The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2009 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Ashley Engle
- Position:
- S/RS
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Esperanza
- Hometown:
- Yorba Linda, Calif.
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2008 AVCA All-America First Team
• Two-time Volleyball Magazine All-America First Team (2006, 2008)
• Two-time AVCA All-Central Region First Team (2006, 2008)
• Three-time All-Big 12 First Team (2006-08)
• 2008 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• Four-time Big 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 13, 2008; Nov. 17, 2008; Nov. 12, 2007 and Nov. 6, 2006)
• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 10, 2008)
• Two-time Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational All-Tournament Team (2006, 2008)
• 2008 AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team
• 2007 AVCA All-Central Region Second Team
• 2007 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2006 AVCA All-America Second Team
• 2006 NCAA All-Austin Regional Team
• 2006 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• CVU.com National Player of the Week (Nov. 14, 2006)
• 2009 Collegiate Nationals Beach Volleyball Championship participant with Lauren Paolini
• 2008 Collegiate Nationals Beach Volleyball Championship A-Flight Champion with Kiley Hall
• 2007 PowerAde Collegiate Nationals Beach Volleyball Championship participant with Alyson Jennings
• Member of the 2007 U.S. Women[apos]s Junior National Volleyball Team with Jennifer Doris
• Ranked No. 3 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com (2006)
AS A JUNIOR (2008)
• started all 33 matches and played in 116 sets
• ranked second on the UT squad with 2.90 kills and 2.22 digs per-set
• ranked eighth in the Big 12 with a .303 attack mark
• posted her first kill/dig double-double of the year with 12 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 loss at No. 2 Nebraska (9/20)
• hit a season-best .536, recording 16 kills on 28 swings and committing one error in a sweep of Baylor (10/8)
• averaged 4.79 points, 4.43 kills, 2.00 digs per-set for the week, while hitting at a .448 clip against Baylor (10/8) and Colorado (10/11) to earn Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors (10/13)
• hammered out 17 kills on .371 hitting and tallied 15 digs and five assists in UT[apos]s 3-2 loss to Oklahoma (10/29) ... the kill/dig double-double was her fourth of the season.
• connected for a season-best 24 kills, hit .488 and added seven digs and a pair of blocks in a five-set win at No. 14 Kansas State (11/15)
• connected for 16 kills on .400 hitting and added nine digs in UT[apos]s four-set win at Missouri (11/26)
• tallied her fifth kill/dig double-double of the year with her 11-kill/11-dig effort in a sweep of Colorado (11/29)
• recorded 12 kills, nine digs, five blocks and hit .429 to lead UT to a sweep of Wichita State in the NCAA Second Round (12/6)
• posted a season-best seven total blocks in a 3-1 win over No. 9 UCLA in the NCAA Regional semifinal (12/12)
• registered 11 kills, 10 digs and eight assists in a 3-2 loss to No. 2 Stanford in the NCAA Semifinals (12/18)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007)
• appeared in 79 total games, earning the starting nod in 24 matches
• ranked third on the Texas team in kills per-game (3.14) and fourth in total kills (248) despite missing seven matches with a foot injury
• tallied a season-high 18 assists, along with seven kills and five digs in a 3-1 loss at No. 3 Penn State (8/24)
• missed seven matches due to a foot injury (Aug. 31-Sept. 19), but came back against Texas Tech (9/26) to record nine blocks, 15 kills and six digs
• recorded her first kill/dig double-double of the year in a 3-0 win over Baylor (10/10), recording 11 kills on .421 hitting and 10 digs
• posted an all-around performance, recording eight kills on .471 hitting, 12 digs, three block assists and a service ace as UT swept No. 18 Oklahoma (10/31)
• notched 14 kills on .462 hitting and added eight digs and four block assists in the sweep of Florida A&M (11/2)
• recorded a career-high .593 hitting percentage, 16 kills, two aces and 11 digs in the 3-1 State Farm Lone Star Showdown victory over Texas A&M (11/9)
• logged a season-high 18 kills in a 3-2 win over Iowa State, contributing 11 digs, six block assists and four assists (11/24)
• tied a season high with 13 digs and recorded 11 kills and four blocks in a 3-0 sweep of LSU (12/1) in the NCAA Second Round
• registered a team-best 17 kills, a .324 attack mark and 10 digs in a 3-1 win over Florida (12/7) in the NCAA Regional semifinals
• teamed with Kiley Hall to represent Texas and win the A-Flight of the 2008 Collegiate Nationals Beach Volleyball Championship in San Diego, Calif.
