Serah Williams
Professional American basketball player
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Serah Williams (born January 17, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Fire of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball and UConn Huskies.
Williams with Wisconsin in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 25 – Portland Fire | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | January 17, 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Niagara Prep (Niagara Falls, Ontario) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Wisconsin (2022–2025)
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| WNBA draft | 2026: 3rd round, 33rd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2026–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2026–present | Portland Fire | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Early life and high school career
Williams moved to Toronto from Brooklyn in 2018.[1] Williams led the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA) in blocks in 2019–20. In her senior year campaign in high school, Williams averaged 18.1 points, 14 rebounds, 2.9 blocks and 2.0 steals per game.[2] Williams participated in the 2022 All-Canadian All-Star Game (top 24 student-athletes in Canada) and also made the 2022 OSBA First-Team All-Star.[1]
On October 14, 2021, Williams announced that she committed to play college basketball for Wisconsin Badgers becoming the fourth member of coach Marisa Moseley’s first recruiting class.[3]
College career
In her freshman year, Williams made the Big Ten All Freshman Team and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week four times.[4][1] In her Sophomore year, Williams set a new Big Ten record for most consecutive double-double's.[5] Williams was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year as well as named in the 2024 All-B1G Defensive Team and made it into the 2024 Big Ten First Team and the 2024 Big Ten All-Academic Team.[4][1]
On February 12, 2025, Williams announced that she would be entering the transfer portal. [6]
On April 30, 2025, Williams announced that she will be playing for the UConn Huskies. [7]
National team career
On July 4, 2024, Williams was named to Team USA's 3x3 Women's Nations League squad, which will compete at the FIBA Nationals League Americas Conference from July 22–28 in Mexico City.[8][9] Williams helped the team qualify for the 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup.[10]
Professional career
The Connecticut Sun drafted Williams with the 33rd overall pick in the 2026 WNBA draft on April 13, 2026. She was subsequently traded immediately after completing media interviews at the draft to the expansion Portland Fire in exchange for 37th overall pick Taylor Bigby and a third-round pick in the 2027 WNBA draft.[11]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2022–23 | Wisconsin | 31 | 30 | 24.8 | 54.3 | 0.0 | 66.9 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 12.7 |
| 2023–24 | Wisconsin | 30 | 29 | 30.0 | 51.9 | 33.3 | 79.5 | 10.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 17.4 |
| 2024–25 | Wisconsin | 30 | 30 | 32.0 | 49.3 | 8.3 | 78.0 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 19.2 |
| 2025–26 | UConn | 38 | 38 | 17.4 | 58.8 | -- | 69.0 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 6.7 |
| Career | 129 | 127 | 25.5 | 52.5 | 23.1 | 74.9 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 13.6 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[12] | |||||||||||||
