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Serah Williams

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Serah Williams
No. 25 – Wisconsin Badgers
PositionForward
LeagueBig Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (2004-01-17) January 17, 2004 (age 20)
Brooklyn, New York
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High schoolNiagara Falls High School
(Niagara Falls, New York)
CollegeWisconsin (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
  • All-B1G Defensive Team (2024)
  • First team All-Big Ten (2024)

Serah Williams (born January 17, 2004) is an American college basketball player for the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference.

Early life and high school career

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Williams moved to Toronto from Brooklyn in 2018.[1] Williams led the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA) in blocks in 2019–20.In her senior year campaign in high school, Williams averaged 18.1 points, 14 rebounds, 2.9 blocks and 2.0 steals per game.[2] Williams participated in the 2022 All-Canadian All-Star Game (top 24 student-athletes in Canada) and also made the 2022 OSBA First-Team All-Star.[1]
On October 14, 2021, Williams announced that she committed to play college basketball for Wisconsin Badgers becoming the fourth member of coach Marisa Moseley’s first recruiting class.[3]

College career

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In her freshman year, Williams made the Big Ten All Freshman Team and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week four times.[4][1] In her Sophomore year, Williams set a new Big Ten record for most consecutive double-double's.[5] Williams was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year as well as named in the 2024 All-B1G Defensive Team and made it into the 2024 Big Ten First Team and the 2024 Big Ten All-Academic Team.[4][1]

National Team Career

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On 4th July 2024, Williams was named to Team USA's 3x3 Women's Nations League squad, which will compete at the FIBA Nationals League Americas Conference from July 22–28 in Mexico City.[6][7] Williamd helped the team qualify for the 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup.[8]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022–23 Wisconsin 31 30 24.8 54.3 0.0 66.9 5.4 0.7 0.7 1.9 2.9 12.7
2023–24 Wisconsin 30 29 30.0 51.9 33.3 79.5 10.7 0.9 0.8 2.8 3.6 17.4
Career 61 59 27.3 53.0 29.6 74.2 8.0 0.8 ).7 2.3 3.3 15.0
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Serah Williams". uwbadgers.com. Wisconsin Badgers. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  2. ^ "Serah Williams: A rising force in Wisconsin Basketball". badgerherald.com. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  3. ^ "Wisconsin basketball recruiting: 2022 big from Canada joins women's hoops class". buckys5thquarter.com. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  4. ^ a b "2022-23 Big Ten Women's Basketball Honors Announced" (Press release). Big Ten Conference. February 28, 2023. Archived from the original on February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Big Ten Daily (March 8): Wisconsin's Serah Williams Breaks Big Ten Double-Double Record". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  6. ^ "Williams named to 2024 USA 3x3 Women's Nations League Team". uwbadgers.com. Wisconsin Badgers. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  7. ^ "Badgers' Serah Williams named to Team USA's 3x3 Nations League team". si.com. Sports illustrated. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  8. ^ "U.S. Men and Women Qualify for 3x3 U23 World Cup After Winning Nations League Americas". usab.com. USA Basketball. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  9. ^ "Serah Williams College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
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