Kiara Williams - Women's Basketball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#10 Kiara Williams

F/C | Sr | 6-1 | Little Rock, Ark. | Little Rock Central HS

HONORS

– Arkansas Academic Honor Roll (3.0-3.49 GPA) | Fall 2016

AS A SENIOR (2019-20)
Made a major impact during her senior season despite only playing in 19 games … Averaged 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.9 blocks, 0.5 steals, 11.6 minutes per game … 68.5 FG %, 75.0 FT % … Scored in double figures twice, both times against Texas A&M … Was huge against A&M in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal, going for 11 points, four rebounds and the game winning free throws with just under nine seconds to play … Was great against the Aggies in the SEC opener as well, going for 11 points, four boards and two blocks … Played in 107 games over the course of her career, ranking 37th all-time in program history … Blocked her 100th career shot against Tennessee, becoming one just 10 Hogs to ever block 100 shots in a career … Recorded a season-high three rejections in her 2019-20 debut against Northwestern State … Played well on Senior night, recording nine points, four boards and a block in Arkansas’ win over LSU.

AS A JUNIOR (2018-19)
Career-best 17 rebounds and seven blocks at No. 17 Kentucky … Season-best 15 points at Georgia and again versus Houston in WNIT … Team-best five blocks vs Tennessee Tech leading team to a program record 13 blocks … Team’s leading rebounder averaging 6.6 boards per game … Twenty-two career games in double figure scoring and 16 career games with double digit rebounds … Six career double-doubles (two as a senior) … Led team in rebounding in 16 game as a junior and for 29 career games.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
Kiara Williams significantly expanded her role in 2017-18 … Played in all 31 games with 30 starts … Twelve games in double figure scoring … Eight games with double digit rebounds … Four double-doubles (11 pts., 11 reb. vs. NMSU | 12 pts., 16 reb. vs Grambling | 15 pts., 14 reb. at Auburn | 25 pts., 10 reb. vs. Vanderbilt) … Score a career-best 25 points versus Vanderbilt (Feb. 28) in the first round of the SEC Tournament … Posted a career-best 16 rebounds twice, first at Kansas (Dec. 3) in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and again versus Grambling (Dec. 28) in the final non-conference game of the season … Finished the season TNo. 17 in rebounding with 6.8 rpg and No. 11 in field goal percentage with a .522 mark in all games … Ranked NO. 14 in blocks (0.9), No. 10 for offensive rebounds (3.0) in all games and No. 9 for field goal percentage (.540) and No. 13 for offensive rebounds (2.4) in SEC only games.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Played in 20 games this year … Career-best nine points in 14 minutes against ULM … Earned first career start at LSU Jan. 29 … Shot 46.2%, grabbed 15 rebounds and scored 16 points in a run of four consecutive games as a starter.

PRIOR TO ARKANSAS
All-State honors as a junior … Named to the All-USA Arkansas Girls Basketball Second-Team as a sophomore … Averaged 14+ ppg as a junior … Also a member of the volleyball team … Selected Arkansas over St. John’s, Ole Miss, Missouri State and Southern Miss.

PERSONAL
Born April 29, 1998 … Parents are Rodney Sr. and Domikia Davis … Parents are both in law enforcement … Younger siblings Jasmine and Rodney Jr. … Mother played basketball at Shorter College … Majoring in sport management at Arkansas and would like to be a high school or college coach.