 senior according to ESPN HoopGurlz[1] Williams attended the Nike Skills Regional Academy in 2007.
Playing career
[edit]Baylor Lady Bears
[edit]Destiny transferred from Illinois and has enrolled at Baylor.[2] Won a national championship with Baylor during the 2011–12 season.
Illinois Fighting Illini
[edit]2009-10
[edit]As a McDonald's All-America selection, she is the first Illinois signee ever to receive the honor.[3] She also considered Maryland, Georgia and Louisville before choosing Illinois.
Team USA
[edit]She was named to the U.S. U19 National Team in the summer of 2009 and will compete with Team USA at the U19 World Championships July 23-Aug. 2 in Bangkok, Thailand
High school
[edit]As sophomore in 2006, she averaged 25.3 points, 14.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.3 steals. In her junior year, she had 24.5 points, 13.9 rebounds, 4.2 blocks and 3.7 as a junior and led her school to a 17–2 record. As a senior, she averaged 29.9 points, 16.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 4.5 blocks. Williams led Benton Harbor to the Class A state championship. On Saturday, March 21, Williams scored 19 of her game-leading 31 points in the first half as Benton Harbor routed Franklin 60–46 at Eastern Michigan University to win its first girls state championship.[4]
Career at Baylor: Her junior season, she was a member of the Baylor Bears women national championship team during the 2011–12 season. Was 2nd on the team in rebounding with 9.1 a contest, third in scoring at 10.1 ppg. Earned the team's Rebounding Award. Selected to both the Final Four and Des Moines Regional All-Tournament teams. Earned honorable mention WBCA All-American honors. Named All-Big 12 second team and to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team.
Player stats - Illinois and Baylor
[edit]Source[5]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2009-10 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | - | 0.0% | 50.0% | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
2010-11 | Baylor | 26 | 225 | 54.5% | 0.0% | 68.9% | 7.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 8.7 |
2011-12 | Baylor | 38 | 385 | 54.5% | 0.0% | 65.5% | 9.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 10.1 |
2012-13 | Baylor | 36 | 296 | 53.4% | 100.0% | 60.3% | 6.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 8.2 |
Career | 101 | 907 | 54.1% | 100.0% | 1.4% | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
USA Basketball
[edit]Williams was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2009 U19 World's Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand in July and August 2009.[6] Although the USA team lost the opening game to Spain, they went on to win their next seven games to earn a rematch against Spain in the finals, and won the game 81–71 to earn the gold medal. Williams scored 4.5 points per game.[7]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2008-09 Gatorade Michigan Girls Basketball Player of the Year
- WBCA high school All-American
- Named 2008 Michigan Class A Player of the Year by the Associated Press (2007–08)
- All- State, Michigan Coaches Association, 2006
- First Team, All Conference, 2006
- All State, Associated Press, 2006
- MVP, Benton Harbor H.S., 2006
- First Team, Detroit News, 2006
- Honorable Mention, All-America, Street & Smith, 2006[8]
All-State (AP and Coaches), All-Conference and All-City accolades ... Attended the Nike Skills Regional Academy in 2007 ... Plays for the Michigan Crossover AAU team along with fellow Illini signee Brianna Jones ...
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Basketball - ESPN".
- ^ "Lady Bear Hoops Gains Transfer". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "Player Bio: Destiny Williams - FIGHTINGILLINI.COM // THE OFFICIAL HOME OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ATHLETICS". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ "Destiny Williams' dominant performance carries Benton Harbor past Livonia Franklin in state Class a girls' basketball final". 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "U19 World's Championship for women Thailand". FIBA. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 10 Oct 2013.
- ^ "USA U19 Women Golden With 87-71 Victory Over Spain". USA Basketball. August 2, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved 10 Oct 2013.
- ^ "destiny-williams". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.