Averi Williams
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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Hometown:
- Powell, Tenn.
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- Position:
- D
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Powell
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- g
- 4
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- a
- 3
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- pts
- 11
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- gw
- 0
Bio
- 2016 Honorable Mention All-SAC
- 2016 D2CCA Second-team All-Southeast region
2016: Saw the field in 21 contests with 19 starts...Led all fullbacks with four goals and 11 points...Also credited with three assists...Scored against Anderson (S.C.) in the SAC Tournament semifinal on Nov. 4th...Collected a career-high four points and two assists to go with a goal against Newberry on Sept. 21st...Added scores against Newberry, Queens (N.C.) and Coker...Picked up an assist against Francis Marion on Sept. 10th...Shot the ball 10 times, five of which were on goal.
2015: Scored a goal and three assists in 21 appearances as a freshman... Appeared in the Starting XI 19 times and played the team's fourth-highest minutes with 1690 minutes played... Scored her lone goal of the season and added an assist against Tusculum on Oct. 27th for a career-high three points... Added three assists against Alabama-Huntsville and Newberry... Named a member of the SAC Women's Soccer Championship All-Tournament team.
High School: Scored 24 career goals and tallied 39 assists as a midfielder with the Panthers... Named All-District three times, All-Region twice, Second-Team All-Prepxtra two times, First-Team All-KIL twice and she is the two-time reigning District 3-AAA Midfielder of the Year... Led Powell to the school’s best record at 13-3 as a senior... Coached by former Carson-Newman soccer player Mark Smith at Powell... Played club soccer for FC Alliance and won three State Championships..
Personal: Daughter of Randy and Janet Williams... Twin sister, Bailey, also plays soccer at Carson-Newman... Undecided on a major.
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 21 | 10 |
| Games started | 19 | 9 |
| Goals | 4 | 3 |
| Assists | 3 | 2 |
| Points | 11 | 8 |
| Shots | 10 | 6 |
| Shot Pct | .400 | .500 |
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | Score | gp | gs | g | a | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Trevecca Nazarene | W, 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3 | Lees-McRae | W, 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at Ala.-Huntsville | L, 3-1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Francis Marion | W, 10-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 12 | at USC Aiken | W, 9-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Newberry | W, 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Sep 21 | Mars Hill | W, 8-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Queens (N.C.) | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 28 | at Lenoir-Rhyne | L, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | Anderson (S.C.) | W, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | King (Tenn.) | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | Catawba | W, 6-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Wingate | L, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | Tusculum | W, 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Brevard | T, 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | Lincoln Memorial | W, 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 29 | Coker | W, 7-0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 1 | Catawba | W, 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Anderson (S.C.) | W, 5-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 6 | vs. Wingate | W, 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Limestone | W, 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | at North Georgia | L, 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | gp | gs | g | a | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | |||||
| Total | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Conference | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Location | |||||
| Home | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Away | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Neutral | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Result | |||||
| Wins | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Losses | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Month | |||||
| September | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| October | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| November | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
News mentions
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Carson-Newman junior midfielder Lauren Wade (Coleraine, Northern Ireland) was named the Southeast Region Player of the Year by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association on Wednesday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Following a win over Anderson (S.C.) in the South Altantic Conference semifinals, the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team is one win away from their second consecutive SAC title. The final obstacle remaining in the Eagles quest to repeat is the Wingate Bulldogs and these teams will collide in the SAC Tournament final on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Manchester Meadows in Rock Hill, S.C.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Jacqueline Burns broke the SAC record for clean sheets in a season with her 13th this year and the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team erased the Anderson (S.C.) Trojans, 5-0, in the South Atlantic Conference Tournament semifinals at Manchester Meadows in Rock Hill, S.C.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn – After taking out Catawba in the first round of the South Atlantic Conference Tournament on Tuesday, the second-seeded and SAC regular season champion Carson-Newman women’s soccer team will face the Anderson (S.C.) Trojans in the semifinals in Rock Hill, S.C. on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – After a regular season in which she led the SAC in goals and points and tied for second in assists, Lauren Wade (Coleraine, Northern Ireland) has been named the South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year. Wade is also one of a Carson-Newman record ten players to be chosen for the league’s all-conference teams.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn – On senior day at McCown Field, the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team got three goals from Lauren Wade (Coleraine, Northern Ireland) and two from Julianne Herrity (Donegal, Ireland) on their way to an 8-0 victory over the Coker Cobras on Saturday afternoon that allowed the Eagles to clinch a share of the South Atlantic Conference title.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn – On Tuesday evening, the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team will play the second-to-last game on their regular season schedule, as they host the Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters at 5pm at McCown Field.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn – Having seen their three-game win streak snapped at Wingate on Saturday, the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team turns their attention to a Wednesday evening battle with the Tusculum Pioneers at McCown Field that’s set for 5 p.m.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn – Attempting to rebound from their first South Atlantic Conference loss of the season, the No. 14 Carson-Newman women’s soccer team hosts the Anderson (S.C.) Trojans for a 5:00pm match at McCown Field on Saturday.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Julianne Herrity (Donegal, Ireland) put together her fifth multi-goal game of the season, scoring both of the goals for the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team as they took down the Queens Royals 3-0 at the Queens Sports Complex in Charlotte, N.C.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn – Having played their last four games on the road, including their conference opener on Saturday at Newberry, the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team returns to McCown Field on Wednesday night, as they host Mars Hill at 5pm.
NEWBERRY, S.C – Two goals by Julianne Herrity helped ignite the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team in the second half and the Eagles brushed off a first half challenge by the Newberry Wolves on their way to a 4-1 win on Saturday afternoon at Smith Road Complex in Newberry, S.C.
Part one of a three-part preview of the 2016 Carson-Newman women’s soccer team will highlight the squad’s defenders and goalkeepers, a group that didn’t lose a single player to graduation, but did add to its depth.
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