Kennadi Williams Season 2026

Honors and Awards

• NFCA Scholar Athlete (2025)
• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar (First Team, Softball/Women's Basketball, 2026)
• Academic All-Big Ten (Women's Basketball, 2026)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024, 2025; Spring 2025)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2025, 2026)

Sophomore Season (2026)

• Competed in all 32 games off the bench for the Nebraska women's basketball team
• Averaged 2.4 points and 2.5 assists in 15 minutes per game
• Carried a team-best 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio (80 assists, 27 turnovers)
• Helped the Huskers an NCAA Tournament First Four win over Richmond
• Produced 11 assists with no turnovers in three postseason games
• Career-high eight points in a win over Cal Baptist (Dec. 21, 2025)
• Career-high six assists vs. Baylor (March 20, 2026) and Omaha (Dec. 9, 2025)
• Career-high three steals vs. Oregon (Feb. 19, 2026)

Freshman Season (2025)

• Made her first start in left field for game three against Minnesota
• Scored 19 runs for NU in her freshman campaign
• Notched a putout against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
• Pinch ran in three games at the NFCA Leadoff Classic and scored a run against Bethune-Cookman

Before Nebraska (Lincoln Southwest HS)

• Three-sport star at Lincoln Southwest High School
• Lincoln Journal Star 2022 High School Female Athlete of the Year
• Two-time all-state pick who led Southwest to four state tournaments
• First-Team All-Nebraska and Super-State selection as a senior
• Hit .450 with 17 stolen bases as a senior
• Led Class A in runs scored as a senior
• Helped Southwest to the state semifinals as a senior
• Missed her junior season due to an injury
• Helped Southwest to a state title as a sophomore
• Batted .362 with seven doubles, six home runs and 29 RBIs
• Was an honorable-mention all-state pick as a sophomore
• Was a four-time all-state selection in basketball
• Two-time All-Nebraska and Super-State selection
• Averaged 12.5 points per game in her career
• Averaged 16.5 points, 3.2 assists and 3.8 steals as a senior
• 2022 Lincoln Journal Star Girls Basketball Player of the Year
• Helped the Silver Hawks to four state tournament appearances
• Southwest was the 2022 Class A runner-up
• Also played soccer for the Silver Hawks
• Helped Southwest to four state tournament appearances
  
  

Personal

• Daughter of Lloyd and Amy Williams
• Her mother, Amy, is Nebraska’s head women’s basketball coach
• Has a younger sister, Bentli
• Psychology major