Tammy Williams

Tammy Williams
Born Tammy Kay Williams
(1987-06-21) June 21, 1987
Roscoe, Missouri
Residence Osceola, Missouri
Nationality American
Alma mater Northwestern University
Occupation Softball player
Years active 2006 – present
Employer US women's national softball team
Known for Professional Softball
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Parent(s) Albert and Neva Mallicoat
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  United States
National Pro Fastpitch
1st 2015 season Chicago Bandits

Tammy Kay Williams (born June 21, 1987) is an American, former collegiate 4-time All-American left-handed hitting softball player originally from Roscoe, Missouri. She played her natural position at shortstop from 2006 to 2009 for the Northwestern Wildcats as well as the Team USA and Chicago Bandits softball. She owns numerous Northwestern softball team all-time records.[1]

Northwestern

Williams attended Northwestern University, majoring in human development and psychological services with a minor in business institutions. She kicked off her career with freshman honors from both the NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. She was named a Third Team All-American, All-Big Ten and Big Ten "Freshman of The Year."[2][3]

Williams broke the school season record with her 14 home runs and positioned herself within the top-5 all-time for hits and doubles, where she currently remains. On April 23, 2006, she hit a career high 4 hits vs. the Minnesota Gophers Katie Dalen.[4]

The Wildcats made it into the Women's College World Series as the No. 4 seed and proceeded to sweep the competition in their first three games. Williams began her World Series career by going 4/6 off the Alabama Crimson Tide on June 1.[5] In the semifinals against the No. 1 seeded UCLA Bruins, Williams hit an extra-inning home run to score the eventual winning run and send Northwestern into their first final vs. the Arizona Wildcats.[6]

The Wildcats suffered back-to-back shutouts by Alicia Hollowell on June 5 and 6. Williams went 2/4 in the finale and was named to the All-Tournament Team hitting .333 with an RBI, HR and a slugging percentage over .450%.[7]

For her sophomore year, Williams earned a First Team All-American citation and repeated with Big Ten honors.[8][9] She broke the hits and total bases records while tanking top-5 in batting average, RBIs, home runs, doubles and slugging percentage. She currently still leads season records for her 91 hits and 155 total bases.

Beginning February 25 and ending April 8, 2007, Williams achieved a school record 24 consecutive game hit streak. She hit .500 (43/86) and produced 24 RBIs, 7 home runs, 8 doubles, 7 walks and a .837% slugging.

Her team made it back to the WCWS and once again Williams contributed by earning All-Tournament status hitting .272 with 4 RBIs on two home runs and a slugging of over .800%. They were eventually eliminated by National Collegiate Player of The Year Monica Abbott and the Tennessee Lady Vols on June 3.[10]

Williams earned her second First Team All-American citation as well as being named Big Ten "Player of The Year" to go along with all-conference honors.[11][12] Williams continued her trend of record breaking by posting an all-time season best batting average and on-base percentage. She ranked top-10 in hits and slugging in addition.

On February 17, 2008, Williams was named National Fastpitch Coaches Association "Player of The Week" for hitting .785 (11/14) with two RBIs, a home run, a double and slugging an 1.071%.[13] The next month, Williams drove in a career and school and conference best 8 RBIs vs. the Minnesota Gophers combined duo of Katie Dalen and Briana Hassett on March 8. She was a perfect 3/3 at the plate and two of her hits were home runs in the 17-8 victory.[14]

For a final season, Williams earned 2009 all-season honors and her second conference "Player of The Year" award.[15][16] She broke her own batting average record with a career best .448 total and posted top-5 records in both slugging and on-base percentages.

