Emily Williams

Position:
Equitation/Over Fences
Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
High School:
Notre Dame Prep
Hometown:
Woodbine, Md.

2011-12 (JUNIOR)
Earned four wins and three MVP awards over fences … season scoring average was 70.07 … tallied first MVP of the year on the season’s opening weekend, topping Fresno State’s Hillary West 81-75 (9/24) … downed TCU’s Alicia Turner 83-74 (10/28) to win second MVP … took home MVP honors and missed career high by just one point in an 88-84 defeat of OSU’s Ellie Sparks (11/5) … other victory on the season came in six-point win at Kansas State (11/11) … also rode once on the flat in an exhibition, picking up a 55-51 win over Baylor (3/10) … was an honorable mention NCEA Academic All-America selection and a first-team Academic All-Big 12 pick … named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2010-11 (SOPHOMORE)
Recorded one of the strongest seasons in school history ... earned honorable mention All-America accolades from the Varsity Equestrian National Championship committee ... named the fences team MVP after setting multiple school records ... one of three to show over fences in all 17 competitions, compiling a 14-3 record ... her 14 victories were an overall team high, a fences single-season school record and a hunter seat single-season school mark ... her 82.4 winning percentage was also an overall team high, fences single-season school record and hunter seat single-season school mark ... ended the season on a team-best 7-show win streak, including two victories en route to the program’s first Big 12 title and four wins at the Varsity Equestrian National Championships ... earned two MVPs on the year, both thanks to career-best 89-point rides coming against SMU’s Ramsay Hanson (10/10) and Baylor’s Kara Fergusson (11/12) ... went 80 points or higher in 6 of 11 regular-season rides ... named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2009-10 (FRESHMAN)
Won only ride of the season over fences, a 79-77 defeat of Hannah Beresford of Oklahoma State (3/6) ... picked up victories in exhibition action against Kansas State (2/19) and New Mexico State (3/13).

PERSONAL
Emily Deal Williams is the daughter of Dale and Kim Williams of Woodbine, Maryland ... born October 14, 1991 in Woodbine ... has two younger sisters, Hannah and Ellie ... majoring in kinesiology ... upon graduation hopes to attend physical therapy school ... enjoys biking in her spare time ... a 2009 graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory Academy in Towson, Maryland ... chose Texas A&M for the strong academics and the equestrian program ... personal trainer is her mother, Kim ... has been riding 15 years, primarily in equitation and English jumpers ... placed third at the 2007 MHSA Finals ... had a runner-up finish at the 2008 MHSA Horse and Pony Show and top-10 finishes at the Devon USET and Amy Reistrip Equestrian Challenge.