| Christy Williams |
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2004 (Junior)
Played in 101 games for the Deacs and started in 26 of the 28 matches played ... closed the year with 98 total blocks, including 78 block assists ... finished the season third on the team in blocks per game ... opened the year with nine kills for a season-high hitting percentage of .538 against South Carolina Sept. 3 ... had a great defensive outing against Marshall the next night, tying a career high with 10 digs ... knocked down 11 kills and added five block assists against Connecticut Sept. 4 ... earned seven kills and four block assists against Tennessee-Martin in the final match of the Dominos Pizza Lady Vols Classic Sept 11 ... slammed down three service aces against Morehead State on Sept. 17 ... opened the conference season with six block assists and one solo block against Virginia on Sept. 24 ... added nine kills and seven total blocks the next night against Maryland ... had season-high 14 kills against Winthrop Oct. 16 ... also added five total blocks against the Eagles ... earned a season-high nine blocks against Maryland Oct. 22, eight of which were block assists ... finished the regular season with 12 kills against Virginia Tech Nov. 13 ... opened the St. John's tournament with 11 kills and six digs against St. John's on Nov. 27.
2003 (Sophomore)
Named honorable mention All-America by the AVCA ... ranked third in the ACC with a .362 hitting percentage ... named to the second-team All-ACC .. finished the season with 293 kills and led the Demon Deacons with 96 total blocks ... hit .452 with 17 kills and seven total blocks against Clemson in the ACC Tournament, Nov. 21 ... hit .538 with eight kills against NC State, Nov. 15 ... led all players with a .692 attack percentage against Florida State, Oct. 25 ... led the team with a .423 attack percentage, 14 kills and five block assists against Maryland Oct. 21 ... hit a team-high .429 with seven kills and a solo block at NC State on Oct. 17 ... hit .375 with 16 kills and four block assists at Duke, Sept. 29 ... hit a career-high .818 and led the Deacs with 13 kills against Gardner-Webb, Sept. 23 ... named the Georgetown Classic MVP ... posted a career-high seven service aces against William and Mary on Sept. 13 ... opened the season with seven kills with no errors for a .583 attack percentage against Kentucky on Aug. 29.
2002 (Freshman)
ACC Rookie of the Year and ACC All-Freshman Team ... played in 27 matches, starting eight ... hit .417 in two games of the shutout win over Alabama Nov. 30, putting away six kills and two blocks ... came off the bench to hit .231 in ACC quarterfinal against #20 Georgia Tech Nov. 22 with 11 kills ... hit .333 with six kills and only two errors, plus three blocks in three games against #12 North Carolina Nov. 9 ... hit .462 with eight kills and only two errors in two games of 3-0 win over NC State Nov. 8 ... came off the bench to provide nine kills, hitting .500, and four blocks in two games of 3-0 win at Virginia Nov. 2 ... came off bench to lead team with eight kills at Maryland Oct. 29 ... came off the bench to provide six kills and four blocks against Duke Oct. 25, playing some at outside hitter ... fired a .455 attack percentage at East Tennessee State Oct. 22 with six kills and only one error to go with one ace and two blocks ... hit .455 against Florida State Oct. 20, putting away six kills in only one game ... nailed 11 kills against #20 Georgia Tech Oct. 19 ... hit .385 in 3-0 win over Clemson Oct. 15, posting 12 kills and four blocks ... added seven kills at NC State Oct. 12 ... totalled eight kills and two blocks at #11 North Carolina Oct. 11 ... led team with 19 kills and 12 blocks against Liberty Oct. 8, including a then school record 10 block assists ... hit .400 against Maryland Oct. 5, nailing six kills to go with a block and four digs ... put away six kills to go with two blocks in three games at Florida State Sept. 27 ... had three blocks in addition to a .400 attack percentage with six kills on 10 attempts and only two errors in one game of the 3-0 win at Duke Sept. 24 ... got the starting call against San Diego State Sept. 21 and responded with eight kills, four digs and four blocks ... had breakout performance at Kentucky tournament, registering 24 kills, 10 digs and 14 blocks over nine games ... led team with 13 kills and eight blocks against Dayton Sept. 14 ... played in two games versus #3 USC Sept. 6 and had two kills plus one block ... saw action against Auburn and Ohio ... put away two kills to go with a solo block in Auburn win Aug. 30.
High School
Graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Ill. ... played middle blocker on the nationally ranked Sports Performance Club Team for two years ... led team to back-to-back AAU National Championships ... followed up a ninth place finish at the USAV Junior Olympics in 2001 with a third place finish in 2002 ... two-time AAU All-American ... two-time all-conference selection at Loyola ... two-time all-area honoree ... recorded 312 kills and 40 solo blocks in her senior season ... three-time academic all-conference selection.
Personal
Was teammates with Valerie Rydberg on her Sports Performance club team ... born on Oct. 26, 1984 in Chicago, Ill. ... the daughter of Wayne and Betty Williams ... enjoys scrapbooking ... chose Wake Forest over Duke, San Diego, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Rice and Temple ... has one older sister, Melissa ... is a psychology major ... father, Wayne Williams, played football at Illinois-Chicago ... club teammates Sam Tortorello and Kim Holm
play at Penn State; Dani Nyenhuis, Mackenzie Byrd and Meg Eckert play for UNC and Meg Stanton plays for Clemson.
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Kills 19 vs. Liberty 10.8.02
Pct. (min. 10 att.) .818 vs. Gardner-Webb, 9.23.03
Assists 2 several times (most recently, St. John's, 11.27.04)
Service Aces 7 vs. William & Mary, 9.13.03
Digs 10 twice (most recently, Marshall, 9.4.04)
Block Assists 10 vs. Liberty 10.8.02
