Player Bio: Jace Williams - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Softball
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2008 (As A Freshman)
Second team All-Pac-10 second baseman ... named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team ... ranked second on the team with a .333 batting average, a .503 slugging percentage and 12 doubles, while also tying for second with 34 RBI and 29 runs scored ... led the team with a .411 on-base percentage, while her 18 walks tied for the team lead ... her 53 hits ranked her third on the team ... started 51 straight games after missing the first weekend of the season and getting a pinch-hit at-bat against Texas State in her first appearance ... made 39 starts at second base and 12 at third ... hit safely in each of her first 12 starts from Feb. 15-Mar. 2 ... also has two five-game hitting streaks and a four-game hitting streak ... hit safely in 35 games in all ... tallied 13 multi-hit games, including five games with three hits ... recorded six multi-RBI games, including two games with four RBI ... led the team in batting from the second week of the season until the end of the regular season ... made an immediate impact in her first start of the season, going 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI vs. UMKC on Feb. 15 ... hit a two-run home run the next day vs. Southern Utah ... hit 3-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base vs. No. 3 Texas A&M on Feb. 17 ... in five games at the Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 15-17), hit .538 (7-for-13) with four runs scored and four RBI ... hit .500 (7-for-14) at the Lobo Inivitational (Feb. 22-24) ... on Feb. 22, went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base against Texas Tech ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double vs. Missouri the same day ... named to the all-tournament team at the Husky Classic (Feb. 29-Mar. 2) after hitting .368 (4-for-11) with two runs scored and four RBI ... homered and went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of runs against Idaho State (Mar. 7) ... drove in four runs, while going 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored the next day vs. Southern Illinois ... went 5-for-6 with two home runs and five RBI in a doubleheader against Utah State on Mar. 16, including going 3-for-3 with four RBI in the opener ... picked up three hits in as many at-bats while doubling and driving in a run vs. Long Beach State (Mar. 21) ... hit 2-for-4 with a home run vs. Utah the next day ... hit safely in each of the Huskies first four Pac-10 games from Mar. 29-Apr. 4 ... doubled in a run in the Huskies win over California on Apr. 4 ... hit 2-for-3 with an RBI and a double at Arizona (Apr. 11) ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI at Cal on Apr. 26 after hitting sixth in the lineup, marking the first time all year she had hit below the three-hole ... had an RBI-double at Oregon State (May 8) ... hit a run-scoring double and scored once at Oregon the next day ... went 2-for-4 in the Huskies win over Texas on the opening day of the NCAA Regional on May 16.
At La Costa Canyon High School
A four year starter and two-time All-CIF selection at third base (2005 and 2007) ... a two-time first team All-Palomar League pick (2005 and 2007) ... named the Today's Local NewsFemale Athlete of the Year as a senior ... as a junior, won the Golden Glove Award as the team's best defensive player and was a second-team All-Palomar League selection ... team MVP as a sophomore and senior, and team captain in each of her last three seasons ... named first-team All-North County as a sophomore and senior, and was a second-team pick as a junior ... also was a standout volleyball player ... led LCCHS to three straight CIF San Diego Section volleyball titles ... helped LCCHS to the state semifinals as a senior, and a No. 5 national ranking as a junior ... was also a member of the Junior National SCVA Volleyball Team and played with the team in Italy at the 2006 World Cup ... played summer softball with The Next Level under head coach Chris Facione for seven seasons ... as a member of the 18-Gold team, guided TNL to a 12th place finish at the 2006 ASA Nationals in Oklahoma City ... also placed third at the 2004 ASA Nationals in Midland, Texas as a member of the 14-under TNL team ... in 2005, Williams was among the top-40 softball players in the nation chosen to participate in the Futures Adidas Invitational in Las Vegas ... a four-time Scholar-Athlete selection.
Personal
Daughter of Jill and Dan Williams ... Has three brothers, Jake (16), Zachary (4), and James (1) ... Jace Marlee Williams was born in Long Beach, Calif.
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