Rita Williams Explained

Rita Williams
Position:Guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:6
Weight Lb:135
Birth Date:1976 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Norwalk, Connecticut
Nationality:American
High School:Brien McMahon
(Norwalk, Connecticut)
College:
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:1998
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:13
Draft Team:Washington Mystics
Career Start:1998
Career End:2003
Years1:1998–1999
Team1:Washington Mystics
Years2:2000–2002
Team2:Indiana Fever
Years3:2002
Team3:Houston Comets
Years4:2003
Team4:Seattle Storm
Highlights:
Stats League:WNBA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:1185 (6.4 ppg)
Stat2label:Assists
Stat2value:405 (2.2 apg)
Stat3label:Rebounds
Stat3value:369 (rpg)
Bbr Wnba:williri01w
Letter:w

Rita Williams (born January 14, 1976)[1] is a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was the 13th pick in the 1998 WNBA draft, selected by the Washington Mystics.[2] She attended Mitchell College,[3] and played college basketball for the University of Connecticut.[4]

WNBA Career

In the 2000 WNBA season, Williams had the third most steals per game average (2.38). In the 2001 WNBA season, Williams became the first WNBA All-Star in Indiana Fever history.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

Year Tm G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1998 WAS 30 18 23.7 1.4 4.2 .323 0.4 1.8 .218 1.0 2.4 .403 1.3 2.0 .633 0.4 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.1 0.1 2.3 1.7 4.4
1999 WAS 31 0 10.1 1.0 2.0 .500 0.6 1.1 .559 0.4 0.9 .429 0.7 1.2 .639 0.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.8 1.3 3.4
2000 IND 32 29 31.7 3.5 8.6 .409 1.5 4.1 .374 2.0 4.5 .441 2.5 3.4 .731 0.7 2.3 3.0 3.2 2.4 0.1 2.2 2.2 11.0
2001 IND 32 29 32.6 3.6 9.2 .392 1.3 3.4 .376 2.3 5.8 .402 3.4 4.1 .838 0.8 2.5 3.3 3.6 2.3 0.3 3.1 2.2 11.9
2002 TOT 29 1 19.6 1.5 5.0 .301 0.7 2.5 .260 0.9 2.5 .342 1.1 1.5 .727 0.3 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.1 0.1 1.3 1.6 4.8
2002 IND 20 1 24.2 2.0 6.8 .289 0.9 3.4 .254 1.1 3.4 .324 1.3 1.7 .735 0.5 1.4 1.9 2.2 1.1 0.1 1.5 1.7 6.0
2002 HOU 9 0 9.4 0.6 1.2 .455 0.2 0.7 .333 0.3 0.6 .600 0.8 1.1 .700 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.0 1.1 1.2 2.1
2003 SEA 32 0 11.9 0.9 2.3 .373 0.3 1.3 .256 0.5 1.0 .531 0.3 0.5 .733 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.1 2.4[5]

Playoffs

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2002|style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 3 || 0 || 23.0 || .320 || .286 ||  - || 2.0 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 6.7

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1995–96 | style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut|30||-||-||38.1||21.1||51.9||1.6||0.8||1.1||0.0||-||2.6 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1996–97| style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut|34||-||-||35.4||20.0||55.2||3.7||3.3||3.1||0.2||-||7.2 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1997–98| style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut|37||-||-||40.8||35.3||67.3||3.3||4.0||2.9||0.1||-||10.2 |-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|101||-||-||38.4||30.1||60.1||2.9||2.8||2.5||0.1||-||6.9 |- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[6]

Personal life

Williams earned a degree in sociology from University of Connecticut.[7]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WNBA.com: Rita Williams Playerfile. wnba.com. 2015-02-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210031308/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/rita_williams/index.html. 2015-02-10.
  2. Web site: WNBA.com: All-Time WNBA Draft List. wnba.com. 2015-02-14.
  3. News: Former players bask in afterglow . "UConn's final scholarship may go to guard Rita Williams, who is at Mitchell College in New London." . Bruce . Berlet . . Sports . C7 . January 23, 1995 . November 4, 2022 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Neighbor Newspapers - Former WNBA players lead Galloway girls basketball . neighbornewspapers.com. 2015-02-14.
  5. Web site: Rita Williams WNBA Stats | Basketball-Reference.com. basketball-reference.com. 2015-02-14.
  6. Web site: Rita Williams College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 11, 2024.
  7. Web site: WNBA.com: Rita Williams Playerfile. wnba.com. 2015-02-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110409211324/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/rita_williams/bio.html. 2011-04-09.