2012-13 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Sherise Williams
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School/Previous School:
- McCluer HS
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, MO
CAREER HONORS?
• SEC Co-Freshman of the Week – 2012 (12/16)
2015-16 (SENIOR)
Finished her career MSU’s winningest player with 90 victories… Played in 28 games in her final campaign, starting twice… Tallied 59 points (2.1 ppg) and ranked third on the team with 19 blocks (0.7 bpg), capping her career sixth in MSU history with 75 swats… Claimed 2.3 rebounds per game… Knocked down 51.1% of her shots from the field (23 of 45)… Recorded a season-high 8 points against Grambling and Louisiana Tech… Claimed seven rebounds against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.
2014-15 (JUNIOR)
Saw action in 24 games, including nine conference games… Went 28 of 59 (47.5%) from the field… Grabbed 2.6 rebounds per game and blocked 10 shots… Tallied a season-high 15 points against ULM, going 4 of 8 from the field and 7 of 8 at the free-throw line... Had a team-high 8 rebounds at New Orleans, one off her career high.
2013-14 (SOPHOMORE)
Saw action in 32 games, starting once… Averaged nine minutes per game… Scored at a 3.2 clip and hauled in 2.7 rebounds per game, with 40 of her 85 rebounds coming on the offensive glass… Finished third on the team with 13 blocked shots… Paced the Bulldogs in rebounds twice and blocks three times… Tallied a personal-best 11 steals… Shot 43.2% from the floor and 65.5% from the line… Scored double figures in the season’s first three games, tallying 11 points each against Houston and New Orleans and 10 versus Jackson State… Tallied 15 points, nine boards against Mississippi Valley State.
2012-13 (FRESHMAN)
Earned SEC co-Freshman of the Week honors following a 21-point outing against Florida A&M on Dec. 16... Played in 25 games during her freshman season, starting six times... Averaged 19.1 minutes per game, tallying 478 minutes on the season... Rated seventh in the SEC and first among league freshmen with a 1.3 blocks average... Finished second all-time among Bulldog freshmen with 33 blocked shots... Scored 128 points in her rookie season, an average of 5.1 per contest... Went 47-of-128 from the floor (36.7%)... Averaged 4.5 rebounds per game, including 69 offensive boards.
HIGH SCHOOL
Had a standout career for McCluer High School in St. Louis, scoring over 1,000 points and grabbing more than 900 rebounds... Led the Suburban North Conference in blocks as a senior with nearly four per contest... Rated third in the league in scoring (17.8 ppg) and fourth in rebounds (8.6 rpg)... Top five in the St. Louis area as a junior, scoring 19.9 ppg and grabbing 13.5 rpg... Named fifth team all-star by the St. Louis American and Suburban North All-Conference second team following the 2010-11 season... Paced the Suburban North Conference in rebounding a year ago while rating second in the league in points and blocks... Was also a standout on the track and the volleyball court, earning first team all-conference volleyball honors in 2011.
PERSONAL
Born Dec. 5, 1993... The daughter of Steven DeShields and Tracey Williams... Majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in sport studies.
