Troy University Athletics
2011 Softball Roster
Roster
Williams, Ashlyn
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Jersey Number 3
Ashlyn Williams
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- P
- Hometown:
- Hattiesburg, MS
- High School:
- Oak Grove HS
Bio
2010: Made 45 appearances for the Trojans, including 38 starts … posted a 2.45 earned run average … struck out 402 batters, besting the mark she set last season with 312 … the strikeout total were the most in the Sun Belt and ranked her sixth in the nation as a junior … Williams was also ranked 17th in strikeouts per seven innings with 10.2 … she was also ranked in the top 150 in the nation in earned run average, victories, saves, walks allowed per seven innings, hits allowed per seven innings and shutouts … in 277 innings, Williams allowed just 126 runs on 220 hits … opponents hit just .212 against Williams for the season … she struck 10 or more batters 18 times over the course of the season.
2009: Earned first-team All Sun Belt Conference honors as a sophomore ... made 42 appearances for the Trojans, including 36 starts ... posted a 1.83 ERA, the fourth best mark in the Sun Belt among pitchers with at least 30 appearances ... struck out 312 batters, setting the school single season record ... those 312 K's were the most in the Sun Belt and the 12th most in the nation ... had 8.8 strikeouts per seven innings, good for the 21st best average in the nation ... posted a 25-13 record, giving her the second most wins in a single season in school history ... pitched 248.1 innings, the third most in a single season in school history ... batters only hit for a .209 average against her ... threw 25 complete games and had three shutouts ... struck out a season high 17 batters against Appalachian State on February 27 ... struck out 10 or more batters in 14 games.
2008: Williams rewrote the freshman pitching record book at Troy ... She set the school single-season record for wins with 28 and innings with 298.1 ... Named First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference and Freshman of the Year ... Named to the All-Tournament team at the FSU Early Bird Tournament and Most Valuable Pitcher at Samford's Bulldog Bash ... Named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week for 4/28-5/4 ... She dominated national power Florida State for her first career victory on 2/9 striking out 10 and allowing only one run in a complete game effort ... She carried Troy to a tournament win at Samford defeating North Florida (7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 5 K), Louisville (9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER) and Samford twice (didn't allow an earned run in 9 innings) ... In her second start against Florida State on 2/27 Williams dazzled once again tossing a complete game shutout while scattering four hits and striking out a season-high 12 batters ... She tied her career-high for K's against Stephen F. Austin later that week with 12 more in a eight inning shutout victory ... Williams has defeated all but one Sun Belt team, including shutouts of Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, FAU and North Texas ... She tossed a four-hit, seven strikeout, complete game shutout of Auburn on 4/23 ... Tied the Troy Softball record with 19 strikeouts against North Texas on 5/9 ... Williams' 303 strikeouts is the second-most all-time in Troy history, just one off Jocelyn McCallum's 304 in 2005.
Prep: Prepped at Oak Grove High School ... High School team finished in first or second place in state all four years, including winning state championships during her freshman and junior seasons ... high school squad went undefeated for two-and-a-half years between junior and senior years ... as a senior was named Mississippi "Miss Softball" in 2006, Mississippi Fastpitch Player of the Year twice (2004 and 2006) and Mississippi's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2006 ... Was named first team All-State sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... recorded a high school record of 93-12-5, including 23-2 as a senior with an ERA of 0.44 ... struck out 346 batters in 161 innings as a senior ... also hit .359 her senior season.
Personal: Born August 19, 1989 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi ... Is the daughter of Paul and Charlotte Williams ... Majoring in Human Services.
2009: Earned first-team All Sun Belt Conference honors as a sophomore ... made 42 appearances for the Trojans, including 36 starts ... posted a 1.83 ERA, the fourth best mark in the Sun Belt among pitchers with at least 30 appearances ... struck out 312 batters, setting the school single season record ... those 312 K's were the most in the Sun Belt and the 12th most in the nation ... had 8.8 strikeouts per seven innings, good for the 21st best average in the nation ... posted a 25-13 record, giving her the second most wins in a single season in school history ... pitched 248.1 innings, the third most in a single season in school history ... batters only hit for a .209 average against her ... threw 25 complete games and had three shutouts ... struck out a season high 17 batters against Appalachian State on February 27 ... struck out 10 or more batters in 14 games.
2008: Williams rewrote the freshman pitching record book at Troy ... She set the school single-season record for wins with 28 and innings with 298.1 ... Named First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference and Freshman of the Year ... Named to the All-Tournament team at the FSU Early Bird Tournament and Most Valuable Pitcher at Samford's Bulldog Bash ... Named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week for 4/28-5/4 ... She dominated national power Florida State for her first career victory on 2/9 striking out 10 and allowing only one run in a complete game effort ... She carried Troy to a tournament win at Samford defeating North Florida (7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 5 K), Louisville (9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER) and Samford twice (didn't allow an earned run in 9 innings) ... In her second start against Florida State on 2/27 Williams dazzled once again tossing a complete game shutout while scattering four hits and striking out a season-high 12 batters ... She tied her career-high for K's against Stephen F. Austin later that week with 12 more in a eight inning shutout victory ... Williams has defeated all but one Sun Belt team, including shutouts of Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, FAU and North Texas ... She tossed a four-hit, seven strikeout, complete game shutout of Auburn on 4/23 ... Tied the Troy Softball record with 19 strikeouts against North Texas on 5/9 ... Williams' 303 strikeouts is the second-most all-time in Troy history, just one off Jocelyn McCallum's 304 in 2005.
Prep: Prepped at Oak Grove High School ... High School team finished in first or second place in state all four years, including winning state championships during her freshman and junior seasons ... high school squad went undefeated for two-and-a-half years between junior and senior years ... as a senior was named Mississippi "Miss Softball" in 2006, Mississippi Fastpitch Player of the Year twice (2004 and 2006) and Mississippi's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2006 ... Was named first team All-State sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... recorded a high school record of 93-12-5, including 23-2 as a senior with an ERA of 0.44 ... struck out 346 batters in 161 innings as a senior ... also hit .359 her senior season.
Personal: Born August 19, 1989 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi ... Is the daughter of Paul and Charlotte Williams ... Majoring in Human Services.
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