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5 Sydney Williams

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Porter
  • Hometown Porter, Texas

Biography

2018: MAAC All-Championship Team… MAAC All-Academic Team…Appeared in 92 sets over 29 matches…Averaged 1.72 kills per set and ranked seventh in the MAAC with a .279 hitting percentage…Reached double-digit kills in three matches, highlighted by 13 on .476 hitting in the Nov. 10 win over Niagara…Got a piece of 64 blocks, including 10 solo…Had seven blocks against Northeastern on Sept. 8…Landed five service aces.

2017: MAAC All-Academic Team…Williams appeared in 11 matches and 22 total sets, compiling 18 kills and 12 blocks…She had a season-high six kills on. 273 hitting and racked up four blocks in the Nov. 12 sweep of visiting Canisius…Williams registered a solo block in the MAAC Championship Match against Iona…Playing in her home state of Texas, Williams landed two kills at #2 Texas in the NCAA Championship First Round.

2016: MAAC All-Academic Team…Appeared in 61 sets prior to a season-ending injury…Posted 1.46 kills per set on .185 hitting…Had a hand in 32 blocks…Notched 23 digs and five assists…Reached 10 kills in the four-set win over James Madison on Sept. 9…Had 10 kills on .500 hitting (10-1-18) in the sweep at Saint Peter’s on Sept. 17…Hit .500 or better in four contests…Was a part of six blocks in the five-set win over St. John’s on Sept. 14…Had multiple blocks in eight matches.

2015: Averaged 1.42 kills per set, hitting .185…Had 50 total blocks for 0.88 blocks per set… Had a career-high nine kills in the home wins over Boston College and Quinnipiac…Had a hand in in eight blocks against Bucknell on Aug. 29…Was a part of six blocks, including two solo rejections, to go along with eight kills on .438 hitting in the sweep at Manhattan on Oct. 17...Also notched 17 digs and one assist.

High School: Williams is a 6-0 middle hitter, hailing from Porter, Texas. At Porter High School, she was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2013 and was an All-District honoree twice in her career. In 109 sets, she tallied 298 kills and 95 total blocks in 2014.

Personal: Daughter of Dana and Theron Williams...Mother played basketball at Lamar University...Has a younger sibling, Shelby...Member of Fairfield's Black Student Union and a CIRI Refugee Youth Mentor.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2015Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    5
  • 5

    2016Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    5
  • 5

    2017Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    5
  • 5

    2018Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    5