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Kamiko Williams
4  Kamiko Williams
Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Clarksville, Tenn.

Height:
5-11

Position:
Guard

HIGH SCHOOL: Played both the point and shooting guard in high school...Selected to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School Honorable Mention All-America in 2009...Prepped at Northeast (Clarksville, Tenn.) H.S. as a sophomore, junior and senior....Earned First Team, All State, TSSAA, 2007, 2009... First Team, All State Tournament, TSSAA, 2007... First Team District 10, TSSAA, 2007... During her senior season, she poured in a career best 22.5 ppg including a 35-point career high outburst against 10-AAA foe Rossview...As a junior for the Eagles, she averaged 19.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg to go along with 4.0 assists and 3.9 steals per outing...Averaged 22.0 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 5.0 assists during 2006-07... Kamiko also competed in track and field at Northeast...She ran the 100 meter dash and posted a personal best of 5'4" in the high jump... As a freshman in 2005-06, she played for the Kaiserslautern (Vogelweh, Germany) American High School Varsity Team while her father was stationed in Germany with the United States Army...Vogelweh is home to the Frankenstein Castle...Kamiko was MVP of the European Slammers Basketball Scholarship Service Camp, 2006... MVP, Department of Defense Dependants Schools (DoDDS) European Basketball Division I Championship, 2006... All-Tournament, DoDDS European Basketball Division I Championship, 2006... First Team, All-Conference, DoDDS European Division I, 2006... Averaged 15 points, 11 rebounds and three assists for the Red Raiders in 2006... Is the 66th signee for Coach Pat Summitt from the state of Tennessee.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: In 2008 was the starting point guard for her GA/LINA 76ers Nike Elite Team... 2007 AAU All-American from the 16u/JE Division National Championship games...At 15, she was a starting combo guard for the 16U Tennessee Team Pride, national runner-up team against "BOO Williams" in the AAU Division I Final.

PERSONAL: Kamiko is currently enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Nicknamed "Miko"... Shoots left-handed... Lived in Germany for 14 years...Enjoys performing community service...Visited wounded U.S. soldiers in the hospital...Outside of basketball, she enjoys drawing and music...Played the trumpet for five years... Wants to be an elementary school teacher or coach...Has one sibling, Keynante, age 9...Kamiko Mercedes Williams was born on April 6, 1991 in Fayetteville, N.C. ...Her parents are United States Army Master Sergeant Vincent and Angelita Williams.