Year: 2023
Height: 6-1
Position: W
High School: Parkway (Bossier City, LA)
Recruiting Status: Verbally committed to LSU.
Notes: member of 2021 USA Basketball 3×3 U18 World Cup Team (named MVP of the event), 2022 USA Basketball U17 World Cup Team
Recruiting Summary for Mikaylah Williams
*schools reported as offering or recruiting her, from April 2019 forward: Ole Miss, Arkansas, LSU, Kentucky, Georgia, Houston, Texas A&M, Miami (FL), Southern Miss, Southern Cal, Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Tennessee, South Florida, Vanderbilt, Jackson State, UConn, Texas
June 3, 2022: announced final five schools—Baylor, Duke, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M
June 24, 2022: committed to LSU
Articles
Parkway’s Mikaylah Williams named to the USA Basketball Women’s U17 National Team (Bossier Press, 6/3/2022)
Last August, Parkway’s Mikaylah Williams helped the U.S. women win the gold medal in the FIBA 3 X 3 U18 World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary. In fact, she was named MVP of the event.
Williams is heading back to Debrecen next month as a member of the USA Basketball Women’s U17 National Team. The U.S. will play in the 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup July 9-17.
Future Parkway freshman excels in athletics and classroom; already a top college prospect, Mikaylah Williams keeping things in perspective (Bossier Press, 6/27/2019)
Mikaylah Williams hasn’t played a high school game yet, but she’s already caught the attention of college coaches in a big way.
A freshman-to-be at Parkway, the South Bossier youth verbally committed to play softball at Louisiana-Lafayette last year. She’s also already received offers to play basketball for schools like LSU, Ole Miss and Arkansas.
The 13-year-old Williams admits the attention can be a bit overwhelming at times, but she’s keeping it in perspective.
“I’m appreciative of the opportunities and that the coaches see something in me,” she said.
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