Junior Season
Started 33 of 34 matches and played in a team-high 123 games as a junior...solid two-way player that led UNCG in both kills and blocks...came up with 304 kills and a .283 hitting percentage...her 109 total blocks is tied for the ninth most in a season at UNCG...finished second on the team with 2.47 kills per game...also had 57 digs and 17 service aces to her credit...posted a career-high 20 kills against Western Carolina (11/6/04)...also had nine blocks and seven digs against the Catamounts...put away 17 kills against Chattanooga (10/10/04)...had 14 double-digit kill efforts for the season.
Sophomore Season
Competed in 101 games in her second year as a Spartan and became a dominant force at the net, posting a team-high 102 blocks...ranked eighth in the SoCon with 1.01 blocks per game to go along with 154 kills...led the squad in service aces with 33...had a nine-kill, 11-block performance against ETSU (10/10/03)...set a career-high with five service aces versus Charleston Southern (9/12/03).
Freshman Season
Played in 38 games as a freshman...recorded 21 kills, averaging 0.55 kills per game...finished fifth on the team with 22 blocks...tallied six kills and five blocks against
High Point.
High School
Led Smithsburg High School to state titles during freshman, junior and senior years...was a two-time all-county, all-area and all-conference middle hitter...two-time all-conference honorable mention...one-time letterwinner in track.
Club
Played club volleyball six years, the last three being with Washington County Juniors in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Personal
Ashley Lauren Richards...born July 4, 1984, in Cambridge, MD...daughter of Martin and Lois Richards...majoring in nutrition.
