2019: Appeared in 83 sets across 23 matches… Led the team in kills per set (2.89), good for eighth in the A-10… Second on the squad in digs per set (3.12)… Recorded 12 double-digit kill performances and seven double-doubles… Notched a career-high 24 kills vs. Fordham on Nov. 16… Registered 25 digs to go along with 11 kills vs. Duquesne (Oct. 18)… Posted a career-high clip of .432 to go along with 18 kills and 15 digs at Saint Louis (Oct. 25)… Named team Most Valuable Player at end-of-year banquet.
2018: Played 85 sets across 25 matches in 2018... Named Atlantic 10 Second Team All-Conference... Named A-10 Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 8... Finished the season with 269.0 points, an average of 3.16 points per set... Posted 228 kills and 238 digs during the season, calculating to 2.68 kills per set and 2.80 digs per set... Finished with a career-best nine double-doubles... Against Norfolk (9/1) she had her best hitting percentage with .368... Recorded season-high points (26) and kills (22) against Rhode Island (10/6)… Holds three season-highs against George Washington: digs (21) and assists (2) on Oct. 25 and aces (4) on Sept. 28.
2017: Played in 88 sets across 26 matches in 2017... Led team in kills per set (3.15), kills (277) and service aces (19)... Finished the regular season fifth in the A-10 in kills per set... Had three matches of 20+ kills... Nine double-doubles ranks most by an Patriot in a season since 2011... Recorded double-doubles against LIU Brooklyn and Presbyterian (8/26) with 13 kills/10 digs and 14 kills/12 digs respectively... Compiled 13 kills, two service aces and one solo block for 16 points against Central Michigan (9/2)... Season high six straight matches of double-digit points 9/9-9/29, season high five straight matches of double-digit kills 9/15-9/22... Career high five service aces vs. Lafayette (9/9)... Career high 23 kills at La Salle (9/24)... Tallied 21 kills and one BA vs. GW (10/6) for 21.5 points, second match of season with over 20 points... 11 kills vs. Davidson (10/13)... 18 kills and .283 hit percentage in just three sets vs. Duquesne (10/28)... 21 kills, 16 digs, one service ace at GW (11/3)... Finished season with double-double vs. Dayton (11/11) posting 11 kills and 11 digs...
2016: Played in 98 sets across 26 matches as a freshman…featured in all but one of Mason’s contest during the season. Williams was one of two Patriots to score at least 200 kills (205), averaging 2.09 per set – third-most on the team...hit 0.076 while being the most frequent target of the setters with team-high 714 attempts…dished out 14 assists – fourth-most by a Patriot and second-most by a non-setter. The Royal Palm Beach, Fla. native led the team with 23 service aces (0.23 aces per set) and was second both in total digs (237) and digs per set (2.42)…Mason’s most productive solo blocker with 10; assisted for 22 other block points…finished the season with the third-best mark of 249 total points, which was also most among all freshmen. Williams had career-high 17 kills, three assists, and four aces at Davidson (Oct. 9), when the Patriots set a program record with 123 team digs…career-best 27 digs and career-tying two solo blocks versus La Salle (Oct. 29)…career-best four total blocks against Fordham (Oct. 1).
Prep: Bailey Williams arrives at Mason off an outstanding senior season at Wellington High School, during which she captained the Wolverines to the Class 8A District 9 title. Over the course of four years on the team, for which she earned four varsity letters, Williams received countless regional, national, and media recognition including First Team All-County as a senior, AVCAFlorida Region 8A-Region3 Player of the Year as a junior, and Palm Beach Post Female Player of the Week (Sept. 2014) as a sophomore. Williams played nine seasons of club volleyball for two separate clubs and already has international experience from playing at two editions of the prestigious BIP International Volleyball Tournament, which took place in Croatia, Slovenia, Spain and Portugal. She is capable of playing both as an outside hitter and a defensive specialist.
Personal: Daughter of former professional basketball player Bryan Williams and Donna Pearce and the older sister to two brothers. Williams continues the long-lasting family tradition of competing at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics. As many other Florida natives, Bailey enjoys playing beach volleyball as well as traveling and listening to music. She will major in criminology.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 23, at La Salle (9/24/17)
Total Attempts:57, at George Washington (11/3/17)
Hitting Percentage:.400, vs. American (8/27/16)
Assists: 3, twice, last vs. Central Michigan (9/2/17)
Aces: 5, vs. Lafayette (9/9/17)
Digs: 27, vs. La Salle (10/29/16)
Solo Blocks: 2, twice, last vs La Salle (10/29/16)
Block Assists: 4, twice, last vs. Hampton (9/16/17)
Total Blocks:4, three times, last vs. Hampton (9/16/17)
