2014 Women's Volleyball Roster
Ashton Mares
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Rocky Mountain HS
- Hometown:
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- Major:
- Engineering
2016: Played in 49 sets over 14 matches with eight starts before an injury cut her season short ... Tallied nine kills and 14 digs at Campbell (Sept. 10) ... Posted double-digit digs in five matches, including a season-high 14 at Campbell and Tulsa (Sept. 24) ... Recorded three assists vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Aug. 27) and at Savannah State (Sept. 4).
2015: Started all 31 matches while playing in 118 of 119 sets … One of six Pirates to compete in all of the team’s contests … Paced the squad in kills (374), kills per set (3.17) and aces (26) while ranking second in digs (302) and digs per set (2.56) … Fell just 10 kills short of entering the program single-season top 10 list … Placed eighth among American Athletic Conference players in kills per set and points per set (3.56) … Tallied a team-best 14 double-doubles with 11 occurring in AAC play … Notched double-digit kills in 21 matches, including a career-high 24 in a five-set win over UConn (Nov. 25) … Collected a season-best 18 digs in matches at Temple (Oct. 18) and against USF (Oct. 25) … Recorded a career-high four blocks at Tulane (Nov. 22) and Memphis (Sept. 27) … Ended the campaign 287 kills shy of 10th place on the ECU career top 10 chart ... Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll Oct. 12 after leading the Pirates to a pair of wins over Tulane and then first place Houston by averaging 3.88 kills and 2.88 digs per set.
2014: Experienced action in all 31 matches and 116 sets … Ranked second on the team with 293 kills for an average of 2.53 kills per set … Third on the team with 275 digs to average 2.37 digs per set … Also added a team-best 34 service aces (0.29 aces per set) to rank fifth in the American Athletic Conference … Posted 30 total blocks (0.26 blocks per set) and 28 assists (0.24 assists per set) … Led the Pirates with 192 kills (2.49 per set) in conference action … Recorded a career-high 20 kills on 50 attempts at Houston (Oct. 5) … Registered a career-best 22 digs at UConn (Nov. 16) … Dished out a season-high four assists against UIC (Sept. 19) at the Penn State Invitational … Posted three total blocks, a season-best, on three occasions … Notched a career-best five service aces against Morgan State (Sept. 6) at the East Carolina Invitational … Led the Pirates in kills on 10 occasions and led the team in digs five times … Recorded a double-double on six occasions and reached double digit kills nine times.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Rocky Mountain High School … Two-time First Team All-Conference selection … Two-time Academic All-Conference honoree … Finished her senior season with 369 kills to average 4.5 per set and a .340 hitting percentage while adding 198 digs, 50 service aces and 38 total blocks … Named C.H.A.M.P. Athlete of the Month in September 2013 … Earned All-Tournament Team honors in the Titan Classic as a senior … Helped the Lobos to a 10-1 conference record in 2013 … Front Range Conference runner-up in 2013 … Team captain … Helped Rocky Mountain High School win the Front Range Conference Championship in 2012 … Regional Tournament appearance in her junior season … Named Coloradoan Athlete of the Week in November 2012 … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at the University of Wyoming Team Camp as a junior … Helped the Lobos to a 5A Regional second place finish after winning the 5A District 5 Championship in 2011 ... Was a key component to the Lobos’ finishing third at the Regional Tournament in 2010 after placing second at the District Tournament … Member of the Norco Juniors Volleyball Club Team … Named to the 2013 Regional All-Star Team … AAU National Tournament … Team captain for two years on club team.
Personal: Daughter of Eloy and Karen Mares … Has an older sister, Taylor, who is a right side/middle blocker at Fort Hays State University … Majoring in psychology.
