Riquna Williams
| WNBA's Tulsa Shock – No. 1 | |
|---|---|
| Guard | |
| Born |
May 28, 1990 Pahokee, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| College | Miami |
| Draft |
17th overall, 2012 Tulsa Shock |
| WNBA career | 2012–present |
| Profile | WNBA player profile |
| WNBA teams | |
| Tulsa Shock (2012-present) | |
| Awards and honors | |
| WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year (2013) | |
Riquna "Bay Bay" Williams (born May 28, 1990) is an American basketball player for the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA. She played collegiately for the Miami Hurricanes. As a student at the University of Miami, where she majored in liberal arts.[1]
Riquna's nickname is Bay Bay. She is the youngest of five children. As a senior in high school she averaged 32.5 points per game (ppg) at Pahokee High School. As a freshman at the University of Miami she averaged 8.7 PPG, including a season high of 23 points against Clemson.
She was first discovered during the summer going into her senior year of high school playing for Team Breakdown.
She emerged as one of the best scorers in the country in her sophomore year, and averaged 19.6 PPG.[1] She was named to the All-ACC Second Team her sophomore year[2]
Williams was named to the pre-season Wooden watch list, a list of players under consideration for the John R. Wooden Award, which will be presented to the outstanding player of the year at the end of the season.[3]
WNBA
She was selected in the second round of the 2012 WNBA Draft (17th overall) by the Tulsa Shock.
On September 8, 2013, Williams set the WNBA record for most points in a single game with 51, and tied the WNBA record for most three-point field goals in a single game, with 8, in a 98-65 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars.[4] Later that month, she was named as the 2013 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year[5]
Overseas career
During the 2012/13 European basketball season, Riquna played first in Good Angels Košice in Slovakia. Later in the season she played for Hapoel Rishon Lezion in Israel, and helped the team to retain its place in Israel's first women basketball league.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/0910-media-guide.html
- ↑ http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/030110aab.html
- ↑ "UConn, Notre Dame land 3 players each on women’s Wooden Award preseason list". Washington Post. October 10, 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ↑ "Shock's Riquna Williams gets WNBA-record 51 points". Fox Sports Interactive Media. Associated Press. 9 September 2013.
- ↑ "Tulsa Shock's Riquna Williams Named 2013 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year". WNBA.com. WNBA.
- ↑ "Riquna Williams saved Rishon Lezion". 26 february 2013.
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