Kansas State University Athletics
2018 Volleyball Roster
Williams, Peyton
Jersey Number 11
Peyton Williams
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Cair Paravel
- Hometown:
- Topeka, Kan.
Bio
Honors
CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team (2019)
All-Big 12 Second Team (2019)
K-State Invitational MVP (2019)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
MSU Fall Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2018)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2017)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2018)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2017)
Big 12 Freshman of the Week (8/28/17)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2019)
2019 (Redshirt Junior)
All-Big 12 Second Team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named K-State Invitational MVP ... Appeared in 27 matches (110 sets) and totaled 239 kills (2.17 per set) to rank fourth on the team ... Led K-State in hitting percentage for the third straight season at .314 ... Her .314 clip was the fifh-best mark in the Big 12 ... Finished her career with a .315 hitting percentage, the fifth-best mark in program history during the rally-scoring era and the seventh-best mark all-time ... Produced 10 or more kills 12 times, including a stretch of eight straight matches from Sept. 5-20 ... Hit .300 or better 14 times (minimum 10 swings) and .400 or better seven times ... Career-high 17 kills against Central Arkansas on Sept. 7 at the K-State Invitational ... Season-best .571 hitting percentage at N.C. State on Aug. 30 ... Ended the season second on the team with 99 total blocks (11 solo, 88 assists) and 0.90 blocks per set ... Career-high nine blocks at TCU on Sept. 28 ... Turned in five or more blocks in six matches ... Second on the team with 23 service aces, twice recording three aces: at Missouri State (Sept. 13) and at KU (Nov. 16) ... During conference play, totaled 99 kills in 55 sets (1.80 per set) while hitting .263 ... Second on the team with 57 total blocks and 1.04 blocks per set ... Reached double-digit kills four times during league play and five or more blocks four times.
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named to the All-Tournament Team of the K-State Invitational ... Appeared in 24 matches (75 sets) and led team with a .325 hitting percentage, the seventh-highest in the conference ... Registered 141 kills (1.88 per set) and 49 total blocks (0.65 per set) ... Four matches with 10 or more kills with a season-high 11 coming on three occasions: vs. TCU (Sept. 29), at Texas Tech (Oct. 3) and at Baylor (Oct. 20) ... Five matches hitting over .400, hitting a season-best .550 at Baylor on Oct 20 (11 kills, 0 errors, 20 attempts) ... Twice registered a season-best five blocks - at Hawai'i on Aug. 26 and at Texas Tech on Oct. 3 ... In league-only matches, hit .310 to rank seventh in the conference ... Averaged 1.82 kills per set and recorded 32 blocks (0.64 per set).
All-Big 12 Second Team (2019)
K-State Invitational MVP (2019)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
MSU Fall Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2018)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2017)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2018)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2017)
Big 12 Freshman of the Week (8/28/17)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2019)
2019 (Redshirt Junior)
All-Big 12 Second Team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named K-State Invitational MVP ... Appeared in 27 matches (110 sets) and totaled 239 kills (2.17 per set) to rank fourth on the team ... Led K-State in hitting percentage for the third straight season at .314 ... Her .314 clip was the fifh-best mark in the Big 12 ... Finished her career with a .315 hitting percentage, the fifth-best mark in program history during the rally-scoring era and the seventh-best mark all-time ... Produced 10 or more kills 12 times, including a stretch of eight straight matches from Sept. 5-20 ... Hit .300 or better 14 times (minimum 10 swings) and .400 or better seven times ... Career-high 17 kills against Central Arkansas on Sept. 7 at the K-State Invitational ... Season-best .571 hitting percentage at N.C. State on Aug. 30 ... Ended the season second on the team with 99 total blocks (11 solo, 88 assists) and 0.90 blocks per set ... Career-high nine blocks at TCU on Sept. 28 ... Turned in five or more blocks in six matches ... Second on the team with 23 service aces, twice recording three aces: at Missouri State (Sept. 13) and at KU (Nov. 16) ... During conference play, totaled 99 kills in 55 sets (1.80 per set) while hitting .263 ... Second on the team with 57 total blocks and 1.04 blocks per set ... Reached double-digit kills four times during league play and five or more blocks four times.
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named to the All-Tournament Team of the K-State Invitational ... Appeared in 24 matches (75 sets) and led team with a .325 hitting percentage, the seventh-highest in the conference ... Registered 141 kills (1.88 per set) and 49 total blocks (0.65 per set) ... Four matches with 10 or more kills with a season-high 11 coming on three occasions: vs. TCU (Sept. 29), at Texas Tech (Oct. 3) and at Baylor (Oct. 20) ... Five matches hitting over .400, hitting a season-best .550 at Baylor on Oct 20 (11 kills, 0 errors, 20 attempts) ... Twice registered a season-best five blocks - at Hawai'i on Aug. 26 and at Texas Tech on Oct. 3 ... In league-only matches, hit .310 to rank seventh in the conference ... Averaged 1.82 kills per set and recorded 32 blocks (0.64 per set).
2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Aug. 28 following the season's opening weekend at the Beaver State Classic where she hit over .700 in two matches against Idaho and Oregon State... Ended the season as the team leader in hitting percentage at .309, the highest efficiency by a Wildcat since Kaitlynn Pelger's .317 in 2012 ... Fourteen times she hit .300 or higher and 11 times she eclipsed the .400 mark (led team) ... Finished second on team with 88 total blocks and 0.86 blocks per set ... Recorded double-figure kills eight times, with a season-best 14 vs. Kansas on Sept. 24 ... Season-high eight blocks at West Virginia on Oct. 21 ... Averaged 1.87 kills per set with 191 total kills ... In Big 12 play, she led team with a .269 hitting percentage and was second with 118 kills (1.82 per set) and 62 bocks (0.95 per set).
2016 (Freshman)
Did not appear in any matches (redshirt).
High School
Lettered in five years at Cair Paravel Latin School in Topeka, Kansas ... First team all-league and league MVP in each of her five seasons ... During her club career with Topeka Impact, she was named all-tournament at the 2015 USA Volleyball Girls National Championship after helping the 17-1 team finish third ... Also lettered in four years in basketball ... Named all-league four times ... Scored more than 1,200 points ... Averaged 19.3 points and 13.1 rebounds as a junior ... Played golf as a freshman.
Club
Topeka Impact
Personal
Born in Topeka, Kansas ... Daughter of Eric Williams and Kim Fertig; step daughter to Todd Fertig and Heidi Williams ... Has a younger brother, Carter ... During high school, was involved with choir, Madrigals, theatre, art and student council ... Also a member of the K-State women's basketball team ... Anthropology major.
K-State VB | Recap vs Nevada
Sunday, September 07
K-State VB | Match Highlights vs Nevada
Friday, September 05
MATCH REPLAY | VB vs Nevada
Friday, September 05
K-State VB | Recap vs NC State
Thursday, September 04
