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He took up basketball as a youngster, but it wasn't until she watched the game at Gulf Coast State College that she realized the amazing hoops legacy in her house.

I see my mom in the Hall of Fame there and I was like, oh, well, that's she always talks about being big.

So now I actually see that she was actually really good.

Keondre Williams was the first All-American for Gulf Coast one, the National Junior College Player of the year award in 1998, and went on to play in the SEC at Alabama.

As young Katiya started to excel.

Advice from mom helped her navigate the path.

In middle school, it was a little difficult because I was definitely the best player on the team.

I knew a lot of people were young, like a lot of girls hadn't played before.

She taught me like, sometimes you got to be a leader and you got to lead well.

You know what everyone else is supposed to do, so, like, help them out.

With mom jumping in as an assistant coach, Katiya shined at Crestview High School, scoring over 1000 career points.

As a sophomore, she attended a camp at Pensacola State and caught the coach's eye in a number of ways.

The first thing that stood out, obviously, was her hair.

You know, it was different.

You know, you just don't see that with a lot of high school students.

But then the next part was just how tough and feisty she was.

I think she may have been the only kid there that took a chance.

When you see someone who who's willing to do that and just puts their body on the line, like, you know that kid has a little bit of toughness and grit.

Katiya ended up signing with PSC, and as a freshman, that toughness paid immediate dividends.

But she also found out just how challenging the junior college level is.

I realized that it's not the same as high school and high school.

You can get away with a lot of things and just being quick, and you can not get away with the same things here.

I had to definitely adjust, get more time in the gym to like, adjust to shooting and driving and passing and just getting to know my teammates and knowing what they can do.

She elevated her game impressively as a sophomore, almost doubling the scoring output with around ten points a game, topping the team in three point shooting and among the leaders in steals and assists.

But her biggest impact goes beyond the stats a willingness to do all the little things and an off the charts basketball IQ.

There's a lot of times where there's certain things I don't have to say, because she will say them before I can relay messages to her teammates.

You know, things that she sees on the court.

I think all of her teammates know they need anything.

They can rely on her.

I think a lot of them know if there's a question that they don't want to ask the coaches, they'll ask her because she'll ask or she'll already know.

Nobody's never like perfect, but I feel like it's always perfect.

She always has it together.

Like, that's why she's like one of the best leaders on this team.

She.

She leads me even though her and saying, great, she always knows what's going on.

She's never confused.

She never is angry at anybody.

She says the right things, like because I is the best.

It should not be a surprise that Katie excels in the classroom as well.

At Crestview, all four years on honor roll, graduating magna cum laude and now Dean's list at PSC.

I'm always trying to do my work early because I know that if I procrastinate or it could be going wrong, you know?

So I make sure I do everything early and I'm just on track, and I'm always taking notes of what I need to do and just jot and everything down.

The same thoroughness that fuels her success on the court.

Impressive to anyone who's watching, especially her All-American mom.

She talks to me a lot about how proud she is.

She says she used to watch my old games and then, like, watching me now, it's so much different how much more confident I am.

She says that I've always had this pushing me, and that she could tell that I'm going to be a great player.