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Ashlee Austin

Height:
6-0
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Northview HS
Hometown:
Johns Creek, Ga.

ATHLETIC ACCOLADES
2022-23 C-USA Second Team All-Conference
2022-23 C-USA Preseason All-Conference
2021-22 C-USA Second Team All-Conference

2022-23 (Senior): Started in 28 games while appearing in 30...Averaged 12.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 27.3 minutes while adding 27 steals and 13 blocks on the season. Led the team in points per game (12.1), total points (363) and field goals made/attempted (132/282)...Reached double-digit points in 20 games with one double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds at Texas Southern (11/23)...Dropped 21 points with nine rebounds in Rice's double overtime win against Houston (12/10)...Scored 15 points with eight rebounds and six assists in a win at UTEP (1/14)...Had 16 points on the road in Rice's win at Texas A&M (11/27) and followed that with 18 points in a win against TCU (12/2).

2021-22 (Junior): Started 26 of 27 games...named to the C-USA Second Team All-Conference...averaged career-highs in almost every statistical category...team’s leading scorer at 16.5 points per game, which ranked 5th in C-USA...4th among C-USA players in field goal percentage (46.3)...scored in double-figures in 22 of 27 contests...ranked 5th in C-USA in made free throws (122)...only player in C-USA to rank Top-13 in the league in ppg, field goal percentage, free throws made, and free throw percentage...notched the first double-double of her career with 18 points and 10 rebounds at Southern Miss (2/26)...poured in 27 points with a career-high four blocks in Owls win over LA Tech (1/27)...matched her career-high with 30 points in 47 minutes in the Owls’ quadruple OT loss at Charlotte (1/22)...scored 30 points in a victory at Sam Houston (12/16)...poured in 20 points against Louisiana (11/13), which included a 12-of-13 performance at the free throw line.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Played in 16 games for the WNIT champion Owls, playing 100 total minutes...scored 28 points and pulled down 23 rebounds while averaging 6.3 minutes per game...shot 40 percent from the field, including a 44.4 clip from beyond the arc...scored a season-high 8 points at UTSA on New Year's Day...scored 5 points in a season-opening win against Houston Baptist (11/25).

2019-20 (Freshman): Played in 20 games as a true freshman…averaged 5.2 minutes per game…made 11-of-23 (.478) shots from the field…totaled 32 points, 28 rebounds, and five steals…scored a season-high nine points in a road win at UTEP (1/23)…also scored eight points in a home win against Marshall (1/2).

High School: Graduated from Northview High School (Johns Creek, GA) where she played under head coach Chris Yarbrough…helped lead the Titans to the state semifinals and a regional championships in each of her junior and sophomore seasons…2017-18 Player of the Year (Region 7-6A)…First Team All-Region selection (2017-18)…AJC First Team All-State (2017-18)…AJC First Team All-North Fulton County (2017-18)…GACA First Team All-State (2017-18)…First Team All-Region (Region 7; 2016-17)…GACA First Team All-State (2016-17)…AJC Second Team All-State (2016-17)...also played AAU for the Atlanta Cagers under coach Rodney Storms.

Personal: Parents- William and Kelly Salva (one brother, Tyler; one sister, Kaylee)…father William played football at Fordham University (1996-00)…Rice College: Duncan.