Kendall "Kenny" Ovial Williams (born March /April 24, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player and announcer. He played for UIC Flames men's basketball from 1990 to 1994 in the Mid-Continent Conference (now Summit League), earning MCC Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1994. He played high school basketball at Lyons Township High School. After college, he played in several international leagues, highlighted by a 1999 Polish Basketball League All-Star game appearance. High school At Lyons, Williams played point guard. He shared the backcourt with John Hornacek, brother of Jeff Hornacek. His 1988–89 junior season Lyons team was mediocre (11-12, 4–6) on February 12. His senior season team got off to a 9–1 start. He was a 1990 Chicagoland All-area selection by the Chicago Tribune, who received one third-place vote in the Illinois Mr. Basketball voting. He committed to UIC in March 1990 after leading Lyons to the West Suburban Silver conference championship. College On January 22, 1994, Williams became the all-time leading scorer at University of Illinois Chicago, surpassing Chuck Lambert. He was the 1994 Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year as well as both a three-time All-Mid-Continent Conference (now Summit League) First Team selection and a three-time Mid-Continent Conference All-Tournament selection (both 1992–1994). For each of his All-conference and All-conference tournament seasons, the Flames finished as runner up in the conference tournament and did not play in any postseason tournaments. Williams was the first UIC Flame to record 2000 career points (2,025) and is the All-time Flames leader in steals (237). During his junior season, he was second in the MCC in scoring to Bill Edwards (25.2–21.7). As a senior he led the MCC in assists (4.6) and steals (2.5), while trailing only teammate Sherrell Ford in scoring (24.3–21.5). Williams represented UIC and the Summit League at the 1994 NCAA Slam Dunk competition. He was named MCC player of the week once as a sophomore (1/14/92) three times as a junior (1/26/93, 2/16/93, 2/23/93) and twice as a senior (11/28/93 and 2/20/94). He was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in April 1996 along with Kenny Battle, Rickey Green, and Sonny Parker to name a few. He became the third Flame (Ford and Mark Miller) to have his number retired on February 19, 2016. Professional career After graduation, Williams tried out for the Chicago Rockers of the Continental Basketball Association,