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Jersey Number 22
Ashley Samuels
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- UTILITY
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Doswell, Va.
- High School:
- Patrick Henry
- Major:
- Kinesiology
As a Senior:
As a Junior:
As a Sophomore:
As a Freshman:
High School
Other Sports
Personal:
- Hit two doubles with four RBIs in 10-2 win over Elon on April 22
- Hit a grand slam in 9-0 shutout over UNC on April 11
- Hit her first grand slam of the season in 11-4 win over Delaware on April 6
- Earned three RBIs against California in 5-1 win on March 2
- Hitting .204 with five home runs, 16 walks and 23 RBIs
- Has thrown out three runners in four stolen base attempts
As a Junior:
- CAA All-Academic Team
- Made 11 appearances with two starts behind the dish
- Finished the season with a career-best four hits for an .800 average at the plate
- Scored a career-best four runs with a career-high four RBIs
- Swiped two stolen bases
- Recorded 25 putouts with three assists
- Perfect 3-for-3 as a pinch hitter over junior season
- Tallied her first career home run with a three-RBI shot in a pinch-hit appearance to walk-off a 10-0 victory against Drexel (4/29)
- Scored first run of the season as a pinch-runner against Boston College (3/4)
- Went 1-for-1 with a walk and RBI at Charleston Southern (2/10)
- Stole first career base against Charleston Southern (2/10)
- Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2016)
- Dean's List (Spring 2017)
As a Sophomore:
- CAA All-Academic Team
- Appeared in 12 games this season
- Spring 2016 Dean's List
- Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2016)
- Recorded a 1.000 (19-2-0) fielding percentage behind the plate
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient
As a Freshman:
- Appeared in 18 games this season
- Primarily a pinch hitter with eight at-bats
- Recorded first career hit at Delaware (April 18), a two-RBI double
- Also drew two walks on the year
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award (Fall 2014, Spring 2015)
- Dean's List (Fall 2014, Spring 2015)
- Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2015)
High School
- First Team All-State as a senior and Honorable Mention as a freshman• First Team All-Metro as a senior and Second Team as a freshman
- First Team All-Region as a freshman and senior
- First Team All-District as a freshman and junior and Honorable Mention as a sophomore
- First Team All-Conference 16 as a senior
- Conference 16 Player of the Year as a senior
- Played club softball for Richmond Diamonds Fastpitch Softball
- Honor roll student and Hanover Scholar at Patrick Henry High School
- Received the United States Marine Corps Student-Athlete Achievement Award
- Member of National Honor Society, Science National Honors Society, BETA Club, DECA Honors Society and Chemistry Olympiad at PHHS
Other Sports
- Tri-sport athlete who also competed in field hockey (4 years) and basketball (3 years)
- Second Team All-District in field hockey as a junior
- First Team All-Conference in field hockey as a senior
- Field hockey team MVP as a senior and Most Improved Player as a freshman and sophomore
- Second Team All-District in basketball as a senior and Honorable Mention as a junior
- Received 2014 Coaches Award for basketball as a senior
Personal:
- Daughter of Michelle and John Samuels
- Majoring in Kinesiology
- Studying pre-physical therapy
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