Amber Williams

Position:
Hurdles/Sprints
Class:
Senior
High School:
Concordia Lutheran
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.

2008-09 (Sr.): Indoor - Advanced to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60m hurdles, placing 12th overall with a time of 8.45 ... captured Mid-American Conference indoor titles in the 60m dash (7.44), 60m hurdles (8.24) and 200m dash (24.27) to earn Most Valuable Performer honors at the MAC Championships ... Outdoor - A two-event MAC champion, in the 100m hurdles (13.60) and 100m dash (11.66) ... earned All-MAC First Team honors ... NCAA Regional Qualifying in the 100m hurdles and the 100m dash ... placed 19th in the 100m dash (11.86) while not competing in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA Mideast Regional.

2007-08: Redshirt . . . placed fourth in the 60m hurdles at the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships

2006-07 (Jr.): Indoor - 2007 Most Valuable Performer during the Indoor MAC Championships . . . set a MAC meet and a Ball State record in the 60m hurdles (8.19) . . . placed second in the 60m (7.42) and third in the 200m (24.31) at the MAC Championships . . . Outdoor - NCAA All-American . . . set the BSU record in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA Championships, finishing the race in 13.18 . . . First Team All-MAC and Most Valuable Performer at the MAC Championships . . . top BSU performer in the 100m (11.54) . . . also collected BSU’s best time in the 200m (23.77) . . . part of the 4x100 relay team that set a NCAA regional qualifying mark at the Butler Twilight (45.44)

2005-06 (So.): Indoor – Earned Second Team All-MAC for her performance at the MAC Championships . . . finished with second-place finishes in the 60m hurdles (8.27) 60m (7.50) and 200m (24.52) . . . her time of 8.26 in the 60m hurdles on Feb. 4 was a school record . . . Outdoor – Competed at the NCAA Mideast Regional . . . placed 25th in the 100m hurdles prelim (14.10) . . . earned Second Team All-MAC after placing second in the 100m hurdles at the MAC Championships

2004-05 (Fr.): Indoor – Ran the top-time for BSU in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.18 . . . posted second-best times in the 55m (7.15), 60m (7.77) and the 200m (25.09) . . . her time in the 55m hurdles was good for first-place at the Ball State Open . . . member of the 4x400m relay team that placed second at the MAC Championships with a time of 3:42.53 . . . Outdoor – Posted BSU’s top-times in the 100m hurdles (14.25) and 400m hurdles (1:00.71) . . . an NCAA Regional qualifier in the 400m hurdles . . . placed seventh at the MAC Championships in the 100m hurdles (14.40)

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in track at Concordia Lutheran . . . helped her team to a runner-up finish at the state championships and a city title in the SAC division as a senior . . . sectional and regional champ in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles in 2004 . . . finished third at state in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles . . . six-time all-state honoree in the 200m dash, 300m hurdles, 100m hurdles and 4x100m (2002 and 2003) . . . all-conference as a senior in the 200m dash, 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles

PERSONAL:Full name is Amber Frenchelle Williams . . . born Dec. 15, 1985, in Fort Wayne, Ind. . . . daughter of Edward and Jeanette Williams . . . has two brothers and one sister . . . majoring in journalism.