2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Williams, Deja

Jersey Number 5
Deja Williams
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
Bio
Before Mercer:
Cleveland State (2019-23)
2022-23 (Sr.)
High School
Cleveland State (2019-23)
2022-23 (Sr.)
- Named Horizon League 6th Player of the Year
- Helped team to 30-5 record, Horizon League Championship, and NCAA Tournament appearance
- Played in 35 games
- Scored in 30 of 35 games played
- Averaged 6.6 points and 2.0 assists per game
- Led team with 70 assists
- Shot 83.0 percent from free throw line
- Scored a season-high 19 points and was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line against Campbell (Dec. 20)
- Had a career-high eight assists against DePaul (Nov. 15)
- Played in 30 games making five starts
- Scored in 28 of 30 games played
- Averaged 5.0 points per game
- Shot 77.2 percent from the free throw line
- Scored a season-high 13 points on 5-for-11 shooting against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 5)
- Named to Big West All-Freshman Team
- Third on team in scoring and and 21st in the Big West with 10.0 points per game
- Led team and was fourth in Big West in made 3-pointers with 55
- Eighth in the conference in steals (1.6 spg)
- Scored career-high 32 points at Hawai’i (Feb. 13)
High School
- Selected Moore League MVP as a junior after leading the team to a 20-9 overall record and a 12-0 Moore League mark
- Named Second Team All-CIF, the562.org All-City Co-Girls Basketball Player of the Year and to the Long Beach Press Telegram Dream Team in 2018
- Named First Team All-League as a sophomore
- Also played softball
Mercer Football Press Conference (Week 3 vs. Wofford)
Monday, September 08
Mercer v. South Florida Men's Soccer Highlight Reel: 9/7/2025
Monday, September 08
Mercer v. Gardner-Webb Women's Soccer Highlight Reel: 9/7/2025
Monday, September 08
Mercer v. Kennesaw State Women's Soccer Highlight Reel: 9/4/2025
Friday, September 05