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.
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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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Medals
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Playing career
editBaylor Lady Bears
editDestiny transferred from Illinois and has enrolled at Baylor.[2] Won a national championship with Baylor during the 2011–12 season.
Illinois Fighting Illini
edit2009-10
editAs 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
editShe 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
editAs 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
editSource[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
editWilliams 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.