Galloway, NJ – Former Stockton University women's basketball player
Sasha Williams (Cherry Hill/CH West) signed this week to play for a professional team in Spain. Williams signed with Tirso Igualatorio, which is located in Santander, in the Cantabria region on the north coast of Spain. She will head to Spain in September to join the team.
"Sasha is a player of great of great athletic ability, capable of finishing a counterattack and defending smaller players," Tirso Igualatorio head coach Luisma Solana
told Contrameta.com. "She, along with the already experienced players of the team, will form an important interior game that should make a difference in the competition." (quote translated from Spanish by Google Chrome)
Williams is one of two players with American basketball experience to sign recently with Tirso Igualatorio. The other is Claudia Ortiz, who played on the Division I level at Northeastern University from 2015-18 and at the University of Mississippi in 2013-14.
Williams finished her four-year career at Stockton at the end of the 2017-18 and received her bachelor's degree from the University in May. The 6-2 forward was voted NJAC Defensive Player of the Year in all four of her seasons at Stockton and moved into second in NCAA Division III history with 547 blocked shots.
Williams left the Stockton program as its all-time leader in blocks and rebounds (1,212) as well as fourth in points (1,489), sixth in assists (241) and 10th in steals (173). She also holds the school record for blocks in a season (175 in 2015-16).
This season, Williams was chosen All-America Honorable Mention by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and D3hoops.com plus NJAC First Team, All-ECAC First Team and D3hoops All-Atlantic Region First Team. She was a four-time all-conference (2015 NJAC Honorable Mention, 2016-18 NJAC First Team) and three-time D3hoops.com All-Atlantic Region (2016-17 Second Team, 2018 First Team) player for the Ospreys.
