2002-03: 2002-03 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year... Has made 13
career starts this season in 37 games, including the first 12 games before
missing a contest due to an ankle injury... Led the team in steals per game with
1.5 and was fourth on the team in rebounding with 5.4 boards per game... Scored
a career-high 17 points and grabbed a career-high seven steals versus Georgetown
(2/23/03)... Tied her career-high of 13 rebounds at Pittsburgh (1/25/03)...
Posted back-to-back double figure scoring games in the 2003 NCAA First/Second
round and had her second double-double of the season versus TCU with 16 points
and 11 rebounds.
2001-02: Reserve forward who played in all 39 games... Averaged 5.4
points per game and 4.7 rebounds per game... Scored in double-figures on eight
occasions, including a career-high 15 points versus Villanova (1/19/02)...
Pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds in 17 minutes of play versus Rhode Island
(11/24/01) and matched the effort with 13 boards versus Miami (1/12/02)... Came
off the bench to contribute 18 points (6.0 ppg) and 20 rebounds (6.7 rpg) during
BIG EAST tournament play.
2000-01: Saw action in the first five games of the season before being
sidelined with an elbow injury... Received medical hardship for the 2000-01
season.
HIGH SCHOOL: WBCA All-America team member from the Linsly School in West
Virginia... Garnered Parade All-America Fourth Team honors... Named West
Virginia Player of the Year... Four-time Ohio Valley Class A Player of the Year
... Gatorade Player of the year for her home state... Selected as the All-State
team captain... Three-time First Team All-State honoree... Rewrote the school
record books by setting marks for most points (1,532), rebounds (823) assists
(385) and steals (371).
PERSONAL: Born Ashley Michelle Battle on May 31, 1982... Nicknamed AB...
Business major.