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
• appeared in all 116 games of UT[apos]s 31 matches and ranked fourth in the Big 12 in points (4.99 p/g) and fifth in kills (4.28) in conference contests
• led the team with 463 kills, averaging 3.99 kills and 4.68 points per-game for the season ... also ranked second on the squad in digs (329), digs per game (2.84) and service aces (33)
• recorded 15 kill/dig double-doubles on the season
• posted 15 kills, a season-high .545 hitting percentage, six digs and three aces against No. 4 Santa Clara (9/7)
• tallied a then season-high 26 kills while adding 15 digs against No. 2 Penn State (9/8), en route to earning Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational All-Tournament Team honors
• went eight consecutive matches with double figures in kills and digs (9/27-10/25)
• collected her seventh consecutive double-double in UT[apos]s 3-2 win over No. 23 Oklahoma, recording 22 kills and 10 digs, while also posting one ace and four assists (10/21)
• recorded a career-high 27 kills on 48 swings in UT[apos]s 3-1 win over Baylor, reaching double figure kills for the 10th consecutive match
• hammered out 24 kills on .447 hitting, while equaling a career-high with 19 digs in Texas[apos] 3-1 victory over Missouri (11/11)
• posted 16 kills and hit .469 in UT[apos]s NCAA Second Round win over Stephen F. Austin (12/2)
• registered a team-high 12 kills against Wisconsin (12/8) in the NCAA Regional semifinals and added 18 kills and 16 digs against Stanford (12/9) in the NCAA Regional finals.
• teamed with Alyson Jennings to represent Texas at the inaugural PowerAde Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship in April 2007 in San Diego, Calif.
INTERNATIONALLY
Selected to the 2007 U.S. Women[apos]s Junior National Team and represented Team USA at the FIVB U-20 World Championships July 19-27 in Nakhonratchasima, Thailand ... played on the 2005 U.S. Youth National Team that finished fourth in the FIVA Youth U-18 World Championships in Macau, China in July 2006 -- helping the USA equal its best finish ever at the World Championships ... collected 15 points in the 2006 bronze-medal game.
BEFORE TEXAS
One of the most dominant recruits in the nation in 2006 ... a 2006 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit ... high school All-American who was ranked the No. 3 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com ... named to the 2006 Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team in Atlanta as a member of the nationally-recognized Mizuno Long Beach Volleyball Club team that posted a national runner-up finish at that event ... starred for four varsity seasons at Esperanza High School, where she led the Aztecs to the 2005 California Division I-AA championship as a senior ... collected 28 kills and six digs in the finals ... as a sophomore and senior, named 2003 and 2005 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division I South Section Co-Player of the Year ... 2005 Orange County Register Player of the Year ... CIF freshman state player of the year in 2002 and four-time first-team All-CIF Southern Section.
PERSONAL
Full name is Ashley Lauren Engle... born January 26, 1988 ... parents are Mark and Debbie Engle of Yorba Linda, Calif. ... has one sister, Sarah (25), who was a four-year volleyball letterwinner and Academic All-Conference standout as an outside hitter at the University of Delaware (2001-04) ... Sylvie and Gary Crum Endowed Legacy Scholarship in Women[apos]s Volleyball recipient ... corporate communication major ... three-time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll selection.
