Hall of Fame

Jess Williamson LEC Hall of Fame Head Shot

Jess Williamson

  • Class
    2018
  • Induction
    2026
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Volleyball
Jess Williamson was a two-time Little East Conference major award winner and four-time All-LEC selection as member of the University of Southern Maine women’s volleyball team from 2014-17. She earned three consecutive First Team All-LEC honors her sophomore through senior seasons. 

Williamson made an immediate impact as an outside hitter for the Huskies in her first collegiate season, as she was named the 2014 LEC Rookie of the Year and a Second Team All-LEC selections after tallying 456 kills (4.83 per set) and 339 digs (3.23 per set). That season also saw her named the ECAC Division III New England Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-ECAC Division III New England. 

Williamson continued to lead USM on the court with a pair of First Team All-LEC selections before being named the 2017 LEC Offensive Player of the Year as a senior. She once again led the Huskies with 442 kills (4.38 per set) while notching 269 digs (2.66 per set) in her final collegiate season. She led the team in kills all four seasons, while finishing second in digs three times and leading the squad in that category as junior with 270 (2.87 per set).

Williamson led the LEC in kills in each of her four seasons, and topped the conference in kills per set in three of her four years. She ranked in the top-25 in NCAA Division III in kills per set four times, and ranked in the top-25 in the country in kills three times.

Williamson still ranks first in career kills (1,849), kills per set (4.423) and attack attempts (4,499) in program history. She is fourth all-time in digs (1,310), fifth in hitting percentage (.254), sixth in digs per set (3.134), ninth in block assists (61), and ninth in service aces (155). She is the only player in school history to compile 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career.

Williamson earned her bachelor’s degree from Southern Maine in biology 2018, and was inducted into USM’s Husky Hall of Fame in 2023.