2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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4 Kayla Williams

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Last School(s) Bishop Montgomery HS
  • Hometown Los Angeles, CA
  • Major Masters: Arts

Biography

Honors and Awards: 
  • Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention - 2022-23
  • All-Big West First Team - 2021-22
  • Big West All-Defensive Team - 2021-22
  • Big West All-Tournament Team - 2021-22
  • Big West Freshman of the Year - 2020-21
  • All-Big West First Team - 2020-21
  • Big West All-Tournament Team - 2020-21
  • Big West Athlete of the Week - Jan. 25, 2021

As a Graduate at Cal (2024-25):
  • Appeared in and started all 34 games logging 1,065 minutes for an average of 31.3 minutes per game.
  • Averaged 11.1 points, 3.9 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game.
  • Led the team with 52 steals and 133 assists.
  • Ranked third on the team with 50 3-pointers.
  • Had a season-high 25 points at Gonzaga including four 3-pointers while dishing six assists.
  • Had 10 games with at least five rebounds.
  • Had 14 games with at least two made 3-pointers.
  • Swiped a season-high five steals in the NCAA Tournament first round game against Mississippi State.

As a Senior at USC (2023-24):
  • Scored 1,000th career point on 12/18 vs. Cal State Fullerton
  • Career-high .444 field-goal percentage
  • Season-high nine points and four steals at Long Beach State 
  • Averaged 2.6 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 26 appearances
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Averaged 5.3 points per game at the Pac-12 Tournament

As a Junior at USC (2022-23):
  • Started all 31 games, averaging 24.8 minutes per game
  • Averaged 5.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game
  • Team leader in steals with 48 (1.6 spg)
  • Second on team in assists with 2.4 per game
  • Recorded four games in double digits
  • Season-high 15 points at UCLA

As a Sophomore at UC Irvine (2021-22):
  • All-Big West First Team
  • Big West All-Defensive Team
  • Big West All-Tournament Team
  • Averaged a team-best 15.5 points, 4.2 assists 2.3 steals per game
  • Set a single-season school record with 74 steals
  • Also cracked UCI’s top-10 with 495 points (6th), 68 3FG made (2nd) and 133 assists (T10th)
  • Scored in double figures in 29 of 32 games played
  • Scored a season-best 26 points, 16 of which came in the fourth quarter, in a win over Cal Poly (March 3)

As a Freshman at UC Irvine (2020-21):
  • Big West Freshman of the Year
  • First UCI freshman on a All-Big West First Team
  • Added Big West All-Tournament Team accolades after 11.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in two games played
  • Led team in scoring (14.4 ppg), assists (4.1 apg), steals (2.6 spg) and minutes played (34.1 mpg)
  • Ranked among the top-15 NCAA DI freshmen in scoring (T13th) and assist average (T11th)
  • Scored in double figures in 19 of 23 contests with five 20+ point performances
  • Scored a career-high 32 points with a  career-high  seven 3-pointers made at Cal Poly (Jan. 23)
  • Her 32 points tied for 11th most in a single game in school history; her seven threes made tied for third
  • Named Big West Athlete of the Week on Jan. 25
  • Notched first double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, to go along with six steals vs. LBSU (March 5)
  • Was 11-for-11 at the free-throw line at CSUB (Feb. 5)
  • Had a career-best 10 assists vs. UCSB on Dec. 28
  • Her career-high 14 free throws vs. Westmont tied for third most FT makes in UCI single-game history
  • Big West All-Academic

2019-20 at UC Irvine: Sat out the year due to injury
 

High School:

Williams was a four-star recruit out of Bishop Montgomery High in Torrance, Calif.... Ranked as the No. 21 guard in the nation by ESPN... A 2019 McDonald's All-American Game nominee...Two-time all-league first team pick... Earned All-CIF honors as a senior... Named MVP of the  Redondo Union  Tournament... Recorded a triple-double in the Los Angeles City Section championship game with 34 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds... Started her prep career at Pacific Palisades High... A  two-time All-CIF L.A. City Section selection... Also competed in track... An honor student... Played club for Cal Storm Team Taurasi.
 

Personal: Kayla Monaye Williams was born June 11, 2001 in Inglewood, Calif.... The daughter of Pumi and Tony Williams... Has two siblings: Kiara and Brandon... Majoring in non-governmental organizations and social change.

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