Sami Williams

Williams received her Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering from Iowa State in 2020, and returned for her Master of Science in Information Systems. She has three brothers (Jake, Luke and Ike). Her brother Luke was drafted by the Phillies in 2015 and made his major league debut on June 8, 2021.

Athletes Unlimited will be Williams’ first professional softball opportunity.

• 2021 NFCA First Team All-American (first in program history)
• Led ISU to first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1988 and first-ever NCAA Regional Final in 2021
• Broke single-season program records for batting average (.446), home runs (21), runs scored (66), hits (82) and doubles (25)
• Iowa State’s all-time leader in hits (329), doubles (79), home runs (67), RBI (180), runs scored (212), at-bats (833) and games played (253)
• Finished her career T-No. 3 in NCAA DI Softball history, and her 627 total bases are fourth in NCAA history
• 2021 Senior CLASS Award Softball First Team All-American
• 2021 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year
• 2021 NFCA DI All-Midwest Region First Team
• 2021 NFCA National Player of the Week (3/2)
• 2021 Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2021 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team
• Four-time Big 12 Player of the Week
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-American by Softball America
• 2019 Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2019 All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 NISC Ames Regional MVP
• 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-American
• 2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2017 National Freshman of the Year Finalist
• 2017 NFCA DI All-Midwest Region First Team
• 2017 All-Big 12 First Team
• 2017 All-Big 12 Freshman Team