Natalie Williams
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November 30, 1970 (age 46) Long Beach, California |
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| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 217 lb (98 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Taylorsville (Taylorsville, Utah) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | UCLA (1987–1991) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Utah Starzz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1996–2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1996–1998 | Portland Power | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Utah Starzz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Indiana Fever | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalie Jean Williams (born November 30, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Williams is the daughter of Nate Williams, a former basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals, Kansas City-Omaha Kings, New Orleans Jazz and the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association during an eight-year career.
Although she was born in Southern California, she went to high school at Taylorsville High School in Utah.
She also has two half brothers and one half sister. Both of her brothers played basketball but her sister chose to focus her athletic abilities on tennis.
She attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and graduated there in 1994. She was a four-year letter-winner in both basketball and volleyball, and is the first woman to earn All-America honors in both basketball and volleyball in the same year. She also led UCLA to NCAA volleyball titles in 1990 and 1991.
Natalie Williams played three seasons for the Portland Power in the American Basketball League (ABL). She was traded to the Long Beach Stingrays in April 1998, but when the team folded, she was reassigned to the Power. She was a two-time All-ABL first team selection, the 1998 ABL M.V.P., finished her first season as the league's top rebounder, averaging 12.5 rebounds per game, and on January 9, 1998, she grabbed a league record 22 rebounds.
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