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Williams on Naismith Player of the Year Midseason Team

February 07, 2023 | Women's Basketball

By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN – Oklahoma redshirt senior Madi Williams was selected as one of 30 players named to the Naismith Women's Player of the Year Midseason Team, it was revealed on Tuesday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

Williams, also a top-10 candidate for the Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award, is the only player in Division I to average 26.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per 40 minutes this season. Leading the No. 16 Sooners with 16.5 points per game, the Fort Worth, Texas, product averages 6.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Williams is one of the most efficient players in the country, as she is the nation's only player to post 16.5 points with 6.0 rebounds in under 25 minutes per contest. If those numbers hold, she would become the first Big 12 player since at least 2009 to have that efficient of a season.

The first Sooner ever to post 2,000 points, 900 rebounds and 300 assists in their career, Williams is a two-time unanimous All-Big 12 first-team selection. She ranks in the school's all-time top 10 in points, games played, rebounds, double-doubles and more. In addition, she was a finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award last season and has been on the watch list for both the Wooden and Naismith Player of the Year awards in 2022 and 2023. A projected first-round pick in the latest WNBA Mock Draft from The Athletic, Williams has cemented her legacy as one of the best to ever play at Oklahoma.

If named a finalist for the award, Williams would join LaNeisha Caufield (2002), Stacey Dales (2002) and Courtney Paris (2006-09) and the fourth finalist for the nation's top individual prize. No Sooner has ever won the award. 

The Sooners, led by Williams, are 18-4 this season and 8-3 in Big 12 play, one game behind Texas for the conference lead. Oklahoma tips off on Tuesday night vs. Baylor in Waco, Texas, at 7 p.m.

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