Colorado State University Athletics
2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
Williams, Tori
Jersey Number 2
Tori Williams
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Position:
- Guard
- Hometown:
- Boise, Idaho
- High School:
- Centennial HS
- Prev School:
- Utah
Bio
Collegiate Career Highs
Points: 30 (11/25/20 vs. Regis)
3FGM: 8 (11/25/20 vs. Regis)
3FGA: 13 (1/11/20 vs. San Jose State)
FGM: 11 (2/18/18 vs. Washington)
FGA: 16 (3x, last 3/8/21 vs. Boise State)
FTM: 5 (12/21/19 at Tulsa)
FTA: 6 (12/21/19 at Tulsa)
Rebounds: 10 (3x, last 3/4/21 at New Mexico)
Assists: 8 (3/8/21 vs. Boise State)
Blocks: 1 (5x, last 11/28/20 at Colorado Christian)
Steals: 6 (2x last 1/22/21 vs. Utah State)
Minutes: 45 (12/10/20 at San Diego State)
COLORADO STATE
2020-21 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Started 20 of 21 games played, averaging 31.5 minutes per contest...The one non-start was because her COVID-19 results did not come back in time, but she still played in the game...One of four players that finished with double-digit scoring marks (11.6 ppg)...Second in the MW in 3FG% with .357 (56-157) and 3FGM...Third on the team in rebounding with 122 boards...In season opener, drained eight 3s to tie a CSU single game record en route to her career-best 30 points...Notched first career double-double vs. SDSU (12/10) with 10 points and 10 rebounds...Second career double-double against Utah State (1/22) with 13 points and 10 rebounds...56 of her 84 field goals made are from 3-point land...13 games into double digits scoring...Set a career-high in steals with six vs. UNLV and USU...In the MW tournament, she scored 14 points with a career-best eight assists and five rebounds in the Boise State loss.
2019-20 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Guard...Started in 26 games and missed the other four games with an upper body injury...Missed both of the early Mountain West games, at Tennessee and Mississippi Valley State games before returning for Tulsa game (12/21) with 15 points...Logged 890 minutes on the court with an average of 34.2 - tops on the team and sixth in MW...Scored 238 points for an average of 9.2 ppg...Played at least 30 minutes in a contest 21 times...Third-best assist-to-turnover ratio in Mountain West at 1.78 (87 assists, 49 turnovers)...Fourth on the team in rebounds with 102...Finished 15th on MW's defensive rebounds list with an average of 3.77 per game...51-of-79 field goals made were threes...Eighth in 3FGM in MW and sixth in 3FGM/G at 1.96...Went 29 for 38 at the free-throw line...Nine double-digit scoring games with a season-high 17 points twice...First on the team in assists (87) and 12th in the Mountain West...Averaged 3.35 apg for eighth in the conference...Six games with at least five assists...Led team in steals with 40...Averaged 1.54 spg, ranking 12th in MW...Had a breakout game of the season against Northern Illinois (11/17) with 17 points, including five 3s, six rebounds and tied a career high in assists with seven...Solid game at Wyoming (1/4) with 14 points and six rebounds...Team-high 17 points and five 3s at New Mexico (1/15) - tied season highs...At San Jose State (2/22), team-high 15 points with seven boards, four assists and three steals...Played 37 minutes in the first round of the Mountain West Championships, finishing with five rebounds, four points, three steals, and two assists.
2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
Redshirted the season.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
2017-18 (FRESHMAN at UTAH)
2018 Pac-12 All-Freshman selection by media and Pac-12 All-Freshman team Honorable mention by coaches...Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week...Helped lead Utah past UNLV to the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament...Finished the season ranked fifth in the conference in three-point field goals made per game (2.1)...Was tops among all Pac-12 freshmen in 3FGM and finished with the most threes of any player on Utah's roster (64)...Averaged 29.5 minutes over 27 starts and 31 appearances, scoring 9.1 points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game...Scored in double digits 15 times...In her collegiate debut, posted an 18-point (6-for-9 three-point shooting) effort against Mountain West foe Nevada...Scored 29 points against Washington, tallying seven three-point field goals made against the Huskies to tie a facility record for the Jon M. Huntsman Center...Earned Utah Athletics' 2018 Female Rookie of the Year Award, given to the top freshman across all of the athletic department's women's sports.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in basketball all four years at Centennial High School…Played with CSU teammate Lauren Brocke with the Patriots...Named 2017 Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year…2017 McDonald’s All-American nominee…Ranked 99th overall and No. 22 in her position in the ESPN Class of 2017 rankings coming out of high school…Averaged 22 points per game…Led her team to a 2017 IHSAAA 5A Championship, earning MVP of the state tournament…Named 2017 5A Southern Idaho Conference Player of the Year…Won the SIC All-Star Game three-point shot contest, making 19-of-23 from deep…Two-time first-team all-state selection…Earned USA Today All-Idaho honors in 2015-16…Four-time first-team all-conference selection…Helped her team to a district and conference championship in 2014-15…Played for the Hoop Dreams club team that ranked No. 2 in the nation…Earned all-tournament team at the End of the Trail Summer Tournament…First-team all-tournament at the Battle in the Boro.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kari Smith…Has three siblings, Tinaya, Taylor and Patrick.
IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams on Tori Williams in 2018...
