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Katie Williams
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
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