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Tamika Maria Williams (born April 12, 1980, in Dayton, Ohio) is a professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Minnesota Lynx in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

High school years

Williams started playing organized basketball at age 9 in the Dayton Lady Hoopstars AAU program, played on Lady Hoopstar teams which won one national AAU age group championship and finished in top four twice.

Williams had a stellar basketball career at Chaminade-Julienne, a Catholic high school in Dayton, Ohio. She was named the 1997 and 1998 Ohio Player of the Year and was named in the 1997-98 Associated Press girls Division I All-Ohio high school basketball team. She was also named "Ohio's Miss Basketball" by the Associated Press and chosen by a state-wide media panel.

After graduating from Chaminade-Julienne, Williams was heavily recruited by numerous collegiate teams. In 1997, she was the subject of a seven-page feature in a November 1997 issue of a Sports Illustrated magazine article on the pressures of being recruited.

College years

Williams attended the University of Connecticut, majored in interpersonal communications, and served as President of UConn's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. From 1998 to 2002 she was part of the Uconn basketball team, which became NCAA Division I National Championship teams in 2000 and 2002 under coach Geno Auriemma.

She completed her four-year collegiate career in 2002 with averages of 10.6 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game. She finished as UConn's all-time leader in field goal percentage at 70.3% (560-for-797). She also holds the Huskies' top four single-season marks for field goal percentage, ranked 14th on UConn's all-time scoring list with 1,402 points, and finished 10th all-time in rebounding (763).

In recent years, she has been spending the WNBA off-season working on getting a master's degree in sports management at Ohio State University, while serving as an Assistant Coach for their women's basketball team.

WNBA career

During the 2002 WNBA Draft, the Minnesota Lynx selected Williams in the first round, sixth overall. In 2003, she set a WNBA single-season record for field-goal accuracy, with a percentage of 66.8%.

Vital statistics

Position: Forward
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.8 m)
College: University of Connecticut
Team(s): Minnesota Lynx

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