2025 Women's Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 23
Sanaa Williams
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
Career Accolades:
2025 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in all 31 matches, starting all but one, and saw action in 112 sets... Finished second on the team with a .309 hitting percentage... Recorded a season-high nine kills against a top-10 Louisville team (11/9)... Led the team in blocks with 111... Recorded a season-high 10 blocks against Florida State (10/3)... Helped lead a Wake Forest attack that finished in the top half of the ACC in points... Finished the year with 145 kills, 111 total blocks and 49 digs.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore at Mississippi State)
Appeared in 12 matches and saw action in 36 sets with five starts... Earned a season high of seven kills and 10.5 points in the season-opener at Samford... Picked up a season best of eight total blocks and six digs against Notre Dame on September 8... Ranked fifth on the team in blocks... Finished the season with 33 kills, 25 digs, and 34 total blocks
2023 (Redshirt Freshman at Mississippi State)
Appeared in 23 matches with 19 starts and saw action in 68 sets... Had a total of 71 blocks, 93.5 points and 51 kills... Ranked third on the team in blocks... Made her first start in the season opener against Eastern Kentucky (Aug. 25) and collected a season-best seven blocks... Registered a season-high six kills versus Northwestern State (Aug. 26)... Tallied six blocks on three occasions: Abilene Christian (Sept. 16), No. 12 Tennessee (Sept. 29) and at Alabama (Oct. 27)... Collected fix blocks in four outings: at LSU (Oct. 1), No. 14 Florida (Oct. 13), at No. 20 Kentucky (Oct. 20) and South Carolina (Nov. 8)
2022 (Freshman at Mississippi State)
Took a redshirt year
High School/Club
2021 Gatorade Player of the Year nominee... 2021 State MVP 2021... 2021 District MVP... 2021 All-District Team... Won the 2021 Class AA State Championship... Three-time district champion (2018-19, 2021)... Named Tennessee Player of the Week during the 2021 season... Placed on JVA watch list 2021 and 2022... 2022 Block and Roll Champion... NEQ Champion... USAV 18s Junior Nationals Runner-up
Personal
Daughter of Simeon and Kimberly Williams... Has a younger brother, Simeon II (19), who plays college basketball... Holds an interest in pursuing a Master in Health Admin during her time in Winston-Salem
- 2025 Wake Forest Invitational All-Tournament Team
2025 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in all 31 matches, starting all but one, and saw action in 112 sets... Finished second on the team with a .309 hitting percentage... Recorded a season-high nine kills against a top-10 Louisville team (11/9)... Led the team in blocks with 111... Recorded a season-high 10 blocks against Florida State (10/3)... Helped lead a Wake Forest attack that finished in the top half of the ACC in points... Finished the year with 145 kills, 111 total blocks and 49 digs.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore at Mississippi State)
Appeared in 12 matches and saw action in 36 sets with five starts... Earned a season high of seven kills and 10.5 points in the season-opener at Samford... Picked up a season best of eight total blocks and six digs against Notre Dame on September 8... Ranked fifth on the team in blocks... Finished the season with 33 kills, 25 digs, and 34 total blocks
2023 (Redshirt Freshman at Mississippi State)
Appeared in 23 matches with 19 starts and saw action in 68 sets... Had a total of 71 blocks, 93.5 points and 51 kills... Ranked third on the team in blocks... Made her first start in the season opener against Eastern Kentucky (Aug. 25) and collected a season-best seven blocks... Registered a season-high six kills versus Northwestern State (Aug. 26)... Tallied six blocks on three occasions: Abilene Christian (Sept. 16), No. 12 Tennessee (Sept. 29) and at Alabama (Oct. 27)... Collected fix blocks in four outings: at LSU (Oct. 1), No. 14 Florida (Oct. 13), at No. 20 Kentucky (Oct. 20) and South Carolina (Nov. 8)
2022 (Freshman at Mississippi State)
Took a redshirt year
High School/Club
2021 Gatorade Player of the Year nominee... 2021 State MVP 2021... 2021 District MVP... 2021 All-District Team... Won the 2021 Class AA State Championship... Three-time district champion (2018-19, 2021)... Named Tennessee Player of the Week during the 2021 season... Placed on JVA watch list 2021 and 2022... 2022 Block and Roll Champion... NEQ Champion... USAV 18s Junior Nationals Runner-up
Personal
Daughter of Simeon and Kimberly Williams... Has a younger brother, Simeon II (19), who plays college basketball... Holds an interest in pursuing a Master in Health Admin during her time in Winston-Salem
Wake Forest Head Coach Jake Dickert National Signing Day Press Conference
Thursday, December 04
Dec. 3, 2025: Coach Jake Dickert National Signing Day Press Conference
Wednesday, December 03
Steve Forbes Postgame Presser vs. Oklahoma
Wednesday, December 03
Wake Forest Women's Basketball Highlights vs Illinois St (Nov. 28, 2025)
Monday, December 01
