Destiny Williams

Destiny Williams
College	Baylor University
Sport	Basketball
Position	Center
Jersey #	5
Class	Freshman
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Nationality	USA
Awards
2008-09 Gatorade Michigan Girls Basketball Player of the Year WBCA high school All-American

Destiny Williams is an American basketball forward for the Baylor Lady Bears. Nationally ranked as the No. 8 senior according to ESPN HoopGurlz^[1] Williams attended the Nike Skills Regional Academy in 2007.

Playing career

Baylor Lady Bears

Destiny transferred from Illinois and has enrolled at Baylor

Illinois Fighting Illini

2009-10

As a McDonald's All-America selection, she is the first Illinois signee ever to receive the honor.^[2] She also considered Maryland, Georgia and Louisville before choosing Illinois.

Team USA

She was named to the U.S. U19 National Team in the summer of 2009 and will compete with Team USA at the U19 World Championships July 23-Aug. 2 in Bangkok, Thailand

High school

As sophomore in 2006, she averaged 25.3 points,14.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.3 steals. In her junior year, she had 24.5 points, 13.9 rebounds, 4.2 blocks and 3.7 as a junior and led her school to a 17-2 record. As a senior, she averaged 29.9 points, 16.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 4.5 blocks. Williams led Benton Harbor to the Class A state championship. On Saturday, March 21, Williams scored 19 of her game-leading 31 points in the first half as Benton Harbor routed Franklin 60-46 at Eastern Michigan University to win its first girls state championship.^[3]

Player stats

Awards and honors

• 2008-09 Gatorade Michigan Girls Basketball Player of the Year
• WBCA high school All-American
• Named 2008 Michigan Class A Player of the Year by the Associated Press (2007–08)
• All- State, Michigan Coaches Association, 2006
• First Team, All Conference, 2006
• All State, Associated Press, 2006
• MVP, Benton Harbor H.S., 2006
• First Team, Detroit News, 2006
• Honorable Mention, All-America, Street & Smith, 2006^[4]

All-State (AP and Coaches), All-Conference and All-City accolades ... Attended the Nike Skills Regional Academy in 2007 ... Plays for the Michigan Crossover AAU team along with fellow Illini signee Brianna Jones ...

References

1. ^ http://www.hoopgurlz.com/player/destiny-williams
2. ^ http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/williams_destiny00.html
3. ^ http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/1966663670/destiny-williams-dominant-performance-carries-benton-harbor-past-livonia-franklin-in-state-class-a-girls-basketball-final/
4. ^ http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=62494&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncw%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d62494

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Name	Williams, Destiny
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Date of birth	1991
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