Katie Williams Profile - University of Kansas Official Athletic Site

Katie Williams

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Houston, Texas
	High School: Jersey Village

	Height: 5-9
	Position: Defender
	Experience: 3L

Honors and Awards

2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall)

2009 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall)

2008 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2008 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring/Fall)

2007 Soccer Buzz All-Central Region Freshman Team

2007 Big 12 All-Newcomer Team

2007 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 5)

2007 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall)

2009 (Junior)

A member of the Athletic Director's and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall semester)

Played in 10 matches, making two starts

Played a total of 244 minutes

Recorded only shot of the season at Oral Roberts (Sept. 27)

Played a season-high 61 minutes at Baylor (Oct. 18)

Made first start of the season against Nebraska (Oct. 23)

Also started in KU's Big 12 Championship play-in match against Texas Tech (Nov. 2)

2008 (Sophomore)

Named First Team Academic All-Big 12

Appeared in 21 contests, making 19 starts

Scored three goals and tallied two assists

Recorded first point of the season with an assist against UAB (Sept. 5)

Collected first goal at Missouri State (Sept. 12)

First multi-point match of the season came at No. 21 UCF (Sept. 19), with a goal and an assist

Played a season-high 110 minutes against Missouri at the Big 12 Championship (Nov. 7)

Tallied KU's first goal of the NCAA Tournament with a header against Denver (Nov. 14)

2007 (Freshman)

Named to Central Region's All-Freshman Team by Soccer Buzz

Selected to the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team

Appeared in all 21 matches, making 18 starts

Scored three goals, including two game-winners in KU's final two matches of the regular season

Became the first defender to record as many as three goals in a season since Holly Gault in 2005

Tallied a second-half goal against Iowa State (Oct. 28) to power a 1-0 win

Finished both goals in KU's 2-1 win over No. 18 Missouri (Nov. 2)

Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 5)

Started KU's final 18 contests of the season, including all 10 Big 12 matches

Sat out just 15 minutes of KU's final 18 matches

Logged 1,752 minutes - fourth most on the team

Jersey Village High School

Lettered three years in soccer and one year in track

Coached by Eric Lopez

A three-time First Team All-District 17-5A selection

Named district MVP and Jersey Village Varsity Soccer MVP

Team captain as a senior

A member of the National Honor Society

Club (Challenge `89)

Captain of Challenge 89 for three years

Coached by Steve Krase

ODP

Member of `89 South Texas ODP State Team and `89 Region 3 ODP Team

Played on the Region 3 Team at USYS National ODP Event in 2006

Personal

Katrina Williams was born in Houston, Texas

Daughter of William and Cheryl Williams

Has three siblings, Ashleigh, Joshua and Jacob

Ashleigh graduated from the University of Houston

Joshua played and graduated from Stevens Tech (Hoboken, N.J.), and Jake is currently at Texas A&M

Earning a double-major in Finance and Management c/o international business