| Ashley Evans |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
West Linn, Ore.
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| High School:
West Linn HS/Portland VBC
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| Height:
5-9
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| Position:
L/DS
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| Experience:
3V
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OREGON STATE
Junior (2007): Ashley Evans made the transition from setter to defensive specialist to libero after the first two tournaments of the season ... Set the third-highest single season record for digs with 459, the school record for juniors ... Second-best single season digs per game record, averaging 4.06 per game, also the school record for juniors ... Tied the eighth highest single-match record for digs with 29 in the ASICS Invitational against Pacific (9/15) before setting the fifth best record at No. 4 UCLA (10/12) with a career-best 32 digs ... Named to the Sacramento State Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Tied her career-best three aces against Arizona (10/26), adding 21 digs ... Recorded eight 20-plus digs games with four being in Pac-10 play, reached double-digits for digs in 25 matches ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
Sophomore (2006): Opened the season as one of two setters in a 6-2 offensive system, before taking over as the primary setter midway through the season ... Led the Beavers in assists in 18 out of 27 matches ... Performed solidly at the UNLV Classic dishing out 79 assists (6.58 apg) ... Tallied 27 assists against Cal Poly and 28 against UNLV later in the day (8/26) ... Also notched a season-high 28 digs against UNLV ... Registered 35 assists and nine digs at Loyola (8/30) ... Recorded career-best 36 assists and seven digs against South Dakota State (9/1) ... Tallied 27 assists and 10 digs against Washington State (11/3) ... Recorded 13 assists, a career-high three aces, 15 digs and a career-best three blocks at Arizona State (11/9) ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
Freshman (2005): Earned significant playing time at setter gaining valuable game experience in all 24 matches ... Played especially effective early in the season ... Accumulated 10 or more assists in six matches ... Set season-highs of 16 assists and four kills against Portland State (9/2) at the NIKE Portland Invitational ... Recorded 15 assists and a season-high two blocks against Davidson (9/3) ... Set her career-high with three aces against Virginia Tech (9/9) ... Tallied a season-high eight digs in a Civil War sweep of Oregon (10/14) ... Registered 11 assists against Washington (10/22) ... Recorded 12 assists at Washington (11/17).
WEST LINN HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year starter and four-year letterwinner at setter ... Helped lead her team to a state championship as a junior and four consecutive league titles ... First team all-state as a junior and senior ... 2003 and 2004 Three Rivers League MVP ... Featured in the December 2003 Volleyball Magazine ... Four-time Female Athlete of the Year at WLHS ... 2004 Prep Volleyball.com Top 250 Senior Aces selection ... 2004 Prep Volleyball.com High School All-American ... KATU Athlete of the Month in December 2003 ... First team 4A State tournament all-tourney team in 2003 and 2004 ... Link Crew Member ... May Day Court Queen ... Also earned four letters in tennis for the Lions.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Rick and Kari Evans ... Has three siblings, Travis, Lindsey and Taylor ... Her sister, Lindsey, played volleyball at BYU ... Majoring in Human Development and Family Science with an option in early childhood development and education ... Is an active member of Oregon State's Student-Athlete Advisory Council, in charge of team relations for the 2008-09 school year ... Chose Oregon State "to play volleyball in my home state and to compete in the Conference of Champions."
