2007: Started all 62 games in center field ... drove in ISU's only run in
the NCAA Regional Championship game, hitting a fielder's choice to the Northwestern
shortstop that plated Stacy Birk ... went 2-for-3 with a triple and home run in ISU's 5-4
win over Coastal Carolina on Feb. 23, adding two runs scored and a pair of RBI ... turned
in a perfect 2-for-2 performance at UCLA on March 2, hitting two singles and notching the
first ISU hit of the game with two outs in the bottom of the third ... voted a team captain
by her teammates ... turned in a memorable performance at Illinois on April 17, hitting hit
two home runs in front of a hometown crowd to lead the `Birds to a 10-7 win ... President
of Illinois State's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) ... named the 2006-07 recipient
of the Laurie Mabry award, an honor that periodically goes to female student-athlete who
exemplifies the positive values and attitudes that can be learned through athletics and
appreciates the opportunity she has received through participation in the athletics program
... AFNI Honor Roll member.
2006: Played in 48 of Illinois State's 54 games with 32 starts in the
outfield ... MVC Honor Roll ... AFNI Honor Roll member.
2005: Arthur Ashe, Jr. Third Team honoree, awarded for excellence in
athletics, academics and community activism ... received the MVC Commissioner's Academic
Award ... named to the 2004-05 Valley Honor Roll ... went two-for-three against Northern
Illinois (4/27) with the first home run of her career ... one of two Redbirds with a hit
against Wichita State (4/24) ... AFNI Honor Roll member.
2004: Earned the first start of her collegiate career (in right field)
in a game at DePaul (4/6) ... the first hit of her career came in a loss to Wisconsin
(2/22) ... scored the lone run in a nine-inning, 1-0 victory over Wichita State (4/25).
Urbana: Four-year starter ... three-sport athlete (softball, basketball
and volleyball) ... received the Female Athlete Award for the 2002-03 and 2001-02 academic
years ... earned both softball and volleyball MVP honors her senior year ... Big 12
Softball Leadership Award recipient in 2003 ... pulled in the most rebounds for her
basketball team her senior year ... received the Most Improved Award for volleyball every
year but 2003 ... earned the Golden Glove Award in 2002 ... captained all three of her
teams her senior year ... her summer softball team finished third at nationals in 2002 and
2003 ... four-time MVP of her summer softball team ... member of the Thurgood Marshall
Honor Society ... four-year member of the high honor roll ... National Honor Society
member.
Personal: Born: Feb. 27, 1985 ... Parents: Dr. Preston and Ivy Williams
... Sibling: Preston III "Tre" (18) ... Major: criminal justice.