5 Averi Williams
5 Averi Williams
Height: 5-5
Year: Senior
Hometown: Powell, Tenn.
High School: Powell
Position: D
g 2
a 1
pts 5
gw 0

2018: Williams was a D2CCA All-Southeast Region selection and was an integral part of C-N’s fourth-straight South Atlantic Conference regular-season championship as she started in all 20 games for the Eagles recording two goals and an assist. Williams was named the South Atlantic Conference Defensive Player of the Year following the campaign, which included first-team All-SAC honors. 

The Powell, Tenn. native turned in over 7100 minutes played in her time at Mossy Creek, including every game over the past two seasons. She’s missed a total of two games over her four-year career. The minutes played total currently sit as the leader in program history dating back to 2002.

2017: Williams played a huge role in the Eagles trip to the National Title match in 2017 starting in 22 of 23 games on the season. She helped the team record 14 shutouts during the year, a new school record, and held teams to five shots or less 10 different times during the regular season. The team allowed just two goals during regulation through its five NCAA tournament matches and which included an astonishing total 12 goals conceded through the teams 23 games. The Powell, Tenn. native was fourth on the team in minutes played at 2014, tallying one goal and three assists. Her lone goal of the year came against Clayton State on Sept. 27th in a 2-1 win, in Chattanooga, Tenn. She collected her first All-SAC selection after being named a first-team member, as well as second-team All-Southeast Region honors awarded by D2CCA and the United Soccer Coaches (USC). She was named to the NCAA D2 Women's Soccer Championship All-Tournament Team.

2016: Saw the field in 21 contests with 19 starts...Led all fullbacks with four goals and 11 points...Also credited with three assists...Scored against Anderson (S.C.) in the SAC Tournament semifinal on Nov. 4th...Collected a career-high four points and two assists to go with a goal against Newberry on Sept. 21st...Added scores against Newberry, Queens (N.C.) and Coker...Picked up an assist against Francis Marion on Sept. 10th...Shot the ball 10 times, five of which were on goal.

  • 2016 Honorable Mention All-SAC
  • 2016 D2CCA Second-team All-Southeast region 

2015: Scored a goal and three assists in 21 appearances as a freshman... Appeared in the Starting XI 19 times and played the team's fourth-highest minutes with 1690 minutes played... Scored her lone goal of the season and added an assist against Tusculum on Oct. 27th for a career-high three points... Added three assists against Alabama-Huntsville and Newberry... Named a member of the SAC Women's Soccer Championship All-Tournament team.

High School: Scored 24 career goals and tallied 39 assists as a midfielder with the Panthers... Named All-District three times, All-Region twice, Second-Team All-Prepxtra two times, First-Team All-KIL twice and she is the two-time reigning District 3-AAA Midfielder of the Year... Led Powell to the school’s best record at 13-3 as a senior... Coached by former Carson-Newman soccer player Mark Smith at Powell... Played club soccer for FC Alliance and won three State Championships..

Personal: Daughter of Randy and Janet Williams... Twin sister, Bailey, also plays soccer at Carson-Newman... Undecided on a major. 

Recent Games
Oct 27 Catawba W, 2-1
Oct 30 Wingate W, 4-1
Nov 2 vs. Catawba W, 2-1
Nov 4 vs. Lincoln Memorial L, 3-1
Nov 10 Catawba W, 3-0
Nov 11 Lincoln Memorial T, 1-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 20 10
Games started 20 10
Goals 2 2
Assists 1 0
Points 5 4
Shots 16 11
Shot Pct .125 .182
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 31 vs. West Fla. L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 2 at Columbus St. L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 5 Lees-McRae W, 7-0 1 0 1 1 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 8 at Lee W, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 12 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 19 at Lincoln Memorial W, 5-2 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Sep 22 Coker W, 7-0 1 1 0 2 3 .333 0-0 0
Sep 26 at Newberry W, 3-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 26 Belmont Abbey   - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Tusculum L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 6 Anderson (S.C.) W, 2-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 13 at Queens (N.C.) W, 2-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 17 Mars Hill W, 4-1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0-0 0
Oct 20 at Wingate W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Oct 24 Limestone W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 27 Catawba W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 30 Wingate W, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 2 vs. Catawba W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 4 vs. Lincoln Memorial L, 3-1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Nov 10 Catawba W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 11 Lincoln Memorial T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2015-16 21 19 .05 .14 .24 1.05 .045 .33 .318
2016-17 21 19 .19 .14 .52 .48 .400 .24 .500
2017-18 23 22 .04 .13 .22 .39 .111 .17 .444
2018-19 20 20 .10 .05 .25 .80 .125 .20 .250
Total 85 80 .09 .12 .31 .67 .140 .24 .351
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2015-16 21 19 1 3 5 22 .045 7 .318 1 0 0-0 0
2016-17 21 19 4 3 11 10 .400 5 .500 1 0 0-0 0
2017-18 23 22 1 3 5 9 .111 4 .444 1 0 0-0 0
2018-19 20 20 2 1 5 16 .125 4 .250 3 0 0-0 0
Total 85 80 8 10 26 57 .140 20 .351 6 0 0-0 0
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Total 20 20 .10 .05 .25 .80 .125 .20 .250
Conference 10 10 .20 .00 .40 1.10 .182 .40 .364
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 10 10 .20 .10 .50 .80 .250 .30 .375
Away 7 7 .00 .00 .00 .86 .000 .14 .167
Neutral 3 3 .00 .00 .00 .67 .000 .00 .000
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Wins 15 15 .13 .07 .33 .80 .167 .27 .333
Losses 4 4 .00 .00 .00 .75 .000 .00 .000
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August 1 1 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
September 7 7 .14 .14 .43 1.00 .143 .29 .286
October 8 8 .13 .00 .25 .75 .167 .25 .333
November 4 4 .00 .00 .00 .75 .000 .00 .000
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Total 20 20 2 1 5 16 .125 4 .250 3 0 0-0 0
Conference 10 10 2 0 4 11 .182 4 .364 1 0 0-0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
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Home 10 10 2 1 5 8 .250 3 .375 2 0 0-0 0
Away 7 7 0 0 0 6 .000 1 .167 0 0 0-0 0
Neutral 3 3 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 1 0 0-0 0
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Wins 15 15 2 1 5 12 .167 4 .333 1 0 0-0 0
Losses 4 4 0 0 0 3 .000 0 .000 1 0 0-0 0
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August 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
September 7 7 1 1 3 7 .143 2 .286 0 0 0-0 0
October 8 8 1 0 2 6 .167 2 .333 1 0 0-0 0
November 4 4 0 0 0 3 .000 0 .000 2 0 0-0 0