DALLAS – Former Jackson State University women's basketball player Ameshya Williams-Holliday made her WNBA debut Monday for the Indiana Fever.

Williams scored two points with one rebound and one steal in just over six minutes of action in Indiana's 101-89 loss to the Dallas Wings in the final preseason game for Indiana.

Williams-Holliday was a third-round pick #25 overall by the Fever in April's WNBA Draft, becoming the first HBCU player selected in the WNBA since 2002, and is the second Southwestern Athletic Conference player and sixth player from an HBCU selected in the history of the league. Williams-Holliday is the second highest drafted HBCU player in league history.

Williams-Holliday is a three-time first-team All-SWAC selection (2020, 2021, 2022), a three-time league Defensive Player of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022), and in 2022 became the first SWAC player since 2019 to win both SWAC Player Of The Year and Defensive Player Of The Year honors in the same season. For her career, Williams-Holliday averaged 16.1 points and 11.2 rebounds, and 2.9 blocks per game. She scored in double-figures 71 times (including final 39 consecutive games), 53 10+ rebound games, 52 double-doubles (including two 20-20 games), and 60 games of 2+ blocks.

Indiana opens the WNBA season Friday at Washington.

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