Biography
2016 (Senior Year): Earned a spot on the preseason All-MEAC second team … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Played in and started 39 games, all at third base … Hit .308 on the year and led the team with seven home runs … Ranked second on the team with 30 runs and 28 RBI while adding 41 hits, eight doubles and six walks … Tied for fifth in the MEAC in home runs … Tied for fourth in NSU Division I history for most homers in a season … Ended her career tied for the school record for home runs with 22 … Also ranked tied for fifth in career doubles (28), fifth in total bases (267), sixth in hits (171), tied for seventh in at bats (523), 13th in games started (163) and 15th in RBI (104) … Held a .526 slugging percentage and a .348 on-base percentage … Batted .316 (24-for-76) with runners on base, including .327 (17-for-52) with runners in scoring position … Led the team with 11 multi-hit games on the year and had eight contests with two or more RBI … Capped a five-run rally in the bottom of the seventh with a two-run single to score the tying and winning runs in a walk-off, 10-9 victory over Hampton on May 1 in the regular season finale to give NSU second place in the North … Batted 2-for-4 with four RBI that game, including a home run to tie the school’s career mark … Also had four RBI on March 11 in a win over Rhode Island, batting 2-for-4 with two runs scored … A day later, went 2-for-5 against Sacred Heart, hitting an RBI single in the top of the eighth to score the winning run in a 7-6 win … Hit a pair of doubles at Howard on April 17, including one with one out in the top of the eighth to drive in the go-ahead run in a 4-2 win … In a doubleheader against North Carolina Central on April 13, batted 5-for-7 with four RBI … Hit 5-for-7 in a doubleheader at UMES on April 21 with two runs … Scored three times and walked twice in a game 2 win at Howard on April 16 … Also scored three runs at UMES on April 3 … Went 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBI at Delaware State on March 25 … Drove in three runs and went 2-for-4 in game 2 at North Carolina A&T on March 16 … Batted 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in the next game against Coppin State on March 18.
2015 (Junior Year): Competed in and started 32 games on the year … Led the team in hitting at .362 … Also had team-leading totals of seven home runs and 26 RBI … Made 28 starts at third base and four at designated player … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Also earned a spot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar Athlete team for the second straight year … Named to the preseason All-MEAC first team … Tallied 22 runs, 34 hits, six doubles and nine walks … Posted a .649 slugging percentage and a .419 on-base percentage … Stood seventh in the MEAC in slugging and home runs … Also ranked 195th in the nation in slugging … Hit 15-for-35 (.429) with runners in scoring position and .426 in conference play … Had nine multi-hit games and a team-leading eight games with two or more RBI … Batted 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI in game 1 at Morgan State on April 11 … Also scored two runs with two RBI against the Bears on April 12 and finished the series 7-for-11 with five runs, four RBI, three doubles and a home run … Part of a seven-game hit streak that lasted April 3-16 in which she batted 12-for-22 … Hit home runs in back-to-back games at Coppin State on April 23 and 24 … Had three hits in the first game of the series and finished 6-for-12 with six runs, five RBI and a double in the series sweep … Hit 3-for-4 with a home run, double, run scored and four RBI in game 1 at Hampton on May 2 … Batted 2-for-3 with a double, run scored and three RBI in game 1 against Howard on March 28 … Also batted 2-for-3 with two RBI versus the Bison on March 29 … Hit a solo homer, walked once and scored three times as part of a 1-for-2 day in a game 2 win over UMES on April 3 … Belted a two-run homer and went 1-for-3 in game 1 against Delaware State on April 18.
