| Tammy Williams |
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2007: Started every game at shortstop ... Had a school-record 24-game hitting streak from Feb. 25 to April 8 ... Scored runs in 17-consecutive games from Feb. 25 to March 31 ... Invited to the USA National Team Selection Camp ... One of 25 Finalists for USA Softball Player of the Year ... First-team NFCA All-America selection ... Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team selection ... First-team NFCA All-Mideast Region ... Third-team All-Big Ten honoree ... Broke Northwestern's single-season records for hits (91), runs (73) and total bases (155) ... Finished the year ranked No. 6 in the nation with 1.12 runs scored per game ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored against No. 8 Stanford (2/10) ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against No. 1 Arizona (2/10) ... Went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a triple, scoring twice against Sacramento State (2/16) ... Was a perfect 3-for-3 with a double and four RBIs against No. 11 California (2/17) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs and two run scored against UNLV (2/17) ... Went 4-for-4 with a leadoff home run, three runs scored and two RBIs against BYU (2/23) ... Was 3-for-4 with a double versus Cal Poly (2/24) ... Was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 2-1 win over San Diego State (3/2) ... Finished 3-for-4 with a home run, double, three runs scored and three RBIs against No. 9 Stanford (3/3) ... Was 2-for-3 with two runs scored versus Oklahoma State (3/4) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week on March 6 ... Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, three runs and a homer against Western Illinois (3/16) ... Was 3-for-4 with three runs scored against Missouri (3/16) ... Doubled, homered and scored three times in a 3-for-4 effort against Columbia College (3/18) ... Again tabbed Big Ten Player of the Week following her performance at the Tiger Invitational in Missouri (3/20) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs and four RBIs at Saint Louis (3/20) ... Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a double against Liberty (3/25) ... Was 3-for-6 with four runs scored, a home run and two RBIs in a doubleheader sweep of Michigan State (4/1) ... Finished 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader at Indiana (4/8) ... Hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the seventh inning of a 5-3 win against Ohio State (4/14) ... Was 2-for-2 with two doubles, a run and an RBI on 4/21 at Wisconsin ... Went 1-for-2 and scored three runs after also being hit by a pitch twice on 4/24 at Notre Dame ... Hit a solo homer against Illinois in NU's Big Ten finale on 4/29 ... Clubbed another solo home run in the first game of a doubleheader versus No. 14 DePaul (5/3) ... Had two hits in each of NU's three NCAA Regional games (5/18-5/20) ... Finished a perfect 3-for-3 with a two-run home run against South Carolina in the first game of the NCAA Super Regional (5/25) ... Clubbed a solo home run against Arizona State in the Women's College World Series (5/31) ... Scored twice and blasted a three-run homer against Baylor at the WCWS (6/2).
2006:
Earned the shortstop position, starting every game ... Named first-team All-Big Ten and Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... Earned NFCA first-team All-Mideast Region and third-team All-America honors ... Named to Women's College World Series All-Tournament team ... Broke then-Northwestern single-season records for runs scored (65), home runs (14) and total bases (139) ... Led the Big Ten with 20 runs scored, eight home runs and 53 total bases in conference play ... Her eight Big Ten homers were the third-most in league history ... Tied for seventh in NCAA Division I with 1.00 runs scored per game ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored against Cal State Fullerton (2/17) ... Was 2-for-4 with two doubles against No. 14 Oregon State (2/18) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Cal State Fullerton (3/3) ... Hit her first-career home run against four-time NFCA first-team All-American and 2006 USA Softball Player of the Year finalist Monica Abbott on 3/4 against No. 3 Tennessee ... Was the only lefty to hit a home run off Abbott all season, and only the fifth in Abbott's more than 1,000 career innings ... Led off the very next game with a homer against No. 6 Stanford (3/4) ... Was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, an RBI and two steals against Texas Tech (3/5) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week (3/7) ... Had a nine-game hitting streak from 2/24 to 3/18 ... Drove in a pair of runs at Cal State Fullerton (3/23) ... Finished 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI at Long Beach State (3/25) ... Had a monstrous opening Big Ten weekend ... Was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, three runs scored and a home run against Wisconsin (3/31) ... Then blasted three home runs in a doubleheader against Iowa on 4/2, going 2-for-3 with a double and a homer in the first game while finishing 3-for-4 with six RBIs, two home runs and a double in game two ... Was 2-for-3 with a solo home run at Ohio State (4/9) ... Legged out NU's first triple of the year against UIC (4/11), going 1-for-1 with two runs scored and two walks ... Homered and doubled, drove in three runs and scored twice against Indiana (4/14) ... Again homered, drove in three and scored twice in NU's second game against the Hoosiers (4/15) ... Crushed two home runs, scored three times and stole a base against Loyola (Chicago) (4/20) ... Was 4-for-9 with two runs scored in 18-inning win at Minnesota (4/23) ... Was 3-for-4 and scored her 53rd run of the season at DePaul (5/2), tying the-then-Northwestern single-season record ... Scored runs in both games against Illinois (5/6-5/7), clubbing a two-run homer in game two ... Doubled, scored and drove in a run against Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament (5/13) ... Earned Big Ten All-Tournament team honors ... Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a home run against Notre Dame in the NCAA Regional championship game (5/21) ... Singled and scored twice in game two before singling twice and driving in three runs in game three of the Super Regional against UMass (5/27) ... Went 4-for-6 with two runs scored in Northwestern's Women's College World Series opening game against Alabama (6/1) ... Hit a go-ahead, eighth-inning solo home run to eliminate No. 1 UCLA and send NU to the title series at the WCWS (6/4) ... Singled twice in WCWS final game against Arizona (6/6).
High School:
Four-year MVP of her high school team, leading the squad in batting average, ERA and fielding percentage all four years of competition ... Led team to a perfect season in 2002 ... School lost only three games during her career ... Played two years of club with the Missouri Madness, winning the ASA and USSSA Missouri state titles in 2005 and finishing 16th at the ASA and USSSA Nationals ... A gifted athlete, earned 12 varsity letters in four sports ... Three-year all-conference and two-year all-district and all-region selection in volleyball ... Two-year all-district and all-conference honoree in track, running sprint events ... Also lettered two years in basketball ... National Honor Society member ... Honor roll honoree.
Personal: Born Tammy Kay Williams on 6/21/87 ... Daughter of Neva Mallecoat and the late Everett Williams ... Fifth member of her family to play collegiate athletics ... Majoring in human development and psychological services with a minor in business institutions
Williams' Career Statistics
| Yr. | Avg. | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB-SBA | Slugging | OBP |
| 2006 | .377 | 65-65 | 215 | 65 | 81 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 16-20 | .647 | .453 |
| 2007 | .425 | 65-65 | 214 | 73 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 50 | 14-15 | .724 | .488 |
| Totals | .401 | 130-130 | 429 | 138 | 172 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 91 | 30-35 | .685 | .470 |
