2017 Volleyball Roster
Williams, Anyia
Jersey Number 16
Anyia Williams
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cedar Hill HS
- Hometown:
- Cedar Hill, Texas
Bio
2018 (Sophomore) | Southland Conference All-Tournament Team...Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (10/22)...Showed no qualms about upping her game in order to become one of the team's best offensive and defensive players in her second season of collegiate play...Appeared in 29 of the team's 35 matches and made 21 appearances in the starting lineup...Took part in 99 of the team's 119 sets...Averaged 2.43 points, 1.78 kills, 0.07 assists, 0.41 digs and 1.23 blocks per set...Ranked fourth in the Southland and 47th nationally in blocks per set...Ranked fifth in the Southland and 110th nationally in terms of total blocks (122)...Scooped up a season and career-best four digs twice, the first time coming in a four-set non-conference victory at Colgate during the Ellis Rowland Memorial Tournament (9/1)...Totaled a career-best two solo blocks on two occasions, the first of which came in a five-set, non-conference victory at North Texas (9/15)...Established a season and career-high 11 block assists in a Southland Conference home victory over Abilene Christian (11/3)...Came up with a season-high 12 terminations in the team's Southland Conference Tournament quarterfinal victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/16)...Helped SFA capture the program's 10th Southland Conference regular season title...Helped SFA establish program records for wins in a season (32) and winning percentage (.914)...Helped SFA construct a program-best and nation-leading 29-match winning streak...Helped SFA advance to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in program history.
2017 (Freshman) | Earned playing time sparingly early on before becoming a key component of the Ladyjacks' lineup in the later stages of the season...Appeared in 53 sets across 18 of the Ladyjacks' 34 matches and made 10 starts...Averaged 2.38 points, 1.89 kills, 0.32 digs, 0.83 blocks, 0.06 service aces and 0.02 assists...Finished the season with a hitting percentage of .342 which ranked second on the team and first among players who were primarily hitters or blockers...Made her collegiate debut in a non-conference win at Louisiana-Monroe where she played one set and scooped up one dig (8/30)...Cracked the starting lineup for the first time in a Southland Conference win at Lamar and finished with a season-high 14 kills to go along with a season-best five block assists (10/7)...Finished the season with four matches of 10 or more kills...Helped the Ladyjacks secure the program's ninth Southland Conference regular season title with a 14-2 mark in league play...Was a part of an 11-1 start for the Ladyjacks which included an 11-match winning streak - the longest in the nation at that point.
High School | Was a highly effective outside hitter and middle blocker during her prep career at Cedar Hill High School...In each of her three seasons of service on the Longhorns' varsity volleyball squad, earned a spot on the All-District First Team...During her final season as a prep, racked up 347 kills (3.10 per set), 311 digs (2.78 per set) and 44 services aces...In the Longhorns' penultimate match of the season against district rival DeSoto, led the squad to a hard-fought win in five sets by slamming down 28 kills...Earned a varsity letter in track & field as a freshman and competed in the finals in three events...At the club level, played for ACE Volleyball.
Personal | Born Anyia Nicole Williams on November 18, 1998...Has one sister, N'Eycea...Plans to major in biology at SFA.
2017 (Freshman) | Earned playing time sparingly early on before becoming a key component of the Ladyjacks' lineup in the later stages of the season...Appeared in 53 sets across 18 of the Ladyjacks' 34 matches and made 10 starts...Averaged 2.38 points, 1.89 kills, 0.32 digs, 0.83 blocks, 0.06 service aces and 0.02 assists...Finished the season with a hitting percentage of .342 which ranked second on the team and first among players who were primarily hitters or blockers...Made her collegiate debut in a non-conference win at Louisiana-Monroe where she played one set and scooped up one dig (8/30)...Cracked the starting lineup for the first time in a Southland Conference win at Lamar and finished with a season-high 14 kills to go along with a season-best five block assists (10/7)...Finished the season with four matches of 10 or more kills...Helped the Ladyjacks secure the program's ninth Southland Conference regular season title with a 14-2 mark in league play...Was a part of an 11-1 start for the Ladyjacks which included an 11-match winning streak - the longest in the nation at that point.
High School | Was a highly effective outside hitter and middle blocker during her prep career at Cedar Hill High School...In each of her three seasons of service on the Longhorns' varsity volleyball squad, earned a spot on the All-District First Team...During her final season as a prep, racked up 347 kills (3.10 per set), 311 digs (2.78 per set) and 44 services aces...In the Longhorns' penultimate match of the season against district rival DeSoto, led the squad to a hard-fought win in five sets by slamming down 28 kills...Earned a varsity letter in track & field as a freshman and competed in the finals in three events...At the club level, played for ACE Volleyball.
Personal | Born Anyia Nicole Williams on November 18, 1998...Has one sister, N'Eycea...Plans to major in biology at SFA.
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