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Carla Williams to be posthumously inducted into Pensacola State College Athletics Hall of Fame

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Carla Williams worked for more than 24 years at Pensacola State College.
Carla Williams worked for more than 24 years at Pensacola State College.

The late Carla Williams will be posthumously inducted into the Pensacola State College Athletics Hall of Fame.

She will be honored during the PSC Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony set for 6 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Hartsell Arena.

Williams, 48, was shot and killed on May 24 during an early morning workout at Pensacola Fitness in a suspected act of domestic violence.

“It’s going to be a little bit different,’’ PSC Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach Bryan Lewallyn said in a press release. “We’re only going to have one inductee this year. We really wanted to do something appropriate to honor Carla.”

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The ceremony will be proceeded by the annual Pirate Experience, where PSC's 2022-23 student-athletes across all sports will be introduced.

After leading Graceville High School to a state championship in 1992, Williams starred for the Pirates women's basketball team for two seasons. She earned All-Conference and All-Region honors before attending Florida State University.

Williams later returned to PSC, where she would spend 24 years serving as an assistant basketball coach as well as a member of the school's Collegiate High, Mathematics and Computer Science departments.

The Carla Williams Memorial Endowed Scholarship was created in the wake of her death. The scholarship will be awarded to female student-athletes. To contribute to the Carla Williams Memorial Endowed Scholarship, visit https://athletics.pensacolastate.edu/Carla-Williams-Memorial-Scholarship-Fund.

Admission to the Pirate Experience and Hall of Fame Induction is free, but all who attend are asked to RSVP at Athletics@pensacolastate.edu. Food and drink will be provided to all who RSVP.

This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Carla Williams to be only member of 2022 PSC Athletics Hall of Fame class