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Career Highlights

  • Pac-12 Champion (2022)
  • College Cup appearance (2023)
  • All-Pac-12 freshman team (2020-21)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)

As a Senior (2023)

  • Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in 15 matches, starting four, while logging 535:05 minutes
  • Scored her lone goal of the season, a game-winner, vs. Saint Mary's (Aug. 27)
  • Assisted on a goal in Stanford's 3-0 win over Arizona (Oct. 1)
  • Compiled eight shots, putting five on frame, including a pair of shots vs. San Francisco (Aug. 24)
  • Played 30+ minutes in nine of her 15 matches played and reached 40+ minutes in six contests

As a Junior (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in all 22 matches, starting 14, while logging 1043:37 minutes
  • Scored seven goals and assisted on a team-best six more to total 20 points
  • Finished the year with two game-winners, including at San Francisco (Aug. 25) and vs. Washington State (Oct. 9)
  • Scored twice and added an assist to finish with a season-best five points in the season opener vs. Sacramento State (Aug. 18) - her second career brace
  • Had a goal and an assist against Utah (Oct. 27)
  • Also scored at Santa Clara (Sept. 18) and California (Nov. 4)
  • Compiled 36 shots, putting 16 on frame, including a season-best six at Oregon (Oct. 20)
  • Contributed seven points in a span of four matches from Oct. 27 to Nov. 11, scoring two goals and assisting on three more
  • Played 40+ minutes in 15 of her 22 matches played and reached 50+ minutes in eight of the 22

As a Sophomore (2021)

  • Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in 20 matches, starting 16, while totaling 1107:09 minutes
  • Scored a pair of goals, and assisted on one more, to finish with five points
  • Registered 30 shots, putting 15 on goal, while collecting two game-winning goals
  • Scored a goal on three shots vs. Utah (Sept. 24)
  • Scored on her lone shot vs. Arizona State (Oct. 21)
  • Assisted on a goal and took four shots vs. CSUN (Aug. 26)
  • Played 50+ minutes in 14 of her 20 matches played

As a Freshman (2020-21)

  • All-Pac-12 freshman team
  • Led the team with nine points, and tied the team lead with four goals in her debut campaign
  • Appeared in all 14 matches, making eight starts as a forward
  • Scored her first career goal in the loss at Oregon State (Feb. 28)
  • Finished the 5-0 win over Utah with a brace – Stanford’s only multi-goal game by an individual of the season (March 5)
  • Scored the go-ahead goal in the 55’ in the 2-1 loss to No. 4 UCLA (April 11)
  • Assisted on Kiki Pickett’s game-winning goal in the 3-1 victory over Oregon State (March 26)
  • Played more than 50 minutes in nine matches while totaling 908:45 total minutes

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at JSerra Catholic high school in San Juan Capistrano, California
  • CIF Division I state champions (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Trinity League champions (2017, 2019)
  • Team MVP (2017, 2019)
  • All-State All-American (2019)
  • Represented SoCal Blues at the club level (2016-20)
  • ECNL national champions (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Personal

  • Born in Torrance, California
  • Daughter of Caroline and David Williams
  • Has an older brother, Marty, and an older sister, Lachelle
  • Founded a non-profit organization called Kids Kick Back that collects used cleats and athletic shoes, donating them to people in need around the world
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