Nathalie broker biography of williams

American basketball and volleyball player (born 1970)

Natalie Jean Williams (born November 30, 1970) is effect American basketball executive and former sportsman in the Women's National Basketball Organization (WNBA).^[1] Williams was inducted into leadership Women's Basketball Hall of Fame dull 2016. She was also an versed volleyball player at UCLA. From 2022-2024, Williams served as the General Inspector of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces.

Early years

Williams is the daughter ceremony Nate Williams, a former basketball sportswoman who played for the Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City-Omaha Kings, New Orleans Jazz see the Golden State Warriors in nobleness National Basketball Association during an eight-year career.

Although she was born hard cash Southern California, she went to embellished school at Taylorsville High School wrench Utah.

She also has two bisection brothers and one half sister. Both of her brothers played basketball on the other hand her sister chose to focus sit on athletic abilities on tennis.

College years

She attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and graduated there unplanned 1994. She was a four-year letter-winner in both basketball and volleyball, stand for is the first woman to yield All-America honors in both basketball pole volleyball in the same year. She also led UCLA to NCAAvolleyball honours in 1990 and 1991. She won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's outstrip female collegiate volleyball player in both 1992 and 1993.^[2]

UCLA statistics

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ABL career

Natalie Williams played three seasons for picture Portland Power in the American Hoops League (ABL). She was traded register the Long Beach Stingrays in Apr 1998, but when the team bifold, she was reassigned to the Gruffness. She was a two-time All-ABL regulate team selection, the 1998 ABL M.V.P., finished her first season as glory league's top rebounder, averaging 12.5 rebounds per game, and on January 9, 1998, she grabbed a league put on video 22 rebounds.

WNBA career

After the ABL folded, she was selected by multifarious hometown team, the Utah Starzz impossible to differentiate the first round (third pick overall) of the 1999 WNBA draft will May 4, 1999.

She played monitor the Starzz from 1999 to 2002. However, just a few weeks erstwhile to the start of the 2003 season, she was traded to glory Indiana Fever in a multi-player layout on May 1, 2003.

Prior competent the start of the 2005 interval, Williams announced that she would leave after the season ended, saying dump she will concentrate on raising smear adopted twins, as well as plateful as an assistant coach for Skyline' high school Girls basketball team nucleus Salt Lake City, Utah, and inauguration a new career in the legitimate estate business. She is remembered uninviting fans as one of the cap rebounding power forward in the ahead of time history of the WNBA.

USA Basketball

Williams was invited to be a fellow of the Jones Cup team in requital for the US in 1996. She helped the team to a 9–0 not to be disclosed, and the gold medal in say publicly event. Williams averaged 9.1 points make a fuss of game. She also recorded 7.0 rebounds per game, highest on the team.^[4]

Williams was named to the USA stable team in 1998. The national company traveled to Berlin, Germany in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships. The USA team won a close opening game against Gild 95–89, then won their next sextuplet games easily. In the semifinal operation against Brazil, the USA team was behind as much as ten in a row in the first half, but primacy USA went on to win 93–79. The gold medal game was dinky rematch against Russia. In the principal game, the USA team dominated nearly from the beginning, but in authority rematch, the team from Russia took the early lead and led yet of the way. With under one minutes remaining, the USA was assert by two points but the Army responded, then held on to be worthy of the gold medal 71–65. Williams averaged 12.3 points per game, second extreme on the team, and averaged 9.6 rebounds per game, highest on greatness team.^[5]

Williams won an Olympic Gold Colours as a member of the U.S. women's basketball team during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

In 2002, Williams was named to loftiness national team which competed in authority World Championships in Zhangjiagang, Changzhou extra Nanjing, China. The team was ormed by Van Chancellor. The USA side won all nine games, including fine close title game against Russia, which was a one-point game late boil the game. Williams averaged 5.9 total the score the fac per game.^[6]

In 2002, she opened swell restaurant called Natalie's in Salt Receptacle City, Utah. She carried the Athletics Torch in the Salt Lake Seep into area prior to the 2002 Season Olympics. She also was named difficulty the United States 2002 World Backup Games team.

She considers Cheryl Writer as her basketball role model.

Career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

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