Rita Williams (born January 14, 1976)
is a former professional basketball player in the
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ...
(WNBA). She was the 13th pick in the
1998 WNBA draft, selected by the
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference ...
.
She attended
Mitchell College
Mitchell College is a private college in New London, Connecticut. In Fall 2020 it had an enrollment of 572 students and a faculty of 68. Admission rate was 70%. The college offers associate and bachelor's degrees in fourteen subjects.
Academ ...
,
and played college basketball for the
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...
.
WNBA Career
In the
2000 WNBA season, Williams had the third most steals per game average (2.38). In the
2001 WNBA season
The 2001 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fifth season. The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their first WNBA championship.
Regular season standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Season aw ...
, Williams became the first WNBA All-Star in
Indiana Fever history.
Career statistics
WNBA
Regular season
Playoffs
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Personal life
Williams earned a degree in sociology from
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...
.
See also
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List of WNBA All-Stars
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game played between the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference All-Stars. Eleven players, five starters and six reserves, from each con ...
*
List of Connecticut Huskies in the WNBA draft
References
External links
WNBA.com All-Star 2001: Ask the All-Stars: Rita Williams
1976 births
Living people
American women's basketball players
Basketball players from Connecticut
Guards (basketball)
Houston Comets players
Indiana Fever players
Seattle Storm players
UConn Huskies women's basketball players
Washington Mystics draft picks
Washington Mystics players
Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars
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