Rachel Williams Season 2023

2024 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN

• Saw action in 23 matches this season and 47 total sets
• Set a career-high 4 digs vs UMBC (08/31/24)
• Set a career-high 2 service aces vs Indiana (10/19/24)
• Registered a kill vs California (09/05/24)
• Recorded 11 digs on the season
• Tallied 7 service aces

2023 / AS A FRESHMAN

• Did not play

HIGH SCHOOL

• Club Team: Circle City
• Three-time Journal & Courier All-Area honoree
• Earned IHSVCA All-District Team honors both as a junior and senior
• Three-time All-Conference selection
• Named to the 2022 AVCA All-America Watch List
• Received the Lauren M. Wastl Scholarship Award
• Posted 511 kills as a senior, hitting .434 % in addition to 270 digs and 26 blocks
• The strong server racked up 207 aces over her high school career, including 89 as a freshman
• Totaled more than 700 digs over her high school career
• The 5'6" player recorded over a 9'0 jump and has a standing reach of over 7'0"
• Intended major: Selling & Sales Management
• Mother is Charese Williams. Father, Calvin, was a member of the Purdue football team from 1986-89 before going on to play in the NFL. Currently, Calvin is the associate athletics director – sport Administration at Purdue. He was drafted in the fifth round by the Philadelphia Eagles and subsequently played for seven seasons with the Eagles (1990-96) and the Baltimore Ravens (1996).

Shondell on Williams: "Rachel's experience as an outside hitter helps her to really understand the game – I like the fact that many of our defensive specialists have been in that roll before because they understand what hitters are going to do and what they're thinking when going up to attack the ball. Rachel is a strong competitor that I've had the chance to watch. She really competes hard. She rises to the occasion in the biggest matches. We're excited to have her start here in January and watch her develop.