The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Danni Williams
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Clovis
- Prev School:
- Texas A&M
- Hometown:
- Clovis, N.M.
- Major:
- Master's in Sport Management
HONORS & AWARDS
• All-SEC [2016-17 Second Team]
• SEC Academic Honor Roll [2016-17, 2017-18]
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll [2015-16]
JUNIOR [2017-18 at Texas A&M]
• Played in and started all 31 games as a junior, averaging 35.8 minutes per game, which led the SEC and ranked seventh nationally.
• Became the 30th Texas A&M player in the school's history to reach 1,000 career points.
• Averaged 14.7 points per game and 2.4 assists per game.
• Set the Texas A&M single-season record with 71 made three-pointers. Ranked fifth in the SEC in three-pointers made.
• Ranked 13th in the SEC with a field-goal percentage of 41.5 in league action.
• Made three free throws with 7.8 seconds left to give Texas A&M the lead in a 79-76 victory against No. 6/6 Tennessee [Jan. 11].
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
SOPHOMORE [2016-17 at Texas A&M]
• All-SEC Second Team.
• Played in and started all 34 games on the season for the Aggies, averaging 37.2 minutes per game, which ranked second in the SEC.
• Ranked sixth in the SEC with 16.6 points per game. Increased her scoring average from the previous season by 13.5 points [from 3.1 ppg to 16.6 ppg], which marked the largest increase in Texas A&M history.
• Matched the Texas A&M sophomore scoring record with 563 points, which also tied for the seventh-most in a single season in program history.
• Fourth in the SEC with 1.85 three-pointers per game and ranked seventh in the league with an 82.0 percent [114-of-139] free-throw percentage.
• Had nine 20-plus-point games and two 30-plus-point games.
• Hit the three-pointer that brought Texas A&M within a point in the Aggies' NCAA Tournament record 21-point comeback against Penn [March 18].
• Scored 32 points, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 2.7 seconds left in regulation in the Aggies' 98-90 overtime win against Texas Tech [Nov. 17].
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
FRESHMAN [2015-16 at Texas A&M]
• Played in each of her team's 32 games with one start, averaging 9.8 minutes per game.
• Made two shots from long range against No. 11/11 Ohio State [Nov. 28], scoring eight points.
• Made at least one three-pointer in five consecutive games from Nov. 27 to Dec. 7.
• Scored 14 points in her Texas A&M debut against Texas State [Nov. 13], marking the most points for an Aggie freshman in her debut since 2004-05.
• Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
PREP
• Rated the seventh-best guard and the 35th-best player in the 2015 class by ESPN.
• Was New Mexico's first three-time winner of the Gatorade Player of the Year Award.
• Averaged 24.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.6 assists, leading Clovis to a 27-3 record and a state semifinal appearance as a senior.
• Her teams went 114-10 over four years in high school, helping Clovis at least to the state semifinals each season, and a New Mexico state title in 2013 as a sophomore.
• A three-time District MVP, First-Team All-State Selection and New Mexico Miss Basketball selection by NM Preps.
• Set Clovis’ school scoring record as a sophomore, broke her own record as a junior, and broke it once again as a senior.
• Played AAU basketball for the New Mexico/Texas Heat Elite team.
• Earned First Team All-District honors in volleyball.
ACADEMICS & COMMUNITY
• Pursuing a master's degree in sport management.
• Earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Texas A&M in May 2018.
• Valedictorian of Clovis High School.
PERSONAL
• Born October 16, 1996 in Clovis, N.M.
• Full name is Danni Leann Williams.
• Parents are Regan and Michelle Williams.
• Has two brothers, Josh and Dustin.
• Was an accomplished youth motocross racer, winning Women’s Motocross Association national titles in the 10-and-11-year-old category as a nine year old, and again in the 12-and-13-year-old category as an 11-year old.
