Jacqua Williams Class: Senior Hometown: Seattle, Wash. High School: Rainier Beach Height: 5-7 Position: Guard Birthdate: 01/06/1987

2009 ACC All-Defensive Team
2008 ACC All-Defensive Team
Georgia Tech career steals record-holder with 370

General: Perhaps the best pure athlete on the team with her combination of skill and quickness ... A two-sport star as both a key player on the basketball team and an ACC Champion on the track ... One of the top defensive players on the team ... On offense, she pushes the ball and uses her speed to set a fast-paced tempo ... Named the Defensive Player of the Year at the end-of-season team banquet in both 2006 and '07 ... Recorded at least one steal in 70 straight games before the streak was snapped in the final game of her career.

2008-09: Named to the 2009 ACC All-Defensive Team ... Started 24 games and played in all 32 contests ... Averaged a career-high 11.7 points ... Led ACC with 3.4 steals a game ... First player in Tech history to record at least 350 points, 100 steals, 100 assists and 100 rebounds in the same season ... Finished the season with 109 steals, the second-most in a season in school history ... Tied career-high with 23 points against Iowa to lead Tech to its second win in the NCAA Tournament in the history of the program (3/22) ... Registered 15 points and five boards in first round of ACC Tournament (3/5) ... Tallied 14 points and three steals on senior day to lead Tech past No. 22/19 Virginia (3/1) ... Scored 5 of 19 points in overtime to lead Tech past Virginia Tech (2/26) ... Scored 14 points and hit two big 3-pointers to lead Tech past No. 2 North Carolina in Atlanta (1/22) ... Finished with 18 points, hitting 11-of-14 FT att. (9-of-10 in the 2nd half) in win at Miami (1/12) ... Set a new career-best with 23 points on eight-of-12 shooting in win over Tulane (1/4) ... Named MVP of Bahamas Sunsplash Shootout ... Scored 16 of 20 points in the second half in win over UT-Arlington (12/20) ... Returned home to Pacific Northwest and scored 16 points to help Tech defeat Oregon (12/13) ... Scored 18 points and registered career-highs in three-pointers made (3) and assists (7), while recording six steals in upset win over No. 21 Michigan State (12/3) ... Team co-captain.

2007-08: Named to the 2008 ACC All-Defensive Team ... Set a new single-season steals record with 118 after surpassing her own mark of 95 in which she set last season ... Led the ACC and ranked fourth in the nation in steals per game with 3.8 ... Registered four or more steals 15 times this season and has had at least one steal in 39 straight games ... Finished with a season-best 18 points and grabbed 8 rebounds against Iowa State in first round of NCAA Tournament (3/22) ... Scored 15 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in win over Miami in first round of ACC Tournament (3/6) ... Registered 8 points and 8 steals in 36 minutes at Virginia (3/2) ... Set a then new ACC record and tied the then all-time school mark of 11 steals in a game (Bonnie Tate vs. Spelman, 2/15/77) and finished with first career double-double (14 pts, 11 steals) at North Carolina (1/5) ... Played and started 31 games this season ... Averaged 5.4 points and 3.6 rebounds and registered a career-best 71 assists ... Team Co-Captain ... 2007-08 recipient of the Shirley Mewborn Women's Basketball Scholarship Endowment.

2006-07: Emerged as the strongest defender on the team and as one of the quickest players in the league ... Tied a career-best with six steals and three blocks and hit the game-winning shot to lift Yellow Jackets to the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament win against DePaul ... Became Georgia Tech's all-time single-season steals leader, man or woman, with 95 steals, breaking the 13-year-old women's player record set by Kisha Ford with 92 and the Kenny Anderson's men's record of 89 set in 1990-91 ... Finished third in the ACC in steals ... Helped the 2006-07 Jackets to 384 steals shattering the previous team record of 348 set in 1991-92 ... Second on the team in blocks with 15 ... Earned six steals vs. Florida State and Winston-Salem State ... Had five steals vs. No. 2 North Carolina ... Notched career-best 16 points to go with five rebounds in upset win over No. 4 Maryland ... Finished the season averaging 7.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.9 steals per game ... Played in all 33 games and started 26.

2005-06: Participated in 27 games during the season and finished third on the team with 48 steals while averaging 14.5 minutes per game ... Had 10 points and six steals in 14 minutes in just the second game of her collegiate career ... Scored a season-high 20 points while recording six steals, three rebounds and an assist against Longwood ... Also connected on 7-of-9 from the field against Longwood ... Scored in double-figures in four occasions during the season ... Recorded at least one steal in 19 of 27 games during the season ... Top all-around game came at Clemson, when she had 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in 26 minutes of play ... She also converted on 9-of-14 from the charity stripe in that contest.

Prep: Seattle Time Female Athlete of the Year in 2004 ... Post-Intelligent Female Athlete of the Year in 2004 and '05 ... Named to the 2004 News-Tribune All-State Second Team ... A Post-Intelligencer All-Star and League MVP following her junior year ... Member of the Seattle Times All-Metro Team in 2004 ... Averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists and five steals in her prep career ... Ranked as one of the top-20 athletes in the nation in the 200 meters ... Won three consecutive titles in the 100- and 200 meters in the 3A State Championships as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Captured the long jump state crown as a junior ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Jacqua Shennell Williams was born January 6, 1987 ... Daughter of Joy Williams ... Is interested in going to law school after graduation ... Public policy major at Georgia Tech.