2014 (Sophomore Year): Was named first-team All-MEAC at third base for the second year in a row … Along with teammate Alina Moriarty, became the third NSU infielder ever to earn all-MEAC honors twice … The only one of the three to be named first-team twice … Earned preseason All-MEAC first-team honors … Voted to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State second team for the second year in a row … Also tabbed to the NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete team … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Named MEAC Player of the Week on April 7 … Started all 46 of the team’s games at third base … Hit .317 on the year with 25 runs, 46 hits, six doubles, six homers, 24 RBI and five walks … Hit .342 (27-for-79) with runners on base … Had 13 games with two or more hits and six games with at least two RBI … Hit 4-for-4 with one double, a pair of homers, four runs and two RBI at UMES on April 6 … Batted 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI in a 5-2 win at UMES on April 5, hitting a go-ahead, two-run double in the top of the eighth … In a sweep of Howard on March 31, batted 5-for-8 with two runs and four RBI … Hit a homer and went 2-for-3 with three RBI in a victory over Connecticut on March 9 … Batted 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI in game 2 against George Mason on April 2 … Also had three hits in game 2 against North Carolina Central on April 26 and three hits and three runs scored in game 2 against Hampton on May 3 … In a three-game sweep of Morgan State from April 12-13, hit a combined 5-for-9 with three runs and two RBI … Batted 24-for-48 (.500) in 14 games from March 23-April 18.
2013 (Freshman Year): Earned first-team All-MEAC honors … Became NSU’s first all-conference third baseman since 1999 and the only one to garner first-team accolades since the program went Division I in 1998 … Joined teammate Haley Ward (2012) as the only two NSU freshmen to earn first-team honors in the last 21 years … Named to the VaSID all-state second team … The Team’s Rookie of the Year along with Heather Dunning … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Competed in and started 46 games … Started 41 games at third base, two in left field, two at designated player and one at first base … Missed several games on the year due to concussion symptoms … Finished fourth on the team among regular starters in average at .331 … Scored 27 runs on 50 hits with eight doubles, one triple, two home runs and 26 RBI … Hit .341 with runners on base … Named the MEAC Rookie of the Week on April 1 after going 3-for-7 with two runs and four RBI in a three-game series against Howard … Had 14 multi-hit games and eight with at least two RBI … Both home runs on the year came in clutch situations … Belted a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth against Coppin State on May 9 to keep NSU alive in the MEAC tournament … Hit a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh to tie the score against UMES in game 1 on April 6, won by NSU in the 10th inning … Finished 6-for-11 in the three-game series with UMES … Had a 4-for-4 game in the second contest at North Carolina Central on April 16 … Batted 2-for-5 with three RBI in the first game of the MEAC tournament final against Hampton on May 11 … Posted three hits against UMES on April 7 and again on May 9 against Savannah State in the tournament … Went 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBI at Morgan State on April 13 and had two more hits and RBI in the next game against the Bears on April 14 … Batted 4-for-8 with three RBI in the opening games of the year Feb. 20 against North Carolina Central … Also went 4-for-8 in a doubleheader sweep of North Carolina A&T on March 13.
High School: A multi-sport athlete at South Johnston High … Competed on the varsity softball team all four years under coach Rhonda Langdon … Earned All-Eastern Carolina Conference honors freshman, sophomore and junior seasons … Named to the North Carolina Softball Coaches Association’s 3A all-state team at first base as a sophomore and junior … Named the team’s MVP sophomore year in leading South Johnston to the semifinals of the state tournament … Earned the team’s offensive award as a junior and the coach’s award her senior season … Led South Johnston to a 20-1 record and to the second round of the state playoffs her junior year, hitting .517 with 15 doubles, five triples, 10 home runs and 54 RBI … South Johnston ranked sixth in North Carolina and 92nd in the country that year according to maxpreps.com … Competed on the varsity basketball team for three years and the JV team for one … Earned all-conference honors in basketball all three years on the varsity team … Garnered team MVP honors her sophomore and senior seasons … Was twice named MVP of a Christmas tournament her sophomore and junior years … Also competed for the JV volleyball team for two years and the varsity squad for two years … Named to the all-conference team as a senior … Also a member of the varsity track team for two seasons … Earned all-conference and all-state honors in track and field both years … Won the 3A state championship in the shot put as a senior and finished as the runner-up as a junior … Named the school’s Female Athlete of the Year senior season … Also a member of the school’s Honor Roll.
Personal: Full name is Whitney Danyale Williams … Born on Aug. 19, 1994 … Daughter of Kimberly and Tavaris Williams … Has two younger brothers, Trae and Kaleb … Majoring in sociology with a minor in psychology … Wants to pursue her masters in psychology … Member of the National Honor Society for sociology and the student-athlete honor society Chi Alpha Sigma … Enjoys reading, shopping, playing volleyball and basketball and throwing the shot put.
