‘Welcome to the World, Baby Girl’: Tennessee Softball Star Kiki Milloy and NBA’s Grant Williams Announce Daughter’s Birth

Rocky Top has a brand-new tiny Vol fan. Former Tennessee softball star Kiki Milloy and former Tennessee basketball star Grant Williams announced the birth of their daughter over the weekend, sharing the news in a joint Instagram post on October 11 captioned: “Welcome to the world baby girl.”

It’s a true Tennessee love story. Milloy left Knoxville as a program legend — her 69 career home runs stand as the most in Lady Vols softball history. Williams, meanwhile, was a two-time SEC Player of the Year on the hardwood before taking his bruising, beloved game to the NBA, where he now plays for the Charlotte Hornets. The engaged couple — Williams proposed in April 2026 — are both Knox News Sportsperson of the Year honorees from their Tennessee days.

And Tennessee fans did what Tennessee fans do: they absolutely lost it — in the best way. The announcement drew a flood of orange-and-white love, with Vol Nation celebrating a baby girl born into one of the most decorated athletic couples the school has ever produced.

From Knoxville Stars to New Parents

Milloy’s Tennessee résumé reads like a video game stat line. Sixty-nine home runs. Countless clutch moments. A hitter so feared that opposing coaches ran out of ways to pitch around her. She didn’t just play softball at Tennessee — she redefined what the program’s ceiling looked like.

Williams carved out his own Knoxville legacy with equal force. The two-time SEC Player of the Year became a fan favorite for his physicality, his motor, and a personality big enough to fill Thompson-Boling Arena. Drafted into the NBA, he’s carried that same edge to the professional ranks with the Hornets.

That both of them were named Knox News Sportsperson of the Year during their Tennessee tenures tells you everything about how this state feels about them. They weren’t just great players. They were Tennessee’s players.

Their engagement in April 2026 was its own celebration across Vol Nation — two of the most beloved athletes of their era deciding to build a life together. Teammates past and present flooded the comments then, just as they’re doing now. In Knoxville, this couple isn’t just admired. They’re family.

Vol Nation’s Newest Recruit

Now the next chapter begins — 2 a.m. feedings instead of 2 a.m. film sessions. And if Vol fans have their way, their daughter won’t have to wait long for her first trip to Knoxville. Tiny checkerboard outfits are surely already in the mail.

It’s the kind of announcement that reminds you why college sports hit different. These aren’t distant celebrities — they’re the players fans watched grow up on Saturdays, now growing a family of their own. Every home run Milloy hit and every charge Williams took built the bond that made this moment feel personal to an entire fan base.

There’s something fitting about two athletes who gave everything to Tennessee starting a family together. Milloy brought the power. Williams brought the toughness. Their daughter brings a whole new reason for Vol Nation to smile.

Congratulations to the new parents — and welcome to the world, baby girl. Neyland Stadium is waiting.

For Milloy and Williams, the trophies and records were always just part of the story. The bigger win was finding each other in Knoxville — and now, starting the best team they’ll ever be part of. Vol Nation will be watching this little one grow up, and something tells us she’ll have a mean jump shot and a power hitter’s swing before kindergarten.

Here’s to the newest member of Vol Nation — born into orange, raised on greatness.