Rita Williams

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Rita Williams

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| position = Guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 135

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|1|14}}

| birth_place = Norwalk, Connecticut

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| nationality = American

| high_school = Brien McMahon
(Norwalk, Connecticut)

| college =

Mitchell College (1994–1995)
UConn (1995–1998)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 1998

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 13

| draft_team = Washington Mystics

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2003

| years1 = 1998–1999

| team1 = Washington Mystics

| years2 = 2000–2002

| team2 = Indiana Fever

| years3 = 2002

| team3 = Houston Comets

| years4 = 2003

| team4 = Seattle Storm

| highlights =

WNBA All-Star (2001)
Big East Tournament MOP (1998)

| stats_league = WNBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1185 (6.4 ppg)

| stat2label = Assists

| stat2value = 405 (2.2 apg)

| stat3label = Rebounds

| stat3value = 369 (2.0 rpg)

| bbr_wnba = williri01w

| letter = w

}}

Rita Williams (born January 14, 1976){{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/rita_williams/index.html|title=WNBA.com: Rita Williams Playerfile|publisher=wnba.com|accessdate=2015-02-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210031308/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/rita_williams/index.html|archivedate=2015-02-10}} is a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was the 13th pick in the 1998 WNBA draft, selected by the Washington Mystics.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html |title=WNBA.com: All-Time WNBA Draft List|publisher=wnba.com|accessdate=2015-02-14}} She attended Mitchell College,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112545545/former-players-bask-in-afterglow/ |title=Former players bask in afterglow |quote="UConn's final scholarship may go to guard Rita Williams, who is at Mitchell College in New London." |first=Bruce |last=Berlet |work=Hartford Courant |department=Sports |page=C7 |date=January 23, 1995 |accessdate=November 4, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} and played college basketball for the University of Connecticut.{{cite web|url=http://neighbornewspapers.com/view/full_story/24490697/article-Former-WNBA-players-lead-Galloway-girls--basketball |title=Neighbor Newspapers - Former WNBA players lead Galloway girls basketball |publisher=neighbornewspapers.com|accessdate=2015-02-14}}

WNBA Career

In the 2000 WNBA season, Williams had the third most steals per game average (2.38). In the 2001 WNBA season, Williams became the first WNBA All-Star in Indiana Fever history.

Career statistics

=WNBA=

==Regular season==

Year \|\| Tm \|\| G \|\| GS \|\| MP \|\| FG \|\| FGA \|\| FG% \|\| 3P \|\| 3PA \|\| 3P% \|\| 2P \|\| 2PA \|\| 2P% \|\| FT \|\| FTA \|\| FT% \|\| ORB \|\| DRB \|\| TRB \|\| AST \|\| STL \|\| BLK \|\| TOV \|\| PF \|\| PTS
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+
1998	WAS	30	18	23.7	1.4	4.2	.323	0.4	1.8	.218	1.0	2.4	.403	1.3	2.0	.633	0.4	1.8	2.3	2.3	2.1	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.4
1999	WAS	31	0	10.1	1.0	2.0	.500	0.6	1.1	.559	0.4	0.9	.429	0.7	1.2	.639	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.8	1.3	3.4
2000	IND	32	29	31.7	3.5	8.6	.409	1.5	4.1	.374	2.0	4.5	.441	2.5	3.4	.731	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.2	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.2	11.0
2001	IND	32	29	32.6	3.6	9.2	.392	1.3	3.4	.376	2.3	5.8	.402	3.4	4.1	.838	0.8	2.5	3.3	3.6	2.3	0.3	3.1	2.2	11.9
2002	TOT	29	1	19.6	1.5	5.0	.301	0.7	2.5	.260	0.9	2.5	.342	1.1	1.5	.727	0.3	1.1	1.5	1.7	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	4.8
2002	IND	20	1	24.2	2.0	6.8	.289	0.9	3.4	.254	1.1	3.4	.324	1.3	1.7	.735	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.2	1.1	0.1	1.5	1.7	6.0
2002	HOU	9	0	9.4	0.6	1.2	.455	0.2	0.7	.333	0.3	0.6	.600	0.8	1.1	.700	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.2	0.0	1.1	1.2	2.1
2003	SEA	32	0	11.9	0.9	2.3	.373	0.3	1.3	.256	0.5	1.0	.531	0.3	0.5	.733	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.4{{cite web\|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/w/williri01w.html \|title=Rita Williams WNBA Stats \| Basketball-Reference.com\|publisher=basketball-reference.com\|accessdate=2015-02-14}}

==Playoffs==

|style="text-align:left;"|2002

|style="text-align:left;"|Houston

| 3 || 0 || 23.0 || .320 || .286 || – || 2.0 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 6.7

= College =

| style="text-align:left;" | 1995–96

| style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut

|30||-||-||38.1||21.1||51.9||1.6||0.8||1.1||0.0||-||2.6

| style="text-align:left;" | 1996–97

| style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut

|34||-||-||35.4||20.0||55.2||3.7||3.3||3.1||0.2||-||7.2

| style="text-align:left;" | 1997–98

| style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut

|37||-||-||40.8||35.3||67.3||3.3||4.0||2.9||0.1||-||10.2

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career

|101||-||-||38.4||30.1||60.1||2.9||2.8||2.5||0.1||-||6.9

|- class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/rita-williams-1.html|title=Rita Williams College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=April 11, 2024}}

Personal life

Williams earned a degree in sociology from University of Connecticut.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/rita_williams/bio.html|title=WNBA.com: Rita Williams Playerfile|publisher=wnba.com|accessdate=2015-02-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409211324/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/rita_williams/bio.html|archivedate=2011-04-09}}