Kansas State University Athletics
2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Peyton Williams
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Cair Paravel Latin School
- Hometown:
- Topeka, Kan.
Peyton Williams - Double Threat
WILLIAMS’S TROPHY CASE
• 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
• 2020 Senior CLASS Award All-America Second Team
• Two-time All-Big 12 First Team (2019 & 2020)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District VII First Team (2019 & 2020)
• Two-time Big 12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2019 & 2020)
• Three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
• 2020 Wade Trophy Watch List
• 2020 Women's Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List
• 2020 John R. Wooden Award Watch List
• 2020 Katrina McClain Award Watch List
• 2019-20 ESPN.com Preseason Top-25 Player
• 2019-20 Preseason All-Big 12
• Two-time Big 12 Player of the Week
• 2019 U.S. Pan American Games Team (silver medal)
• 2019 Big 12 All-Defensive Team
• 2019 Big 12/Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
• 2019 Nicole Ohlde Defensive MVP
• 2019 Pat Bosco Academic Award
• 2019 Katrina McClain Award Watch List
• College Sports Madness Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 31)
• 2018 Cancun Challenge - Mayan Division All-Tournament Team
• 2018-19 Preseason All-Big 12 Team (Honorable Mention)
• 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team
• 2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team
• 2018 Kendra Wecker Offensive MVP
• 2016-17 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
• Two-time Big 12 WBB Freshman of the Week (Nov. 14 & Dec. 5)
• 2017 Big 12 VB All-Freshman Team
• Big 12 VB Freshman of the Week (Aug. 28)
• Seven-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
CAREER
First player in program history with 1,500 or more career points, 950 or more career rebounds, 200 or more career assists, 150 or more steals and 100 or more career blocks... 9th in program history for career points (1,553)... Fifth in school history for career free throws made (333)... Seventh in school history for career free throw percentage (.795)... Third for career rebounds (967)... Tied for first for career games with 15 or more rebounds (7)... Third in program history for career double-doubles (33)... 24th in school history for career assists (221)... Fifth in program history for career blocks (119)... Seventh in program history for career blocks per game (0.93)... Tied for fifth in program history for career five-block games (3)... Played in 128 career games with 116 starts... Tied for 10th in school history for career starts... Completed her career with 82 career games with 10 or more points... Pulled in 10 or more rebounds in 39 career games... Scored in 89 consecutive games to end her career... Led K-State in scoring in 35 career games... Led K-State in rebounding in 60 career games.
Peyton Williams Volleyball Bio
SENIOR (2019-20)
2020 Wade Trophy Watch List... 2020 Naismith Trophy Watch List... 2020 Wooden Award Watch List... 2020 Katrina McClain Award Watch List... 2020 Senior CLASS Award candidate... Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 17)... Played in and started 28 games... Logged 993 minutes (35.5 mpg)... Registered 431 points (15.4 ppg), 308 rebounds (11.0 rpg) and 86 assists (3.1 apg)... Third player in program history and the first since Kendra Wecker in 2004-05 to record a double-double for an entire season... Pocketed 36 steals (1.29 spg) and blocked 29 shots (1.04 bpg)... Shot .465 from the field (158-of-340), including .263 from 3-point range (15-of-57)... Finished with a free throw percentage of .758 (100-of-132)... Made 100 or more free throws in two straight seasons... Fifth player in program history with three or more seasons in a career with 400 or more points in a season... Seventh player in school history with three or more seasons with 200 or more rebounds... Only player in school history with two seasons of 300 or more rebounds... Set a new career season-high for assists... Scored in double figures in 24 games... Pulled in 10 or more rebounds in 16 games... Registered 12 double-doubles and ranked tied for seventh in school history for double-doubles in a season... Ranked seventh in the Big 12 and 40th in the nation for double-doubles... Ranked 16th in the nation and third in the Big 12 in rebounds... Ranked ninth in the Big 12 in scoring... Ranked sixth in field goal percentage... In Big 12 action, carded 281 points (15.6 ppg), 186 rebounds (10.3 rpg), 61 assists (3.4 apg), 25 steals (1.39 spg) and 19 blocks (1.06 bpg)... First player in school history to average a double-double in Big 12 action in consecutive seasons... Tallied a double-double of 14 points and 19 rebounds against Omaha (11/8)... Carded 11 points, 13 rebounds and three steals against Oral Roberts (11/18)... Registered 16 points, 18 rebounds and two steals against UT Arlington (11/24)... Notched 17 points and 10 rebounds against Michigan State (11/30)... Tallied 14 points on 7-of-7 shooting, seven rebounds, two blocks and a steal against UIW (12/3)... Registered 13 points, 15 rebounds, three assists, three blocks and a steal at Kansas City (12/14)... Carded 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals at Oregon (12/21)... Recorded 17 points and nine rebounds against UTRGV (12/28)... Carded 25 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals against Oklahoma State (1/15)... Tallied 15 points, nine rebounds, three assists and a block at Iowa State (1/22)... Registered 24 points on 10-of-18 shooting, 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block against Oklahoma (1/25)... Carded 17 points including a 10-of-10 effort from the free throw line, 13 rebounds, three blocks and two steals at Kansas (1/29)... Recorded a single-game school record for rebounds with 22 while adding 12 points, three assists and three blocks at TCU (2/1)... Notched 15 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and three blocks against Texas Tech (2/5)... Turned in 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists at West Virginia (2/11)... Registered a career-high 31 points on 9-of-15 shooting and 12-of-15 from the foul line, while also pulling in 19 rebounds, dishing six assists and pocketing five steals at Oklahoma (2/16)... First player in a major conference since 1999-00 to register a stat line of 30 or more points, 15 or more rebounds, five or more assists and five or more steals... Carded 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists against Kansas (3/8).
