• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in seven games, starting the shutout win against Dayton at center back
• Also played in wins against Indiana State, DePaul, Louisville, Michigan State, and Maryland
• Logged 24 minutes in the shutout vs. Indiana State
• Enters her senior season having started 28 games in her career, second most among active Boilermakers
• Graduated in May with a bachelor’s of science in management, earning her degree in three years
• Represented Purdue Athletics at the fourth-annual Black Student-Athlete Summit in Austin in January
• Selected as a team captain for the 2018 season
2016 / AS A SOPHOMORE
· Academic All-Big Ten
· Played in 12 games, starting 11 times
· Sidelined by injury for five straight from Sept. 4 to 25
· Returned to the starting lineup in time for the Rutgers game and played 573 of the 578 minutes the rest of the season
· Scored the game-winning goal in the Maryland victory, her first collegiate goal
· It marked the first time Purdue won 1-0 behind a player's first collegiate goal since the 2011 season opener; it was a first in Big Ten play since October 2009
· Went the distance in eight of the 12 games in which she played
· Averaged 85 minutes per game
2015 / AS A FRESHMAN
· Played in all 18 games and started 16 times
· One of just six players to play in every game
· Started the season as a defensive midfielder but moved to center back in time for the Illinois win during the opening weekend of Big Ten play
· Went the distance in the final 10 games of the season after moving to center back
· Also went the distance in the victory against Baylor
· The only games she did not start were against Montana and Seattle at the at the Montana Cup
· Helped Purdue shut out Ohio, Evansville, Rutgers and Indiana
· Averaged 82 minutes per game as a starter and 75 minutes overall
· Recorded a shot in the Penn State game
HIGH SCHOOL
· Four-year varsity letterwinner for coaches Joseph Moreau and Sue Soderberg at Neuqua Valley High School in suburban Chicago
· All-state and all-area honoree as a senior
· Helped lead Neuqua to a runner-up finish in the 2015 state finals
· Four-time academic all-conference honoree
· Also a four-year honor roll student and an Indian Prairie scholar
PERSONAL
· Major: Business Management
· Parents: David Williams and Deanna Newsom (father played football at Evangel University)
· Siblings: David Jr., Dionna and Darien