2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Kayla Williams
- Position:
- guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bishop Montgomery HS
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
“Meeting and being around all these great players, it’s been amazing.”
— USC Women's Basketball (@USCWBB) August 23, 2022
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2023-24 SEASON
• 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
2022-23 SEASON
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention
• 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
2021-22 RS SOPHOMORE SEASON AT UCI
• 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)
2020-21 RS FRESHMAN SEASON AT UCI
• 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 FRESHMAN SEASON AT UCI
• Sat out the season with an 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.