JUNIOR (2018-19)
2019 Katrina McClain Award Watch List... 2019 All-Big 12 First Team... 2019 Big 12 All-Defensive Team... 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District VII First Team selected by CoSIDA... 2019 Big 12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year... 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team... 2019 Big 12/Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient... Big 12 Player of the Week (March 6)... Played in 32 games with 31 starts... Registered a career-high for minutes played with 1,138 (35.6 mpg)... Recorded a career-high scoring average (15.5 ppg) and tallied 496 total points... Scored in double figures in 28 games... Finished the season shooting .486 from the field (180-of-370) including a career-best 21-of-72 (.292) from beyond the arc... Notched a career-high performance from the free throw line for free throws made and attempted (115-of-138; .833)... Pulled in a career-high 303 rebounds (9.5 rpg)... Ranks fourth in program history for rebounding average in a single season and fourth for total rebounds in a single season... First player since Kendra Wecker in the 2004-05 season to average a double-double in Big 12 play (16.2 ppg and 10.0 rpg)... Third player in program history with 475 or more points and 300 or more rebounds in a season... Pulled in five or more rebounds in 30 games, including 16 games with 10 or more rebounds... Pulled in 26.6 percent of K-State’s total rebounds in 2018-19... Pocketed a career-high 62 steals (1.9 spg) and ranked second on the team in the category... Carded two or more steals in 15 games... Blocked 37 shots (1.2 bpg) and ranked second on the team... Tallied two or more blocks in nine games... Her combined total of 99 blocks and steals set a new single season career best... Notched a double-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, three blocks and a steal against Omaha (11/12)... Carded 13 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two steals against UMKC (11/18)... Named to 2018 Cancun Challenge - Mayan Division All-Tournament Team... Registered 14 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals against Syracuse (11/22)... Tallied 23 points, seven rebounds and two blocks against Princeton (11/24)... Carded 16 points, 14 rebounds, three steals and two assists against Vanderbilt in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge (12/2)... Tabulated 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting with 12 rebounds and three assists against Lamar (12/5)... Notched 12 points and eight rebounds at Little Rock (12/8)... Carded 17 points, 12 rebounds and two assists against Arizona State (12/16)... Recorded 12 points, six rebounds, three steals, two assists and a blocked shot against Central Arkansas (12/20)... Notched a diverse stat line of 22 points, 13 rebounds, six rebounds, one block and one steal against Northern Iowa (12/29)... Carded 14 points, 12 rebounds and six assists against Oklahoma (1/5)... Tallied 18 points, 10 rebounds, three steals and a block at Baylor (1/9)... Recorded 19 points, eight rebounds, five blocks and a steal against Kansas (1/13)... Notched 18 points and eight rebounds against 11th ranked Texas (1/16)... Registered 18 points, seven rebounds, three steals, two assists and one block at Texas Tech (1/19)... Turned in 23 points, 10 rebounds, two steals, two blocks and a steal against Oklahoma State (1/23)... Achieved her 10th double-double of the season with a career-high 26 points on 10-of-19 shooting and 5-of-5 from the foul line while pulling in 13 rebounds at Kansas (2/6)... Also pocketed a career-high six steals at Kansas... Carded 13 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and a block at Oklahoma (2/10)... Notched 13 points and 14 rebounds at Texas (2/17)... Registered her 1,000th career point at TCU (2/23) on a jumper in the first quarter... Finished with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal against the Horned Frogs... Tallied 20 points including 10-of-10 from the foul line, four rebounds, four blocks, three assists and two steals against West Virginia (2/27)... Carded her 13th double-double of the season with 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting and 5-of-6 from the free throw line while pulling in a season-high 15 rebounds with three assists, three steals and two blocks against Texas Tech (3/2)... Recorded 22 points six rebounds and three steals against West Virginia (3/9) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championships... Finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and a steal against Baylor (3/10) in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championships.
SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention... Fourth sophomore in program history with 500 or more points and 200 or more rebounds... Sixth sophomore in program history to score 500 or more points... Established new career season-highs in every statistical category... Played in and started all 34 games despite playing her first complete season with K-State volleyball... Carded 1,063 minutes of playing time (31.3 mpg)... Ranked 15th in the Big 12 in minutes per game... Second on the team in scoring with 501 points (14.7 ppg) on a team-high .536 field goal percentage (199-of-371)... Ranked 12th in the Big 12 in scoring and seventh in the league in field goal percentage... Ranked 40th in the nation in field goal percentage... Tallied a 14-of-47 (.298) effort from 3-point range... Notched a team-high free throw percentage (.856; 89-of-104)... Ranked third in the Big 12 in free throw percentage... Ranked 35th in the nation in free throw percentage... Ended the season with 31 consecutive free throws made... Improved her scoring average by 11.0 points from 2016-17 to 2017-18, which is the third-largest increase from one season to the next in school history and the fifth-highest in the nation in 2017-18... Scored 20 or more points in a game nine times... Second on the team in rebounding with 241 (7.1 rpg) and led the team with 84 offensive rebounds (2.5 orpg)... Ranked eighth in the Big 12 in rebounds per game... Ranked ninth in the Big 12 in offensive rebounds per game (2.5 orpg) and ranked 10th in defensive rebounds per game (4.6 drpg)... Registered 17 games with 15 or more points and five or more rebounds... Handed out 39 assists (1.1 apg)... Defensively, she led K-State with 47 blocks (1.4 bpg) and was third on the team in steals with 50 (1.5 spg)... Ranked sixth in the Big 12 in blocks per game... Ranked 14th in the Big 12 in steals per game... Tallied a team-high six double-doubles... Averaged 21.3 points on a .528 field goal percentage and 11.0 rebounds in the Postseason WNIT... Registered second career double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks against Florida A&M (11/17)... Tallied a career-high 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting and added eight rebounds, three blocks, two steals and two assists against Penn State (11/25)... Carded 13 points on 6-of-12 shooting, and nine rebounds at Missouri (11/30)... Recorded a career-high 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting and 6-of-7 from the foul line against Little Rock (12/16)... Added seven rebounds and a block to her final line against the Trojans... Notched her second double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Chicago State (12/18)... Recorded 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting and added six rebounds and two steals against UNI (12/21)... Carded 15 points, nine rebounds, five steals and two assists at Oklahoma State (12/31)... Notched 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting, 10 rebounds and two steals at West Virginia (1/3)... Carded 15 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks and two steals at Iowa State (1/10)... Notched 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting and eight rebounds against Oklahoma (1/17)... Registered 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting, eight rebounds and five blocks at Kansas (1/28)... Carded 19 points and 10 rebounds against Texas Tech (2/7)... Finished with 21 points, including an 8-of-8 effort from the free throw line, nine rebounds, a block and a steal at TCU (2/17)... Notched 18 points, six rebounds, five steals and a block against West Virginia (2/20)... Recorded 21 points, five rebounds, three assists and three blocks against Kansas (2/24)... Carded 14 points, six rebounds and two blocks against Kansas in the first round of the Big 12 Championships (3/2)... Registered 10 points, six rebounds, two blocks and one steal against Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championships (3/3)... Tallied 21 points on 10-of-20 shooting, eight rebounds and two steals against Saint Louis in the first round of the 2018 Postseason WNIT (3/15)... Led K-State with 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting and also pulled in seven rebounds with two blocks and two steals against Utah in the second round of the 2018 Postseason WNIT (3/18).
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Played in 34 games, started 23 and registered 543 minutes (16.0 mpg)... Scored 125 points (3.7 ppg), including four games with 10 or more points... Shot 48-of-104 (.462) from the field and 29-of-45 (.644) from the foul line... Hauled in 115 rebounds (3.4 rpg)... Had nine games with five or more rebounds... Handed out 29 assists... Tallied six blocks and 11 steals... Started her first career game at K-State, vs. Chicago State (11/11)... In her first game, she carded a double-double of 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting and 12 rebounds... She is the first player to register a double-double in her K-State career debut since Kendra Wecker in 2001... Carded 11 points and five rebounds off the bench against Auburn (12/1)... Recorded six points and three rebounds at Omaha (12/4)... Tallied 10 points, five rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal against Texas Tech (1/7)... Registered seven points on 3-of-3 shooting and four rebounds at Oklahoma State (1/14)... Notched 12 points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal at Texas Tech (2/1)... Carded two points and seven rebounds at Texas (2/4).
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the No. 64 player in the nation by Prospects Nation... Ranked as the No. 20 forward in the nation by ESPN Hoopgurlz... Fourth player in program history from Topeka, Kansas... Scored over 1,500 points in career... Was the MCAA MVP in both basketball and volleyball her senior year... Named All-MCAA in all five seasons of her career... Finished her senior season with 15.5 points and 12.6 rebounds per game... Averaged 19.3 ppg & 13.1 rpg in 2014-15 in leading Lions to state runner-up finish in KCAA... Set the scoring record for the Burlington Tournament with 37 points against Labette County... In 2013-14, averaged 22.2 ppg, 14.1 rpg, 5.1 spg & 2.3 bpg in leading Cair Paravel to the KCAA state title.
PERSONAL
Born April 27, 1998... Daughter of Eric Williams and Kim Fertig; stepdaughter of Todd Fertig and Heidi Williams... Has one sibling, Carter... Major is anthropology and international studies with a minor in political science.
