Krista Williams

Photo by: Stephen J. Carrera

Photo by: Stephen Carrera

Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
Amador Valley
Hometown:
Pleasanton, Calif.

2017: Started every game in the outfield ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Achieved a .571 on-base percentage at the season-opening Hillenbrand Invitational ... Scored twice against Cal State Northridge (2/12) ... Singled and stole a base at No. 3 Florida State (2/18) ... Walked twice and stole a base against No. 11 Georgia (2/24) ... Finished 2-for-3 with an RBI, a walk and a run in a run-rule victory over N.C. State (2/25) ... In back-to-back #B1GCats wins to start the Judi Garman Classic, collected two hits, a steal and run against both No. 23 California and South Carolina (3/3) ... Singled, walked, drove in a run, scored a run and stole a base in a victory over Fresno State (3/4) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a run in a win over Grand Canyon (3/18) ... Scored twice in a victory over Long Beach State (3/19) ... Swiped a pair of bases and scored in a win at Santa Clara (3/19) ... Went 2-for-3 with a career-best two RBIs, a run, a walk and a steal against UIC (3/29) ... Singled, scored a run, drove in a run and swiped a base against Loyola (Chicago) (4/12) ... Recorded a career-best three hits in a win over DePaul (4/19) ... Batted .545 (6-for-11) on her Senior Weekend, scoring four runs and collecting two hits in all three games against Purdue (4/21-4/23) ... Started with a 2-for-4 performance, tripling home two runs and scoring twice ... Was 2-for-3 with a run in Game Two and 2-for-4 with a run in Game Three ... Was a perfect 1-for-1 with a walk and a sacrifice against Notre Dame (4/25) ... Went 2-for-4 in both ends of a doubleheader at Nebraska, scoring once in each game (4/29) ... Batted .500 (3-for-6) in a doubleheader sweep of Illinois, finishing 2-for-3 with a run and a steal in the nightcap (5/3) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in NU’s regular season finale at Iowa (5/7).

2016: Started every game in the outfield ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Scored a pair of runs in a massive 22-4 (5) run-rule victory against Virginia (2/12) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a run and two stolen bases in a win against Bradley (2/14) ... After going hitless in the opening game against Oregon State, collected two hits in each of Northwestern’s final four games at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (2/26-2/28) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a double and a career-best three runs in a run-rule victory against New Mexico State (2/26) ... Was 2-for-4 in games against No. 8 Georgia and No. 20 Fresno State (2/27) ... Versus Georgia, crashed through the outfield fence to rob a home run ... Finished 2-for-4 with a steal and a run in a win over No. 11 UCLA (2/28) ... Collected two hits and a steal against Long Beach State (3/4) ... Had a hit, a steal and a run versus San Jose State (3/4) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a pair of stolen bases at South Florida (3/22) ... Walked, stole a base and scored at No. 2 Michigan (3/26) ... Did not record a hit in Northwestern’s 10-2 (5) run-rule win over No. 21 Minnesota, but still scored twice in the game (4/3) ... Started a series against Iowa with two hits and two runs in the opener (4/9) ... Went 1-for-1 with an HBP, a steal and two runs scored in the finale against the Hawkeyes (4/10) ... Collected a pair of hits, three runs and a steal in a doubleheader sweep at Illinois (4/13) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a double and a run against Michigan State (4/24) ... Helped send an NCAA Tournament elimination contest against Oklahoma State into extra innings with a late-game full-out diving catch in the left-centerfield gap (5/21).

2015: Started 17 games in left field, made 25 pinch running appearances, two defensive replacement appearances and one pinch hit appearance ... Academic All-Big Ten ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a career-best two runs scored against UC Santa Barbara (2/6) ... Singled in her only at-bat against No. 2 Oregon (2/7) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a steal and a run in a win over Long Beach State (2/15) ... Made four pinch running appearances at the Louisville Slugger Invitational (2/27-3/1) and scored in three of them ... Entered a game against Ball State as a defensive replacement, remaining in the contest to go 1-for-1 with a run at the plate ... Made an acrobatic, diving catch for the penultimate out of a no-hitter against BSU (3/8) ... Started in left at Louisville, going 1-for-1 with a run and a steal (3/8) ... Swiped a base and scored as a pinch runner in the first game of a doubleheader at Penn State before notching a base hit in game two (3/21) ... Stole a bag as a pinch runner at No. 25 Notre Dame (4/15) ... Pinch ran twice in a series at Nebraska (4/18-4/19), scoring a run in the second game before stealing a base in the third ... Scored as a pinch runner in all three games of a series against Ohio State (4/24-4/26) before scoring in the same fashon in a midweek win over DePaul (4/29) ... Stole a base (5/1) and scored (5/2) in pinch running appearances at Iowa ... Scored runs in both of Northwestern’s NCAA Tournament contests, first versus Kentucky (5/15) and again at No. 21 Notre Dame (5/16).

2014: Appeared in 39 games this season, 36 times as a pinch runner and three times as a pinch hitter ... Stole a base and scored as a pinch runner against George Washington (2/14) ... The next day, also against GWU, slapped her first-career base hit as a pinch hitter (2/15) ... Scored three times in five pinch running attempts at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (2/21-2/23) ... Entered a game against LIU Brooklyn as a pinch runner at first base and went on to steal every single base, including home as part of a double steal, to score a run (3/8) ... Entered a game as a pinch runner against UIC and scored before coming to the plate later that same inning and stroking an RBI single as part of a school-record 12-run frame (4/2) ... Stole a base and scored at No. 14 Minnesota (4/11) ... Did the exact same thing at Loyola (Chicago) five days later ... Scored in both of her pinch running appearances against Michigan State (5/2-5/3) ... Scored and stole a base in a Big Ten Tournament running assignment versus MSU in the opening round (5/8).

High School: Made a major impact for Amador Valley from day one, earning varsity team MVP honors and an East Bay Athletic League All-League first-team selection as a freshman ... Had a breakout sophomore season, batting .512 while compiling an 0.51 ERA in the circle ... Named All-State Underclass (CA) first-team, second-team All-State overall, East Bay Athletic League MVP, Bay Area Newspaper Group High School Softball Player of the Year and Top 125 overall Bay Area Athlete, and Amador Valley's MVP ... Tossed a no-hitter in the title game of the Queen of the Mountain tournament as a sophomore ... Earned second-team All-State Underclass, a third-straight East Bay Athletic League first-team and Bay Area Newspaper Group first-team East Bay selections following her junior season ... Led Amador Valley to a 26-1 record in 2012, finishing the year ranked fifth in the nation and third in California according to ESPN ... Played four years of club ball with the Sorcerer program ... Tossed a perfect game to help Sorcerer 14U finish third at ASA Nationals in 2010 ... Competed with Sorcerer 18 Gold in 2011 and 2012 ... Elected secretary of her senior class.

Personal: Born Krista Angelina Williams ... Daughter of Mike and Jenny Williams ... Chose Northwestern over Stanford, Penn State, Lehigh and Cal Poly ... Majoring in economics.