Women's Basketball | 7/18/2022 4:02:09 PM

INDIANAPOLIS- Jackson State University Women's Basketball standout Ameshya Williams-Holliday has been named the 2021-22 Southwestern Athletic Conference Woman of the Year.

This past season, Williams-Holliday earned a 3.5 GPA in the classroom while leading Jackson State to its third straight SWAC Regular Season Championship and second straight SWAC Tournament Championship.

She was a three-time first-team All-SWAC selection (2020, 2021, 2022), a three-time league Defensive Player of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022), and in 2022 became the first SWAC player since 2019 to win both SWAC Player Of The Year and Defensive Player Of The Year honors in the same season.
 
Williams-Holliday, who led the conference in scoring (19.2 ppg), rebounds (11.4 rpg), field goal percentage (57.7%), and blocks (2.7 bpg), became the first HBCU player drafted since 2002 and only the sixth all-time to be selected in the WNBA Draft (25^th overall to Indiana).
 
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.

Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
 
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