Upcoming Event: Softball versus North Carolina on February 6, 2026 at 5 p.m.
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5 p.m.
James Madison
vs North Carolina
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Jersey Number 12
Ashley Burnham
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Shortstop
- Height:
- 5-6
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Danvers, Mass.
- High School:
- Danvers
2012 as a senior:
- 2012 CAA Player of the Year (first player in conference history to win award twice)
- First Team All-CAA (first player in school history to be named First Team All-CAA three times)
- NFCA Second Team All-Region (first player in school history to be All-Region three times)
- One of 30 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
- VaSID Second Team All- State
- ECAC Second Team All- Star
- Set school career records for home runs (35), RBIs (120), doubles (43), consecutive games started (209) and assists (512)
- Finished the season hitting .335 with a .395 on-base percentage and a .652 slugging percentage.
- Collected 53 hits, 38 runs, 42 RBIs, 15 doubles, 1 triple, 11 home runs, 14 walks and nine steals as a senior.
- Became the second player in school history to surpass 200 career hits with a home run against George Mason
- Ranked 108th in the country in home runs per game (0.21), 95th in RBIs per game (0.81), 41st in doubles per game (0.29), and 86th in slugging percentage (.652)
- Voted as a team captain for the 2012 season by her teammates
- CAA Player of the Week on March 6
- Carolina Classic All-Tournament Team
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar- Athlete
- First Team All-CAA at shortstop
- Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I First Team All-Northeast Region
- VaSID First Team All-State
- Set single-season school records for home runs (13), on-base percentage (.452) and slugging percentage (.724) and career record for consecutive games started
- Set the single-season (five) and career record (six) for lead-off home runs
- Tripled, drove in two, scored a run and stole two bases in season-opening win over St. Joe’s
- Recorded against Bucknell (Feb. 18) to become 16th player in school history with 100 career hits
- Collected two hits, a double and two RBIs in a win over Bucknell
- Tied her career-high with three runs and added a home run and a RBI in a 6- 2 win over Seton Hall
- Set career-highs with two home runs and five RBIs in 10-4 win over Robert Morris
- Doubled twice and waked in a 3-2 loss to Robert Morris
- Named CAA Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 27
- 2-for-2 with a triple, two runs, a RBI, a walk and a steal in 15-1 win over Georgetown
- Went 1-for-1 with a home run and a career-high three walks in 11-8 win over Charleston Southern
- Named CAA Player of the Week on March 21 after going 9-for-18 with 7 extra-base hits at JMU Days Inn Invitational
- Hit a game-tying home run in the series finale against George Mason to set the school’s single-season home run mark with 11
- Hit her 4th lead-off home run of the season in JMU’s 9-7 loss at Liberty, finishing 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and 3 RBIs
- Went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and a RBI against Hofstra
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar- Athlete
- CAA Player of the Year
- First Team All-CAA selection
- Second Team NFCA All-Northeast Region selection
- VaSID Second Team All- State
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar- Athlete
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient
- Went 3-for-3 with a home run, two runs, four RBIs and a steal against Wagner
- Named CAA Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 21
- Tied a career-high with three hits and scored a run in game three against Drexel
- CAA Player of the Week for the week ending May 2
- CAA All-Rookie team
- Made her JMU debut against Boise State, starting at shortstop, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk
- Collected two hits, including her first-career home run, two runs scored, and three RBIs in the doubleheader against George Washington
- Softball team captain
- Three-time Team MVP
- Three-time Northeastern Conference All-Star and MVP
- Two-time Salem News Player of the Year
- Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Teams
- Four time qualifier for the Massachusetts state tournament
- Daughter of Cheryl and Jimmy Burnham
- Two-sport athlete who also was a four year member of the varsity basketball team
- Member of the World Language National Honors Society
- Plans to major in Business
- Enjoys basketball, going to the beach and spending time with friends
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