The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2009 Softball Roster
Roster
Desiree Williams
- Position:
- 1B/RHP
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Flowing Wells
- Hometown:
- Tucson, Ariz.
· Career statistics
CAREER ACCOLADES
•2008 All-Big 12 Second Team
•2007 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year preseason watch list
•2006 Top 25 Finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
•2006 USA Softball World University Games Training Camp invitee
•2006 Easton-Bell All-America Second Team
•2006 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team
•2006 All-Big 12 First Team
•2006 Texas Softball Co-MVP
•Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 28, 2006)
•Ranks No. 1 all-time at Texas in walks (111) and is tied for first in career home runs (21) and hit-by-pitches (12)
•46 career stolen bases (46-of-55) ranks sixth all-time at Texas
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2008)
•was just one of two players to start all 54 games in 2008
•led the team in runs scored (35), walks (34) and stolen bases (17)
• tied for second in the Big 12 with seven steals in conference play
•hit safely in 9-of-10 games spanning from 2/22 versus UNLV to 3/2 against Utah
•went 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI and a walk against No. 2 Northwestern (2/23)
•blasted a two-run home run in her one plate appearance of UT's 3-1 win over Stanford (2/24)
•went 2-for-3, including an RBI double in the 5-1 conference-opening win over Nebraska (3/21)
•notched a two-run single in the 9-2 win over Oklahoma State (4/6)
•tallied two RBI, two singles and a run scored in the 4-0 blanking of Sam Houston State (4/16)
•blasted her school record-tying 21st career home run in a 10-1 win over Texas Tech (4/17)
•posted a combined 4-for-7 effort at the plate in the doubleheader sweep of TAMU Corpus Christi (5/1) ... notching a double, a triple, four RBI and four runs scored
AS A JUNIOR (2007)
•named to the 2007 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year preseason watch list
•granted a NCAA waiver (redshirt) after missing all but eight games
•started UT's first eight games before tearing the posterior cruciate ligament in her left knee against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2/17)
•connected for a leadoff double and gave UT its first base runner of the game in its 1-0 season-opening victory over then-No. 3 UCLA (2/9)
•went 2-for-3 against North Texas, including three runs scored, two RBI and a home run (2/16)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2006)
•team co-MVP along with National Player of the Year and senior Cat Osterman
•played in all 64 games, starting 63 at shortstop, leading UT in hitting with a .333 (57-for-171) batting average
•headlined the squad with team-bests in home runs (12 - a school single-season record), RBI (39), TB (109), walks (39), slugging pct. (.637) and on-base pct. (.468)
•second on the squad in hits (57) and runs scored (41)
•her 12 home runs set the school single-season home run record, passing the 10 home run mark set by both Nikki Cockrell and Jodi Reeves in 1997
•12 multiple-hit games and a team-best 10 multiple-RBI games ... registered five game-winning RBI games
•started all eight of UT's in its run to the NCAA Women's College World Series, finishing fourth on the team with a .261 (6-for-23) batting average in NCAA action
•blasted her 12th home run of the season in UT's 2-0 victory over No. 7 Arizona State in the Horns' first game of the Women's College World Series (6/1)
•broke her own school record (33) for single season walks, set as a freshman
•matched UT's school record for longest hitting steak at 16 (2/24 vs. Long Island through 3/16 vs. Washington)
•Big 12 Player of the Week for her play at the Palm Spring Classic (.421, seven runs, four RBI, two doubles, two home runs, .842 slugging, .522 on-base)
•posted a two-hit, three RBI effort against Syracuse (2/10) in which she was one of four UT players to hit a home run in the fourth-inning (the feat tied an NCAA record for most consecutive home runs)
•first-inning solo home run was the lone run in Texas' 1-0 victory over No. 1 Arizona (2/26)
•connected for a run-scoring triple against No. 14 Washington (3/16) which extended her hitting streak to 16 games, tying the school record; the hitting streak was snapped the next day against No. 10 Louisiana-Lafayette
AS A FRESHMAN (2005)
•appeared in 61 games, including 58 starts at shortstop
•second on the team in batting .285 (45-for-158)
•posted team-best totals in: runs (27), walks (33), doubles (10), home runs (5), total bases (70), slugging percentage (.443) and on-base percentage (.411)
•set the Texas single-season walks record, besting the previous mark of 28 (Jodi Reeves, 1998)
•batted a team-best .400 (10-for-25), scored three runs and drew three walks in the team's nine-game NCAA Tournament run
•owned the team's season-best seven-game hitting streak, which ran from the beginning of NCAA Regional play through the second game of the Women's College World Series
•collected nine multiple-hit games (eight two-hit games and one three-hit contest)
•led the team with five multiple-RBI games, adding three game-winning RBI
•ranked second on the team in stolen bases, going 13-for-14 on the season
•was one of five players injured when the team's bench collapsed in the dugout on March 25 in a rain delay ... missed one game with an ankle injury
•went a career best 3-for-4, scoring two runs and driving in another, against Bethune-Cookman (May 28) in the NCAA Austin Super Regional as she hit .571 (4-for-7) in the two-game set
INTERNATIONALLY
Member of the 2003 U.S. Junior National Team that won the silver medal at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Nanjing, China ... played in all 10 games of the tournament, making eight starts (designated player and first base) ... fourth in team batting with a .435 average (10-for-23) ... scored eight runs and drove in seven ... hit three home runs in the tournament and had a .870 slugging percentage ... also had a perfect fielding percentage in 29 chances.
NATIONALLY
Member of the California Cruisers (based out of Orange County, Calif.) under head coach Dean Lappin placing second in 2004 at 18-Gold Nationals ... a 2002 ASA All-American ... helped lead the Arizona Alleycats to the 2001 Under 18 National Championship and the following year helped P.V. Premier to a fifth-place finish at the ASA Gold Nationals in 2002.
BEFORE TEXAS
2004 State of Arizona Gatorade Softball Player of the Year award as a senior at Flowing Wells High School for head coach Armando Quiroz ... 2004 Arizona 5A Southern Region Athlete of the Year ... first-team all-state as both junior and a senior ... led Flowing Wells to the 2004 state regional title and to the 2002 Arizona 5A state championship ... a four-time all-region: first team selection as a junior and senior, second team as a sophomore and honorable mention as a freshman ... 2002 Arizona 5A Co-Player of the Year as a sophomore ... as senior, batted .521 with an on-base percentage of .746 with seven home runs ... also made her mark in the pitching circle with a 0.41 earned run average ... also a four-year member of the Flowing Wells girls basketball team and was a two-time first-team all-state selection in the sport ... led FWHS in rebounding all four years and was the leading scorer as a junior and senior ... was also a member of the volleyball team as a freshman and sophomore ... an honor roll student and won the Dr. Vogt Scholar-Athlete Award.
PERSONAL
Full name is Desiree Meghan Williams ... born September 23, 1985 in Tucson, Ariz. ... oldest of Rick and Tery Williams' two children ... has a younger brother Seth (19) ... recipient of the UT Women's Athletics 2006-07 Knox Nunnally Endowed Scholarship and the 2005-06 Gordon C. and O.V. Bennett, Jr. Endowed Scholarship ... is a corporate communications major.
