Rita Williams (born January 14, 1976) is a former professional basketball player in the

Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ...

(WNBA). She was the 13th pick in the 1998 WNBA draft, selected by the

Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference ...

. She attended

Mitchell College Mitchell College is a private college in New London, Connecticut. In Fall 2020 it had an enrollment of 572 students and a faculty of 68. Admission rate was 70%. The college offers associate and bachelor's degrees in fourteen subjects. Academ ...

, and played college basketball for the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...

WNBA Career

In the 2000 WNBA season, Williams had the third most steals per game average (2.38). In the

2001 WNBA season The 2001 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fifth season. The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their first WNBA championship. Regular season standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Season aw ...

, Williams became the first WNBA All-Star in Indiana Fever history.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

Playoffs

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Personal life

Williams earned a degree in sociology from

References

External links

WNBA.com All-Star 2001: Ask the All-Stars: Rita Williams
1976 births Living people American women's basketball players Basketball players from Connecticut Guards (basketball) Houston Comets players Indiana Fever players Seattle Storm players UConn Huskies women's basketball players Washington Mystics draft picks Washington Mystics players Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars {{1970s-US-basketball-bio-stub