#34 Niki Williams

5-6, Senior

Guard

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

High School: Seton-La Salle

High School Coach: Luke Ruppel

AT HOFSTRA

2007-08: Named to CAA All-Academic Team...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...Only player to start all 30 games for the Pride...Averaged 7.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and a team-high 3.7 assists per game...Ranked eighth in the CAA in assists (3.73 apg)...Was seventh in the CAA in assist to turnover ration (1:1.17)...Led team and was fifth in the CAA with 63 steals...Scored in double-figures in eight games...Had 23 points, including five three-pointers versus Southern Methodist...Shot six-of-seven from long range in 20-point performance at UNC Wilmington...Tied a career high with nine assists against Towson...Dealt eight assists at Northeastern...Had 12 rebounds (11 defensive) at Florida International...Posted five steals in a game four times...Averaged 6.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game in CAA play...Averaged 29 minutes per game.

2006-07: Named to CAA All-Academic Team...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...Played in all 34 games with 22 starts...Averaged 4.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and a team-high 3.6 assists per game...Led team with 72 steals (2.1 per game)...Ranked eighth in the CAA in assists and steals...Was fourth in the league in assist to turnover ratio at 1.46...Scored a season-best 14 points versus William & Mary...Tallied 13 points and six assists at Northeastern...Contributed 10 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists versus Drexel...Recorded a career-best nine assists at George Mason and South Carolina...Had six steals in WNIT win over Seton Hall...Averaged 5.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists in conference play...Averaged 26.2 minutes per game.

2005-06: Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...Played in all 31 games...Averaged 2.5 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game...Scored a season-high 12 points and added five assists and four steals at Central Connecticut...Had eight points on three-for-three shooting, including two-for-two from long-range, against Georgia State...Dealt out nine assists and grabbed four rebounds versus Sacred Heart...Tallied six points and six assists in home game versus UNC Wilmington...Had seven points and five steals at UNC Wilmington...Averaged 2.5 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in conference games...Averaged 11.8 minutes per game.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL

Played four years of basketball, four years of softball and three years of soccer at Seton-La Salle High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...2005 team went 22-7 and advanced to the second round of the PIAA Class AA playoffs...Named Player of the Year by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for WPIAL Class AA in 2005...Averaged 18.8 points and 5.9 assists per game as a senior, 19 points per game as a junior and 22 points per game as a sophomore...Named to WPIAL all-section team in 2005...Was a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Fabulous Five" as a junior and senior...Associated Press All-Pennsylvania selection as a junior and senior...Scored 1,839 points in her scholastic career, second in Seton-La Salle history behind only former Minnesota Lynx head coach Suzie McConnell Serio...Has three brothers and two sisters...Plans to pursue a professional basketball career...Legal studies in business major.

When I first got to campus I wish someone would have told me: To start saving money for all the parking tickets you will accumulate

My first basketball memory is: Playing in the driveway with my dad

One thing I can't live without: It's a close call between fruits/vegetables and the gym

Favorite spot on campus: My room and the David S. Mack Sports Complex

One super power you wish you could have: Healing

What place have you never visited but would like to: Israel

Fondest memory with Hofstra Basketball: Beating Michigan State on their court and the WNIT run in the same season

Do you have a superstition or pregame ritual: Yes, but it can't be told or I'd have to change it

What attracted you to Hofstra University: A good education and a high level of competition

Favorites:

Book: Any "Magic School Bus" book, my 4-year old brother loves them

Movie: Thrillers, ones with twisted endings

Athlete: Olympian Samia Yusuf Omar

Color: Orange

Television Show: how about station...Game Show Network

Actor/Actress: Jessica Biel

Sport other than basketball: Soccer

Musician: Gary Allen

Vacation Spot: Bahamas

Career Highs:

PTS: 23 vs. Southern Methodist, 12-21-07

REBS: 12 at Florida International, 12-29-07

ASTS: 9, four times, last vs. Towson, 1-16-08

FGM: 9 vs. Southern Methodist, 12-21-07

FGA: 17 vs. Stony Brook, 12-4-07

3FGM: 6 at UNC Wilmington, 2-7-08

3FGA: 9 vs. Southern Methodist, 12-21-07

FTM: 6 vs. William & Mary, 2-7-07                     

FTA: 8, twice, most recently vs. William & Mary, 2-7-07

OR: 3 vs. Georgia State, 1-20-08

DR: 11 at Florida International, 12-29-07

TO: 7, twice, last at William & Mary, 2-28-08

BS: 1, multiple times, last vs. Florida State, 12-30-07

ST: 6 vs. Seton Hall, 3-17-07

MIN: 39, twice, last at South Carolina, 3-21-07