CHICAGO (October 24, 2023) — Chicago Sky veteran center Elizabeth Williams is the recipient of the 2023 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the league announced today.

The Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award is given to a player that exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court, including ethical behavior, fair play and integrity. The award is named for the late Kim Perrot, who helped guide the Houston Comets to their first two WNBA championships before passing away in August 1999 after a seven-month battle with cancer. Williams is the second Sky player in franchise history to receive the honor, joining Swin Cash who received it in 2013.

She received 15 out of 60 total votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, followed by Ariel Atkins (Washington) with eight votes and Alysha Clark (Las Vegas) with seven votes.

In her first year with the Sky, Williams averaged 9.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in a career-high 29.7 minutes. On July 12, she recorded her 17th regular season game with five or more blocks, tying Sylvia Fowles for fifth-most all time. Shortly after on July 20, she reached 1,500 career rebounds, becoming the ninth player in WNBA history with 2,000+ points, 1,500+ rebounds, 400+ blocks, 300+ assists and 200+ steals, getting there in 259 games, the fourth-fastest player to do so all-time in WNBA history.

Williams was also recently named to the 2023 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team and was previously a 2016 Kia WNBA Most Improved Player and named to the 2020 WNBA All-Defensive First Team.

Below are the voting results for the 2023 WNBA Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award and a list of all-time winners.

2023 KIM PERROT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD RESULTS

PLAYER	TEAM	VOTES
Elizabeth Williams	Chicago Sky	15
Ariel Atkins	Washington Mystics	8
Alysha Clark	Las Vegas Aces	7
Monique Billings	Atlanta Dream	5
Sami Whitcomb	Seattle Storm	5
Rachel Banham	Minnesota Lynx	4
Karlie Samuelson	Los Angeles Sparks	4
Rebecca Allen	Connecticut Sun	3
Natasha Howard	Dallas Wings	3
Courtney Vandersloot	New York Liberty	3
Aliyah Boston	Indiana Fever	2
Megan Gustafson	Phoenix Mercury	1

KIM PERROT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS

2023	Elizabeth Williams	Chicago Sky
2022	Sylvia Fowles	Minnesota Lynx
2021	Nneka Ogwumike	Los Angeles Sparks
2020	Nneka Ogwumike	Los Angeles Sparks
2019	Nneka Ogwumike	Los Angeles Sparks
2018	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm
2017	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm
2016	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever
2015	DeLisha Milton-Jones	Atlanta Dream
2014	Becky Hammon	San Antonio Stars
2013	Swin Cash	Chicago Sky
	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever
2012	Kara Lawson	Connecticut Sun
2011	Sue Bird	Seattle Storm
	Ruth Riley	San Antonio Stars
2010	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever
2009	Kara Lawson	Sacramento Monarchs
2008	Vickie Johnson	San Antonio Stars
2007	Tully Bevilaqua	Indiana Fever
2006	Dawn Staley	Houston Comets
2005	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	Connecticut Sun
2004	Teresa Edwards	Minnesota Lynx
2003	Edna Campbell	Sacramento Monarchs
2002	Jennifer Gillom	Phoenix Mercury
2001	Sue Wicks	New York Liberty
2000	Suzie McConnell Serio	Cleveland Rockers
1999	Dawn Staley	Charlotte Sting
1998	Suzie McConnell Serio	Cleveland Rockers
1997	Haixia Zheng	Los Angeles Sparks

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