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Jersey Number 19
Ashley Herndon
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Forward/Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Stone Bridge
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
Career Highlights:
- 2016 CAA Player of the Year
- Played and started in all 2013-2016 games
- Four-time All Region Selection
- Four-time All State Selection
- Four-time All-CAA Selection
- Streak of 9 consecutive games with at least a point (tying program record)
- Finished career with 37 goals, 27 assists, and 101 points
- Had 19 career game winning goals (tying program record)
- 2015 CAA Tournament Most Valuable Player
- 2013 CAA Rookie of the Year
2016 as a Senior:
- CAA Preseason Player of the Year
- Preseason All-CAA
- Has 11 goals and six assists for 28 points on the year
- Tallied assist on lone goal in 1-0 victory over Charleston (10/30)
- Tallied two goals and an assist in a 4-1 win over Charleston (10/14)
- Scored twice, including the gamewinner, in 3-2 double-overtime victory over VCU (9/16)
- Game-winning goal and two assists in 3-2 win at East Carolina (9/2)
- Picked up goals against Richmond (8/26), Boston Univ. (9/9) and Delaware (10/2)
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award (Spring, Fall 2016)
- Dean's List (Fall 2016)
2015 as a Junior:
- VaSID All-State First Team
- Preseason All-CAA selection
- First Team All-CAA
- CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Co-CAA Player of the Week (Oct. 5, 2015)
- Started all 23 games, playing 2,046 total minutes
- Led the Dukes, T-1st in CAA and T-18th in nation with a career-high 14 goals
- T-1st in the CAA with 34 points
- Third in nation in game-winning goals with eight
- Tallied six assists. She has now collected at least six assists every season at JMU
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
- Dean's List (Spring 2016)
2014 as a Sophomore:
- Started all 20 of JMU’s games
- Led the team in goals (6), assists (8), and points (20)
- Led the CAA in assists with eight
- Scored game-winning goals in the season-opener Aug. 22 against Xavier and Oct. 3 at Hofstra
- Netted two goals in the CAA Semifinals Nov. 7, a 4-3 loss to Hofstra
- Notched a goal in JMU’s 3-0 win Oct. 10 against College of Charleston
- Tallied JMU’s lone goal in a 2-1 loss to La Salle Sept. 14
- Assisted on both goals in JMU’s 2-1 win over UMass Aug. 24
- Tallied assists on both JMU goals in the Dukes’ 2-1 win over Appalachian State Sept. 19
- Earned First Team All-CAA honors
- Named CAA Player of the Week (8/25)
- Earned Third Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors
- Named a VaSID All-State Second Team performer
- Named to JMU Invitational All-Tournament Team
- Honorable mention to TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Women’s National Team of the Week Aug. 26
- Named to the preseason edition of TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Top 20 in the CAA (#4)
- Named to the midseason edition of TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Top 20 in the CAA (#6)
- Named to the postseason edition of TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Top 20 in the CAA (#3)
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete Award
2013 as a Freshman:
- Started in all 21 games
- One of only two field players to start every game
- Scored six goals and added seven assists for 19 points
- Ranked second on the team in goals and points and tied for first in assists
- Four game-winning goals on the season
- Named CAA Rookie of the Year
- Second Team All-CAA
- Earned spot on CAA All-Rookie Team
- VaSID Second Team All-State
- NSCAA Third Team All-Region
- College Soccer 360 Honor Roll
- Three-time CAA Rookie of the Week
- Scored first collegiate goal in her first game against Richmond
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
High school and club:
- All-State as a sophomore at Stone Bridge
- Two-time Liberty District Player of the Year
- Four-time First Team All-Liberty District selection
- First Team All-Loudoun County four times
- Four-time All-Washington, D.C. and Washington Post All-Metro performer
- Set school record in career goals (101), goals in a season (29) and goals in a game (5)
- Led Stone Bridge to 2010 state title with two goals in both the semifinals and championship game
- Played club soccer for the VSA Heat, winning the national, state and region championships
- Two-year captain for SBHS's basketball team, leading it to the district title
- Two-time member on the All-Defensive Team
- Holds school record for steals in a game
Personal:
- Ashley Nicole Herndon
- Daughter of Diana and Steve Herndon
- Majoring in sport and recreation management
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