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South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Women's Soccer Roster
Williams, Annie
Jersey Number 23
Annie Williams
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cottage Grove, Minn.
Bio
Career Highs
Points: 2 (three times, last at Western Illinois, 10/15/17)
Goals: 1 (three times, last at Western Illinois, 10/15/17)
Assists: 1 (five times, last vs. Oral Roberts, 10/21/18)
Shots: 5 (at North Dakota, 9/15/17)
SOG: 3 (Northern Iowa, 9/7/18)
Minutes: 110 (Four times, last at Eastern Washington, 9/16/18)
Honors
2018: Started all 19 games and played the second-most minutes on the defensive line (1,649) … notched two assists … fired 45 shots with 19 on goal (.422 SOG percentage) … anchored a defensive unit that posted a school-record 11 shutouts (tied) and limited opponents to 14 goals … set up game-winning scores against Northern Iowa (9/7) and Oral Roberts (10/21) … played all available minutes in nine games.
2017: Started all 19 games and finished third on team with eight points … scored three goals and tallied two assists over 1,556 minutes … fired 24 shots on the year with 12 on goal (.500 shots on goal percentage) … scored one game-winner and had a game-tying goal … played a majority of time in back line for a team that posted eight shutouts and allowed only one goal in league play … scored first goal of the year on a free kick at Creighton (9/3) and followed with a goal at Drake (9/10) the following weekend … hit game-winner at Western Illinois (10/15) … assisted on goals at Denver (9/29) and against North Dakota State (10/29).
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2016 – Started eight games and appeared in 21 … logged 1,261 minutes in the field … had an assist against Creighton (9/4) … fired 21 shots and put seven on goal … fired season-high three shots against IUPUI (10/28).
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2015Â - Played in 16 matches, starting vs. Northern Iowa (9/18) and North Dakota (9/20) ... recorded career highs in shots (4) and shots on goal (1) at IUPUI (11/1) ... had two-or-more shots in six matches.
Before SDSU - Team captain as a junior and as a senior … named team MVP as a sophomore and junior … finalist for the 2015 Ms. Soccer award … helped team to runner-up finish in the 2012 section tournament … garnered all-conference and all-sectional honors from 2012-14 … named to the all-state and all-Midwest region teams in 2013 and 2014 … all-conference honorable mention as a freshman and all-state honorable mention as a sophomore … lettered four years in soccer … member of the basketball team, garnering all-conference honors in 2014 and captaining the team as a senior.
Personal - Born August 4, 1997 in Cottage Grove, Minnesota ... daughter of Tony and Cindy Williams ... has two sisters, Alicia and Carlie and one brother, Anthony ... majoring in English education with a minor in Spanish.
Points: 2 (three times, last at Western Illinois, 10/15/17)
Goals: 1 (three times, last at Western Illinois, 10/15/17)
Assists: 1 (five times, last vs. Oral Roberts, 10/21/18)
Shots: 5 (at North Dakota, 9/15/17)
SOG: 3 (Northern Iowa, 9/7/18)
Minutes: 110 (Four times, last at Eastern Washington, 9/16/18)
Honors
- 2018 United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team
- Two-time Summit League Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
- Two-time All-Summit League First Team (2017, 2018)
- 2018 Summit League All-Academic Team
- Two-time Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (10/16/17, 10/23/18)
- Distinguished Scholar on The Summit League Honor Roll (2015)
2018: Started all 19 games and played the second-most minutes on the defensive line (1,649) … notched two assists … fired 45 shots with 19 on goal (.422 SOG percentage) … anchored a defensive unit that posted a school-record 11 shutouts (tied) and limited opponents to 14 goals … set up game-winning scores against Northern Iowa (9/7) and Oral Roberts (10/21) … played all available minutes in nine games.
2017: Started all 19 games and finished third on team with eight points … scored three goals and tallied two assists over 1,556 minutes … fired 24 shots on the year with 12 on goal (.500 shots on goal percentage) … scored one game-winner and had a game-tying goal … played a majority of time in back line for a team that posted eight shutouts and allowed only one goal in league play … scored first goal of the year on a free kick at Creighton (9/3) and followed with a goal at Drake (9/10) the following weekend … hit game-winner at Western Illinois (10/15) … assisted on goals at Denver (9/29) and against North Dakota State (10/29).
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2016 – Started eight games and appeared in 21 … logged 1,261 minutes in the field … had an assist against Creighton (9/4) … fired 21 shots and put seven on goal … fired season-high three shots against IUPUI (10/28).
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2015Â - Played in 16 matches, starting vs. Northern Iowa (9/18) and North Dakota (9/20) ... recorded career highs in shots (4) and shots on goal (1) at IUPUI (11/1) ... had two-or-more shots in six matches.
Before SDSU - Team captain as a junior and as a senior … named team MVP as a sophomore and junior … finalist for the 2015 Ms. Soccer award … helped team to runner-up finish in the 2012 section tournament … garnered all-conference and all-sectional honors from 2012-14 … named to the all-state and all-Midwest region teams in 2013 and 2014 … all-conference honorable mention as a freshman and all-state honorable mention as a sophomore … lettered four years in soccer … member of the basketball team, garnering all-conference honors in 2014 and captaining the team as a senior.
Personal - Born August 4, 1997 in Cottage Grove, Minnesota ... daughter of Tony and Cindy Williams ... has two sisters, Alicia and Carlie and one brother, Anthony ... majoring in English education with a minor in Spanish.
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