Riquna Williams
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Riquna "Bay Bay" Williams (born May 28, 1990) is an American basketball player who is a free agent. She played collegiately for the Miami Hurricanes of the University of Miami, where she majored in sports administration.[1]
Personal information | |
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Born | (1990-05-28) May 28, 1990 (age 34) Pahokee, Florida, U.S. |
Listed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Pahokee (Pahokee, Florida) |
College | Miami (Florida) (2008–2012) |
WNBA draft | 2012: 2nd round, 17th overall pick |
Selected by the Tulsa Shock | |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
Career history | |
2012–2015 | Tulsa Shock |
2012–2013 | Good Angels Košice |
2013–2014 | Hapoel Rishon Lezion |
2014 | Virtus Eirene Ragusa |
2015 | Adana ASKİ SK |
2015–2016 | Al Nasr Sports Club |
2016–2017 | Osmaniye GSK |
2017–2020 | Los Angeles Sparks |
2017–2018 | Reyer Venezia |
2019 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor |
2019–2020 | Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor |
2020–2021 | OGM Ormanspor |
2021–2023 | Las Vegas Aces |
2021–2022 | Galatasaray |
2022–2023 | OGM Ormanspor |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at WNBA.com | |
Riquna's nickname is Bay Bay. She is the youngest of five children. As a senior in high school she averaged 32.5 points per game at Pahokee High School.[1] As a freshman at the University of Miami she averaged 8.7 points per game, including a season high of 23 points against Clemson.[1]
She was first discovered during the summer going into her senior year of high school playing for Team Breakdown.
She emerged as one of the best scorers in the country in her sophomore year, and averaged 19.6 points per game.[1] She was named to the All-ACC Second Team her sophomore year[2]
Williams was named to the pre-season Wooden watch list, a list of players under consideration for the John R. Wooden Award, which will be presented to the outstanding player of the year at the end of the season.[3]