Ashley Powers – 5’7 Las Vegas, Nevada – Defensive Specialist

Senior Season – played in 31 matches and a team-high 119 games … had a single kill … led the team in digs (322) and services aces (45) … received the UNC Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award for Volleyball … was on the Dean’s list and ACC Honor Roll … was one of the first great defensive specialist for Carolina … ended career in eighth in services aces (117) and digs (1049) at the University of North Carolina.

Junior Season– Became Carolina’s top defensive specialist … totaled 278 digs on the season, at a rate of 2.28 digs per game … led the team with 35 services aces … had nine matches with double-figure digs … her 18 digs versus NC State on 10.25 were a season high … against Florida State and Virginia she had four aces … played setter against against Davidson and recorded 15 assist.

Sophomore Season – Competed in all 32 of UNC’s matches … reached double-digit in digs on 11 occasions … had a career best 22 digs came against Clemson on 10/22 … tallied 20 digs the following night versus Appalachian State … had 13 assist versus Davidson and 10 versus Clemson on 11/5.

Freshman Season - Competed in all 31 matches as a freshman playing 117 games … tallied double-figures digs in six matches … season best 19 digs came against Georgia Tech on 10/15 … had 15 digs versus Hofstra on Sept. 18 … in her first college match had 3 services aces.

High School — Earned All-Zone MVP honors in 1992 while helping E.W. Clark High School to its fourth straight Southern Zone and AAA state championship … All-conference, Conference-MVP in 1992 … Four-year captain for both high school and club team … student government officer and special Olympic volunteer.

Personal — Majoring in communications studies … born 7/21/75.

CAREER STATS
Year GP K E TA Pct A SA D BS BA TB
1993 117 6 3 26 .115 8 16 187 0 1 1
1994 117 3 6 32 -.094 31 21 262 0 0 0
1995 122 1 5 32 -.125 18 35 278 0 1 1
1996 119 1 0 16 .062 12 45 322 0 0 0
Total 475 11 14 106 -.028 69 117 1049 0 2 2

ACC TOURNAMENT STATS
Year GP K E TA Pct A SA D BS BA TB
1993 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 8 0 0 0
1994 5 0 0 1 .000 2 2 13 0 0 0
1995 7 0 1 5 -.200 1 0 22 0 0 0
1996 9 0 0 2 .000 0 3 22 0 0 0
Total 24 0 1 8 -.125 3/TD> 5 67 0 0 0

NCAA TOURNAMENT STATS
Year GP K E TA Pct A SA D BS BA TB
1999 0
2000 0 0
2001 0
2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0