Originally founded as the Outland Club in 1949 by Dick, Skipper and Odd Williams, the Williams Education Fund (WEF) is the official fundraising department for Kansas Athletics.
Career Honors: •2009 World University Games Team (USA Basketball) Gold Medalist •2008-09 All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches, KC Star, Waco Tribune-Herald) •2008-09 Honorable Mention All-America (AP) •2008-09 State Farm All-America Honorable Mention •2008-09 State Farm All Region 5 Honoree •2008-09 Naismith Award Midseason List •2008-09 NSCA All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year •2008-09 Three-time Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 6, March 2, March 9) •2008-09 WNIT All-Tournament Team •2008-09 All-Big 12 Second Team (Dallas Morning News) •2008-09 Athletic Director's Honor Roll •2008-09 Jayhawk "Toughness" Award •2007-08 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention •2007-08 Best 50/50 Hustle Player •2007-08 Athletic Director's Honor Roll •2006-07 Waco Tribune-Herald Big 12 All-Freshman Team •2006-07 Most Improved
Summer 2009 (USA Basketball): One of 12 players selected to travel to Serbia for the World University Games July 1-11 ... Helped lead Team USA to the gold medal and a perfect 7-0 mark in the tournament after averaging 12.0 points per game, which ranked second best on the team ... Started five of the seven contests, while also scoring in double figures in five of the games ... Posted 15 points on two separate occasions, in a 93-59 win over Great Britain and also in a 115-78 victory over Czech Republic ... Connected on 32-of-57 shots from the field, good for 56.1 percent ... Made 13-of-16 free throws, good for 81.3 percent ... Averaged 3.7 rebounds per game, while also collecting 11 assists and eight steals.
2008-09 (Junior): Played in all 36 games, starting 35 ... Averaged a team-leading 21.6 points per game, ranking second in the Big 12 Conference and eighth in the NCAA ... Named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press and First Team All-Big 12 by the league coaches, the Kansas City Star and the Waco Tribune-Herald ... Earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors by the Dallas Morning News ...Tabbed State Farm All-America Honorable Mention after earning State Farm All-Region 5 honors ... Named to the 2009 Naismith Award Midseason List ... Picked up All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year honors from the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) ... Became the 20th player in Kansas basketball history to eclipse the 1,000 point mark (Jan. 7 vs. Fairfield)... Also led KU with 7.7 rebounds per game ... Was tops amongst the Jayhawks in steals (48), blocks (34), three-point baskets made (81) and three-point field goal percentage (.426) ... Topped the Big 12 and finished 11th in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage ... Ranked in the top 10 in the Big 12 in 10 different statistical categories ... Scored in double figures in all but three games, including 23 games with 20 or more points ... Went over the 30-point mark in six outings ... Turned in a career-best 35 points on two occasions ... Had 35 points and eight rebounds in KU's upset over #5 Baylor (March 4, 2009) ... Knocked down 7-of-10 shots from beyond the arc versus the Bears ... Also had 35 points and eight rebounds in the Jayhawks' win over Arkansas(March 26, 2009)in the WNIT ... Averaged 29.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in KU's five-game WNIT run ... Scored 30 or more points in three-straight games (Arkansas, New Mexico, Illinois State) ... Named to the 2009 WNIT All-Tournament Team ... Set the WNIT tournament record for points with 147 in five games ... Also set a new WNIT record with field goals in a tournament with 49 ... Concluded the season with 1,539 career points, ninth on the KU all-time chart ... Also ranks third on the KU three-point field goals made list with 163 ... Turned in 777 points on the season, fourth on the KU single-season chart ... Her 81 three-point field goals set a new KU single-season mark, as did her 190 three-point field goal attempts ... Earned a spot on the KU Athletics Director's Honor Roll ... Named the Jayhawk "Toughness" Award winner at the 2009 team reception.
2007-08 (Sophomore): Led Kansas in scoring (14.9), rebounding (7.1) and steals (1.9) on the season, on her way to earning All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors from the league coaches ... Led KU in scoring on 17 occasions, while also leading the Jayhawks on the boards in 11 games ... Turned in seven double-doubles, including a 29-point, 13-rebound performance versus Marquette (Dec. 6, 2007) ... Her 29 points and 13 boards versus Marquette both marked career-bests ... Recorded six of her seven double-doubles versus Big 12 Conference foes ... Finished the season second on the team in three-point baskets made with 41 ... Ranked third on the squad with 59 assists ... Finished the year ranked in the Top 15 in the Big 12 Conference in eight different statistical categories ... Narrowly missed recording her first career triple-double with 18 points, nine rebounds and a career-high eight steals in KU's season-ending loss to Michigan State (March 27, 2008) in the WNIT Third Round ... Tallied 20 or more points on five occasions, while scoring in double figures in 26-of-30 games played ... Missed three games in late December due to a stress reaction in her left shin ... Earned the Best 50/50 Hustle Award at the 2008 team banquet ... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
2006-07 (Freshman): Second on the team with a 10.5 points per game average and third among Big 12 freshmen ... Notched a season-high 25 points in KU's double-overtime victory against Kansas State (Feb. 18, 2007) ... Pulled down 11 rebounds against Missouri (Feb. 14, 2007) ... Tallied double-figures in scoring 15 times ... Tallied a double-double at Texas (Feb. 10, 2007) with 15 points and 10 rebounds ... Recorded her second-career double-double against Kansas State (Feb. 19, 2007) with a 25-point, 10-rebound performance ... Ranked fourth among Big 12 freshmen in rebounds per game (4.8) ... Led KU in shooting from the free throw line at 84.6-percent (33-for-39) ... KU's first player off the bench a team-high 10 times ... Named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team by the Waco Tribune-Herald ... Tabbed the Most Improved Player at the KU team banquet.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Olathe East, a three-year high school in Olathe, Kan. ... Named the KC Metro and Kansas City Star High School Girls Player of the Year as a senior ... A first team all-state pick as a junior and senior by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association and the Wichita Eagle ... DiRenna Award finalist all three years at Olathe East ... Led the Hawks to the Sunflower League Championship in 2004 ... Named Sunflower League Player of the Year as a sophomore and senior ... An All-Johnson County selection as a sophomore, junior and senior ... McDonald's All-American nominee ... adidas Top 10 All-American as a junior ... A nominee for WBCA All-American as a senior ... Became the leading scorer in OEHS history with a total of 1,234 points to go with a program-best 221 steals ... Also totaled 553 rebounds in her three-year career ... Averaged 23.2 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.1 assists per game as a senior, while shooting 50.9 percent from the field and 76.1 percent from the free throw line ... Broke the school's single game scoring record with 36 points versus Washington her senior season ... Coached in basketball by Jeff Hulse ... Also a three-year letterwinner in track & field ... KC Star Track Athlete of the Year in 2006 ... State champion in the shot put and triple jump her junior and senior seasons ... Rated sixth in the nation in the shot put ... Competed at the Kansas Relays and won the triple jump in 2006 ... A great student who was on the honor roll and named the Academic All-State team for basketball ... Won the Champion of Character award.
Personal: Daughter of Ellareese and Dennis Tillman and Steven McCray ... Born in Boynton Beach, Fla. ... Has a brother, Brandon Willingham and a stepbrother, Shamar Tillman ... Majoring in Communication Studies ... Intends to pursue a career as a computer programmer and has ambitions of playing in the WNBA.
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