Taylor Williams

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Photo by: Brandon Dill

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Photo by: Brandon Dill

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

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Photo by: Joe Murphy

Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Kansas City, Kan.
Prev School:
Bishop Ward HS

Career
Saw action in 123 games (22.4 mpg), making 66 starts … averaged 5.9 points and 3.1 rebounds … had 151 assists, 88 steals and 15 blocked shots … shot 32.8 percent from the floor and 77.2 percent from the charity stripe … had 25 double-figure scoring games including 18 as a senior … had 48 games with four or more rebounds.

Academic Honors

Fall 2013 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
2014 American All-Academic Team
2017 Elma Roane Female Student-Athlete of the Year
2017 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

Athletic Honors

Three-time American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll recipient
2016-17 Memphis Coaches Award winner

2016-17 (Senior)

Started and played in all 30 contests for the Tigers and averaged 33.0 minutes per game
Was one of just two Tigers to start in every game
Averaged a career-high 11.7 points per game, 4.3 rebounds per game
Hit 50 three-pointers, which led the team and was the total number of made three-pointers from her first three seasons combined
Recorded a career-high 55 assists and 32 steals
Posted a career-high 35.1 percent field goal percentage and 31.4 percent three-point mark
Led Memphis in free throw percentage at 79.0 percent
Scored a career-high 20 points in the overtime setback to Temple on Jan. 1
Opened the 2016-17 season with 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting against Missouri State
Had 18 double-figure scoring games
Played in all 40 minutes in the Senior Day victory against Tulane

2015-16 (Junior)

Played in all 31 contests with four starts
Averaged 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds and had 37 assists, 18 steals and three blocked shots
Shot 28.7 percent from the floor, 27.8 percent from the three-point arc and 92.9 percent from the charity stripe
Netted a season-high 10 points in a home win over Georgetown
Tied a season high with seven rebounds in a home win over Southern Illinois
Had nine points, three rebounds and two steals in the road overtime win at East Carolina
Posted four assists in the five-overtime win over Temple
Had six points and two steals in a home overtime victory over East Carolina
Handed out a career-high six assists vs. UT Martin in the WNIT

2014-15 (Sophomore)

Played in all 31 games and made 20 starts with an average of 22.1 minutes played
Started the final 18 games of the season
Posted averages of 4.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists
Had 20 steals and four blocked shots
Shot 30.7 percent from the field and 75.8 percent from the free throw line
Second on the team in free throw percentage
Netted double figures three times
Posted several career bests in the season-opening home victory over Missouri State with 16 points, five made FG, and three, three-point shots
Scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds in a road win at Georgetown
Tigers won four of the five games that she dished out four assists
Tied a career high with three treys vs. Minnesota
Played a career-high 38 minutes in a home win over UCF where she posted 11 points, seven boards, four assists and three steals (tied career best) vs. the Knights.

2013-14 (Freshman)

Appeared in all 31 games, including 13 starts
Averaged 4.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game
Her 24 three-point field goals made were second on the team and were one shy of breaking into the Memphis freshman single-season top-10 list
Added 18 steals and three blocks
Scored double-digit points three times, including a season-best 12 points in the conference opener against Temple
Was 5-for-8 from the floor in the Tigers’ first American Athletic Conference game
Had a career-best nine rebounds against Jackson State, including seven defensive boards.

High School

Comes to Memphis from Bishop Ward High School in Kansas City, Kan.
Ranked in the Bishop Ward top five in career scoring
Averaged 13.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while playing for her dad, Carlos Williams
A starter with the varsity team since her eighth-grade year
Four-time first team all-conference honoree in Kaw Valley
Ranked a three-star recruit by ESPN’s Hoopgurlz.com
The No. 39 ranked wing in her class
Played club basketball with the KC Select team that was coached by Earnest Jones
Sported a 4.53 GPA and was a member of the National Honor Society
Volunteered at several hospitals in the Kansas City area.

Personal
Daughter of Dena and Carlos Williams Jr. ... birthday is May 30 ... considered Davidson, Denver, Oklahoma State, UTEP and Wichita State ... a biomedical engineering major.