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Jersey Number 4
Amira Williams
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Winston-Salem, N.C.
- High School:
- Winston-Salem Christian Academy
- Previous:
- College of Charleston
- Major:
- Political Science
2023-24 as a Redshirt Junior:
2022-23 as a Junior:
2021-22 as a Sophomore:
2020-21 as a Freshman (at College of Charleston):
High School:
Personal:
- Appeared in 13 games, making one start
- Recorded six rebounds, five points, four assists, one steal and one block against Longwood (11/15)
- Tied her season-best of six rebounds versus Marshall (1/24)
- Scored a season-best seven points on 3-of-3 shooting from the field at Georgia State (1/31)
- Dean's List (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
- 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2022-23 as a Junior:
- Appeared in 30 games, averaging 7.1 minutes per contest
- Recorded seven points, seven rebounds, one block, and one steal in 22 minutes against Queens (N.C.) on Nov. 13
- Registered two steals versus #13 North Carolina (11/20)
- Dean's List (Fall 2022)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
- 2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's Award
- CSC Academic All-District
2021-22 as a Sophomore:
- Played in one game at the College of Charleston before transferring to JMU in January of 2022
- Sat out the remainder of the season due to transfer rules
- Dean's List (Spring 2022)
- JMU Athletics Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2022)
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2022)
2020-21 as a Freshman (at College of Charleston):
- Played in all 15 games with 11 starts
- Ranked ninth in the CAA in steals (1.7), 11th in blocks (0.7) and 18th in rebounding (5.6)
- Averaged 7.2 points per game and scored in double figures six times
- Tallied a season-high 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds against Towson (2/7)
- Had 10 points and a season-high nine rebounds against William & Mary (1/23) and 10 points, eight rebounds the following day
- Those two games against the Tribe earned her CAA Rookie of the Week honors
- Had 11 points, six rebounds, four steals, three assists and three blocks against UNCW in the CAA Tournament
High School:
- Graduated from Winston-Salem Christian Academy
- Previously played at West Forsyth High School and Forsyth Country Day
- Ranked the No. 5 guard in North Carolina by the All-Star Girls Report
- Named all-conference each season and was selected all-district and all-state her senior year
- Nominated for McDonald's All-America team
- Scored over 1,300 points and pulled down more than 500 rebounds in her career and set school record with 20 rebounds in a game
- Member of state championship team at Forsyth Country Day
- Track and field standout who earned three spots on all-state team in the high jump, including second place her junior year
Personal:
- Daughter of Ira Williams Jr. and Lamaya Williams
- Father played football at Wake Forest (1998-2001)
- Aunt, Aleah Williams, ran track at Texas (2000-03)
- Aunt, Tahirah Guice (formerly Williams), played basketball at UConn (2005-09)
- Uncle, Isaiah Williams, played football at Maryland (2005-08)
- Majoring in political science with a minor in sociology
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