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- ↑ "UVU hoops: Williams is honorable mention All-American". The Salt Lake Tribune. March 28, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ↑ Utah Valley's Williams Picked to Repeat as Player of the Year, accessed November 19, 2011