"We are thrilled to have Tori join our program. Tori is a tremendous basketball player who was an impact freshman in the Pac-12 and one of the better guards in the country coming out of high school. She's an athletic combo guard who can score it and just flat-out make plays."
Points: 30 (11/25/20 vs. Regis)
3FGM: 8 (11/25/20 vs. Regis)
3FGA: 13 (1/11/20 vs. San Jose State)
FGM: 11 (2/18/18 vs. Washington)
FGA: 16 (3x, last 3/8/21 vs. Boise State)
FTM: 5 (12/21/19 at Tulsa)
FTA: 6 (12/21/19 at Tulsa)
Rebounds: 10 (3x, last 3/4/21 at New Mexico)
Assists: 8 (3/8/21 vs. Boise State)
Blocks: 1 (5x, last 11/28/20 at Colorado Christian)
Steals: 6 (2x last 1/22/21 vs. Utah State)
Minutes: 45 (12/10/20 at San Diego State)
COLORADO STATE
2020-21 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Started 20 of 21 games played, averaging 31.5 minutes per contest...The one non-start was because her COVID-19 results did not come back in time, but she still played in the game...One of four players that finished with double-digit scoring marks (11.6 ppg)...Second in the MW in 3FG% with .357 (56-157) and 3FGM...Third on the team in rebounding with 122 boards...In season opener, drained eight 3s to tie a CSU single game record en route to her career-best 30 points...Notched first career double-double vs. SDSU (12/10) with 10 points and 10 rebounds...Second career double-double against Utah State (1/22) with 13 points and 10 rebounds...56 of her 84 field goals made are from 3-point land...13 games into double digits scoring...Set a career-high in steals with six vs. UNLV and USU...In the MW tournament, she scored 14 points with a career-best eight assists and five rebounds in the Boise State loss.
2019-20 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Guard...Started in 26 games and missed the other four games with an upper body injury...Missed both of the early Mountain West games, at Tennessee and Mississippi Valley State games before returning for Tulsa game (12/21) with 15 points...Logged 890 minutes on the court with an average of 34.2 - tops on the team and sixth in MW...Scored 238 points for an average of 9.2 ppg...Played at least 30 minutes in a contest 21 times...Third-best assist-to-turnover ratio in Mountain West at 1.78 (87 assists, 49 turnovers)...Fourth on the team in rebounds with 102...Finished 15th on MW's defensive rebounds list with an average of 3.77 per game...51-of-79 field goals made were threes...Eighth in 3FGM in MW and sixth in 3FGM/G at 1.96...Went 29 for 38 at the free-throw line...Nine double-digit scoring games with a season-high 17 points twice...First on the team in assists (87) and 12th in the Mountain West...Averaged 3.35 apg for eighth in the conference...Six games with at least five assists...Led team in steals with 40...Averaged 1.54 spg, ranking 12th in MW...Had a breakout game of the season against Northern Illinois (11/17) with 17 points, including five 3s, six rebounds and tied a career high in assists with seven...Solid game at Wyoming (1/4) with 14 points and six rebounds...Team-high 17 points and five 3s at New Mexico (1/15) - tied season highs...At San Jose State (2/22), team-high 15 points with seven boards, four assists and three steals...Played 37 minutes in the first round of the Mountain West Championships, finishing with five rebounds, four points, three steals, and two assists.
2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
Redshirted the season.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
2017-18 (FRESHMAN at UTAH)
2018 Pac-12 All-Freshman selection by media and Pac-12 All-Freshman team Honorable mention by coaches...Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week...Helped lead Utah past UNLV to the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament...Finished the season ranked fifth in the conference in three-point field goals made per game (2.1)...Was tops among all Pac-12 freshmen in 3FGM and finished with the most threes of any player on Utah's roster (64)...Averaged 29.5 minutes over 27 starts and 31 appearances, scoring 9.1 points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game...Scored in double digits 15 times...In her collegiate debut, posted an 18-point (6-for-9 three-point shooting) effort against Mountain West foe Nevada...Scored 29 points against Washington, tallying seven three-point field goals made against the Huskies to tie a facility record for the Jon M. Huntsman Center...Earned Utah Athletics' 2018 Female Rookie of the Year Award, given to the top freshman across all of the athletic department's women's sports.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in basketball all four years at Centennial High School…Played with CSU teammate Lauren Brocke with the Patriots...Named 2017 Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year…2017 McDonald’s All-American nominee…Ranked 99th overall and No. 22 in her position in the ESPN Class of 2017 rankings coming out of high school…Averaged 22 points per game…Led her team to a 2017 IHSAAA 5A Championship, earning MVP of the state tournament…Named 2017 5A Southern Idaho Conference Player of the Year…Won the SIC All-Star Game three-point shot contest, making 19-of-23 from deep…Two-time first-team all-state selection…Earned USA Today All-Idaho honors in 2015-16…Four-time first-team all-conference selection…Helped her team to a district and conference championship in 2014-15…Played for the Hoop Dreams club team that ranked No. 2 in the nation…Earned all-tournament team at the End of the Trail Summer Tournament…First-team all-tournament at the Battle in the Boro.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kari Smith…Has three siblings, Tinaya, Taylor and Patrick.
IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams on Tori Williams in 2018...
"We are thrilled to have Tori join our program. Tori is a tremendous basketball player who was an impact freshman in the Pac-12 and one of the better guards in the country coming out of high school. She's an athletic combo guard who can score it and just flat-out make plays."
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