University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

2001-02: Ranked second on the team with 19 blocks and finished tied for No. 12 on the UAA career blocks list with 40...played in 15 games, averaging 3.0 points and 2.7 rebounds...best game of came on Senior Night against Western Washington with 8 points and 4 rebounds.

2000-01: Led the team and ranked ninth in the Pac West Conference with 0.95 blocks per game...was UAA's fourth-leading rebounder (2.9 rpg)...scored 16 points (8-12 FG) in Shootout loss to nationally ranked DePaul...scored 12 points (5-7 FG) and had personal-best seven rebounds in win over Alaska Fairbanks (Feb. 24).

BEFORE UAA: Received first team all-conference honors after leading the Rebels to a 17-13 overall record and a runner-up finish in the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference...averaged 11 points and 9 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in 1999-00 campaign...averaged 12 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks over his two-year career at the Hillsboro, Texas, school.

HIGH SCHOOL: Had a standout prep career at Dunbar High, where he prepped under Robert Hughes, the nation’s all-time-winningest public high school coach...as a senior at Dunbar in 1998, Williams helped lead the Wildcats to the district final, where they lost to eventual state champion Duncanville...averaged team-leading numbers of 18 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks per game that season...senior honors included all-district accolades and a spot on the all-tournament team at the prestigious Westside Lions Christmas Tournament...named honorable mention high school All-America by Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook.

PERSONAL: Born Nelson Laquane Williams on Dec. 10, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas...son of Nelson and Gwen Williams...major is art.


CAREER HIGHS
Points
16 vs DePaul (11-25-00)
Rebounds
8 vs Seattle University (1-24-02)
Assists
1, six times
Blocks
5 vs Southwestern, Kan. (12-30-00)
Steals
2, three times