Mikaylah Williams

Mikaylah Williams (born July 8, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

High school career Williams played basketball for Parkway High School in Bossier City, Louisiana. She also competed in softball and track and field during high school. In her junior basketball season, she earned Louisiana Miss Basketball and Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year honors after helping her team reach the Class 5A state title game. As a senior, Williams led Parkway to the non-select Division I state championship, leaving as the school's all-time leading scorer. She was named Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year and repeated as Louisiana Miss Basketball and Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year. Williams played in the McDonald's All-American Game and the Nike Hoop Summit.

Recruiting In middle school, Williams committed to play college softball for Louisiana and received basketball scholarship offers from LSU, Ole Miss and Arkansas. By the end of high school, she was considered a five-star recruit and the number two player in her class by ESPN. On June 24, 2022, Williams committed to play college basketball for LSU over offers from Ole Miss, Baylor, Duke and Texas A&M.

College career On November 6, 2023, Williams made her debut for LSU, scoring 17 points in a 92–78 loss to Colorado. On November 14, she scored 42 points, breaking the program single-game freshman record, in a 109–79 win over Kent State. It was the highest-scoring performance by an LSU player since Cornelia Gayden in 1996. At the end of the regular season, Williams was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and into the SEC All-Freshman Team.

As a sophomore, Williams started 37 games, and averaged 17.3 points and 4.5 rebounds. She led the team assists, with a total of 124 in the season. On March 7, 2025, Williams had a career-high 8 assists against Florida in the SEC Tournament. Williams was a first-team All-SEC selection, and she was named as an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press and WBCA.

National team career Williams played for the United States at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Hungary. She averaged 8.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists, helping her team win the gold medal.

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Personal life Williams' parents both played college basketball: her mother, LaTonya, for Northwestern State, and her father, Patrick, for Bossier Parish Community College. Her younger brother, Kaleb, plays basketball and football for Parkway High School as a one-star recruit.

Williams became a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, on November 16, 2025, at LSU.