The Wildcat would have a career March month; for the week of March 8, Williams was again named "Player of The Week" by the NFCA; she hit .545 (6/11), drove in two runs on 5 extra base hits to slug an imposing 1.363%.[17] On March 22 through April 1, she had 5 consecutive game home run streak (an NCAA record).[18] In one of the games she would hit her 50th career home run off Kimi Wong of the Penn State Nittany Lions on March 29.[19]

Williams currently owns the Northwestern Wildcats career records for average, home runs, runs, hits, total bases and slugging. She ranks top-5 in RBIs, doubles, walks and on-base percentage. She is the Big Ten batting champ and ranks top-5 in virtually every other category. She started every game at shortstop during her 4-year career with the Wildcats. Williams was also named a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award following the 2009 season.[20]

Post-Northwestern career

Williams was drafted in the second round by the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch softball league.[21] Following a rookie season in which she posted a .340 batting average, 6 home runs, 20 RBIs, 20 runs and a .557 slugging percentage, Williams was named "Rookie of the Year" and "Defensive Player of the Year".[22] In 2011, Williams returned from a role with Team USA and hit .299 for the year. The Bandits made it into the Cowles Cup Championship and won their first title; Williams went 1/4 vs. pitchers Jordan Taylor, Sarah Pauly and Danielle Lawrie of the USSSA Pride.[23] The Bandits made a return trip to the finals in 2012, though Williams was shut out at the plate, the team won 2–1 on August 25.[24] Williams won her third Cowles Cup Championship and scored the sole winning run on August 18, 2015.

On July 21, 2009, Williams was named an assistant coach on the Northern Illinois softball coaching staff.[25] On January 11, 2010, she was named to the 2010 USA women's national softball team.[26]

Statistics

Northwestern Wildcats

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2006 65 215 65 81 .376 41 14 1 14 139 .646% 26 32 16 20
2007 65 214 73 91 .425 50 16 1 14 155 .724% 20 28 14 15
2008 56 168 49 74 .440 43 12 3 10 126 .750% 25 18 7 12
2009 46 143 48 64 .447 37 15 0 11 120 .839% 20 10 10 12
TOTALS 232 740 235 310 .419 171 57 5 49 540 .729% 91 88 47 59

NPF Chicago Bandits

YEAR AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2009 97 20 33 .340 20 6 0 3 54 .556% 2 22 3
2011 87 16 26 .299 12 4 2 1 43 .494% 17 19 3
2012 133 26 35 .263 15 3 1 4 50 .376% 17 21 6
2013 159 32 58 .365 21 5 0 11 86 .541% 10 19 11
2014 163 27 55 .337 33 9 1 9 93 .570% 11 12 6
2015 163 24 45 .276 18 1 0 5 53 .325% 8 17 6
TOTALS 802 145 252 .314 119 28 4 33 377 .470% 65 110 35

References

  1. ↑ "Williams Breaks NU Career Home Run Mark; 'Cats Win, 6-4". Northerstern. April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  2. ↑ https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3478-2006-di-aa-teams
  3. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/053106aab.html
  4. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2005-2006/g42minny.html
  5. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2005-2006/wcws3.html
  6. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/060406aab.html
  7. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2005-2006/wcwsch2.html
  8. ↑ https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3463-2007-di-aa-teams
  9. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/053007aac.html
  10. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/060307aai.html
  11. ↑ https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3495-2008-di-aa-teams
  12. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/052808aac.html
  13. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/021808aaa.html
  14. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2007-2008/g26minny.html
  15. ↑ https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3510-2009-di-aa-teams
  16. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/052709aab.html
  17. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/031009aab.html
  18. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/SB_Records/2012/DivI.pdf
  19. ↑ http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2008-2009/g25psu.html
  20. ↑ "Tammy Williams". Seniorclassaward.com. May 13, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  21. ↑ "Bandits Keep Talent Close to Home for 2009 NPF Draft". Chicago Bandits. February 17, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  22. ↑ "Williams, Canney headline NPF post-season awards". Chicago Bandits. August 19, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  23. ↑ http://npf.bbstats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=61627
  24. ↑ http://npf.bbstats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=110497
  25. ↑ "Lindsay Chouinard Names Newest Addition to Coaching Staff". Northern Illinois. July 21, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  26. ↑ "USA Softball ASA announces athletes and alternates for 2010 WNT". USA Softball. January 11, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
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