WILLIAMS NAMED NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Mya Williams named NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball National Player of the Week.

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

For the second time in her career, Hutchinson Community College women's basketball sophomore Mya Williams was named the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Wednesday.

Williams had a pair of 20-plus point games and reached a scoring milestone in two Blue Dragon victories last week. Williams, on Tuesday, was named the KJCCC Player of the Week.

The Waxahachie, Texas, became just the sixth Blue Dragon player in program history to score 1,000 career points, reaching that milestone on Sunday in a 23-point effort against Cloud County.

Williams had games of 28 points in a road win against Independence and 23 against the Thunderbirds. She also averaged 4.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.5 steals last week. Her career-high six steals also came in the Cloud County game.

Williams is the fourth-leading scorer in the KJCCC at 18.0 points per game. She is No. 3 in the KJCCC in free-throw shooting at 84.1 percent and her 49 3-pointers are tied for fourth in the KJCCC.

Williams won the national weekly award once as a freshman, earning the awards on February 22, 2022. She averaged 33.0 points per game while shooting 70 percent from the field and 78.6 percent (11 3-pointers) from long range in wins Dodge City and Colby last season.