2019 Women's Volleyball Roster
Amaya Williams
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Position:
- S
- Previous School:
- North Raleigh Christian Academy
2021 Spring (Sr.)
• Played in all 47 sets, starting all 14 matches at setter
• ASUN Fan-Voted Preseason Setter of the Year
• Led Liberty with 417 assists (8.87 aps) to go with six aces, 118 digs (2.51 dps) and 20 blocks
• Finished the season ranked sixth in the ASUN in assists per set
• Recorded two 40-assist matches and a team-high five double-doubles
• Posted three straight double-doubles, from Feb. 14-20
• Registered 26 assists, two aces and 14 digs at North Alabama (Feb. 14)
• Totaled 40 assists, 10 digs and a season-high five block assists against Kennesaw State (Feb. 19)
• Dished out season-high 45 assists on March 19 against North Alabama, the most assists by a Liberty setter in a three-set match since Caila Stapleton's 47 assists at Gardner-Webb on Oct. 3, 2014
• Collected a career-high 17 digs at Bellarmine (March 13), the most digs by a Liberty setter since Anna Willey's 19 on Nov. 7, 2015 against Campbell
• Named to ASUN Honor Roll
2019 (Jr.)
• Played in 52 sets, competing in 20 total matches
• Finished second on the team with 281 assists to go along with four aces, 80 digs and six block assists
• Posted a double-double with 27 assists and 10 digs in 3-2 win over Northern Arizona (Sept. 21)
• Dished out 30 assists and tied a career high with three blocks at Jacksonville (Oct. 27)
• Recorded a season-high 31 assists while adding nine digs and two block assists against Lipscomb (Oct. 31)
• Named to ASUN Honor Roll
2018 (So.)
• Competed in 63 sets over a span of 23 matches played, starting nine times as setter.
• Finished second on the team with 262 assists, also adding one ace and 63 digs
• Started two out of the first three matches of the season, dishing out 20 assists against both Oakland and Purdue Fort Wayne
• Dished out season-high 24 assists versus both FGCU (Oct. 12) and Maryland Eastern Shore (Oct. 23)
• Named to ASUN Honor Roll
2017 (Fr.)
• Big South All-Freshman team
• Named Big South Freshman of the Week on Sept. 25 and Oct. 15
• Appeared in 86 sets over span of 25 matches played, starting 19 times at setter
• Led team with 746 assists (8.67 aps), the first freshman to lead Liberty in assists since Jade Craycraft in 2010
• Added 33 kills, 181 digs and 21 blocks (two solo, 19 assisted)
• Registered eight double-doubles, good for second on the team
• Dished out 40 or more assists on nine occasions, with three 50-assist contests
• Posted a double-double with 36 assists and 10 digs, to go along with three kills, in first career start at Virginia (Aug. 26)
• Recorded first career 40-assist match, totaling 40 assists and 10 digs at UNCW (Sept. 15)
• Notched back-to-back double-doubles against High Point (42 assists, 13 digs) and Presbyterian (59 assists, 12 digs)
• Her 59 assists against Presbyterian were the most by a Big South setter in a match in 2017
• Tallied 52 assists against Winthrop (Oct. 20)
• Posted consecutive double-doubles at Presbyterian (45 assists, 12 digs) and at UNC Asheville (50 assists, 15 digs) late in the season
• Named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll
Prep
• Graduated from North Raleigh Christian Academy, where she was a three-year letterwinner
• Helped her team to back-to-back 3A NCISAA State titles as a junior and senior
• Named to all-state team in 2016
• Two-time all-conference member
• Voted to North Carolina Best of the Best All-Tournament team as a junior
• In 2015, received the NRCA Impact Awards and appeared on the JVA Watch List
• Played club volleyball for the Triangle Volleyball Club, as her Triangle 17 Black squad qualified for Junior Nationals
• Also played high school basketball
Personal
• Daughter of Kinely and Yvonne Williams
• Sport management major
• Birthday is Aug. 13
