Ashleigh Inae

Position:
INF
Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
King
Hometown:
Riverside, Calif.
Major:
Sport Studies

2020 (Junior): Started all 23 games at shortstop before the campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 global pandemic … Led the team in batting average (.409), on base percentage (.513), doubles (8) and hits (27) while ranking second in walks drawn (12) and stolen bases (4) … At the time of the season’s end, ranked first among American Athletic Conference hitters in on base percentage, second in assists (52), tied for third in doubles, fourth in batting average, tied for sixth in hits and tied for eighth in walks drawn … Produced seven multi-hit efforts and one multi-RBI performance … Drew three walks and scored two runs in East Carolina’s 12-0 five-inning win over Campbell (Feb. 7) … Tallied two hits, including a double, in ECU’s 3-1 victory over Hampton (Feb. 14) … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored, a RBI and a double in the Pirates’ 9-3 triumph over George Washington (Feb. 15) … Notched a pair of hits in East Carolina’s 7-3 win over Massachusetts (Feb. 22) … Scored two runs in ECU’s 9-1 five-inning victory over Pittsburgh (Feb. 23) … Posted two hits, including a double, against UC Davis (March 6) … Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI in the Pirates’ 15-4 five-inning win over UC Davis (March 7) … Recorded a double and a run scored as part of a 2-for-4 performance in East Carolina’s 10-4 victory over BYU (March 7) … Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two walks in the season finale against North Dakota State (March 8) – an 8-6 Pirate win.

2019 (Sophomore): Played and started in 53 games as East Carolina’s every day shortstop … Paced the squad in batting average (.322), runs scored (37), on base percentage (.447) and walks drawn (24) while ranking second in hits (49) and doubles (9) … Finished tied for fifth among American Athletic Conference batters in walks drawn … Recorded five stolen bases … Posted 13 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI efforts … Tallied two separate seven-game hitting streaks – one to begin the season and the other from March 13-17 … One of six Pirates to notch a triple … Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the 7-6 victory over Wagner (Feb. 15) … Was 2-for-3 with three runs scored while driving in a run in ECU’s 11-0 run-rule win versus Columbia (March 1) … Was 3-for-3 with three runs scored in the 8-7 triumph at Longwood (March 13) … Produced three RBI as the Pirates knocked off Cornell 11-1 in five innings (March 16) … Went 3-for-4 with a run scored in the regular season finale at Houston (May 5) when East Carolina turned aside the Cougars by a 5-2 score … Posted two hits and drove in two runs in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Softball Championship (May 9) where the Pirates eliminated three-time defending champion and No. 2 seed Tulsa 4-3 in eight innings.

2018 (Freshman): Started all 55 games for the Pirates at shortstop ... Tallied 41 hits, 24 runs scored, eight doubles, two home runs and 18 RBI ... Was second on the squad in stolen bases, swiping nine bags in 10 attempts ... Committed just five errors all season to finish with a .975 fielding percentage ... Led the team and was eighth in the American Athletic Conference with 113 assists ... Was fifth in the AAC in the hit by pitch category (eight) ... Notched eight multi-hit efforts ... Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, a double and a RBI at Connecticut (April 14) ... Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI versus Stony Brook (March 17) ... Clubbed home runs against Stony Brook and USF (April 22).

High School: Tabbed the No. 84 overall player in the nation by Flosoftball.com … Selected to the 2017 All-CIF Division I First Team … Named to the 2016 All-Inland Team as an honorable mention selection … Helped lead King to a 19-8 overall record as a junior.