STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford guard Kiana Williams was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for her performances in Stanford's road split against Arizona and Arizona State. The honor is the first of Williams' career and Stanford's fifth all-time freshman of the week selection.
Williams averaged 13.0 points and was Stanford's leading scorer over the weekend. She scored 12 on 4-of-8 shooting, including 3-of-6 from deep, in Stanford's 61-46 win at Arizona on Friday night and followed that up with at 14 on 6-of-12 shooting in her team's 73-66 loss at ASU on Sunday afternoon.
Williams has scored in double figures in seven of her last nine games and is second in scoring among Pac-12 freshmen in league games, averaging 10.8 points in four conference contests.
Williams started the first game of her career on against UNLV on Dec. 16 and has been in the lineup in seven straight. The freshman is getting increasingly comfortable as the page turns to 2018 after she averaged 3.1 points and shot 20.7 percent (6-of-29) in the first month of her collegiate career.
Williams scored a career-high 17 at San Francisco on Nov. 29 and followed that up with 13 points in 34 minutes at Baylor on Dec. 3, 14 points in 18 minutes against UNLV on Dec. 16 and another 17 in 30 minutes against Western Illinois on Dec. 18.
She put up four combined points against Tennessee (Dec. 21) and UCLA (Dec. 29), but regained her stroke and scored 13 against USC (Dec. 31), 12 at Arizona (Jan. 5) and 14 at Arizona State (Jan. 7).
A Pac-12 Freshman of the Week was first awarded in the 2012-13 season. Stanford's four previous winners all came in 2014-15. Kaylee Johnson was recognized three times that year and Brittany McPhee once.
