Ashley Kimes

Position:
Middle Blocker/Outside Hitter
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Blue Valley North
Hometown:
Overland Park, KS

Junior Year (2003): Led all hitters on the team with a .253 kill percentage ... Led the team in service aces per game (0.36) ... Posted a .467 hitting percentage with seven kills on 15 attempts with no errors against Albany … Recorded four kills on seven attempts and a .429 hitting percentage against Canisius … Had a team-high three blocks versus Youngstown State … Posted eight kills on 15 attempts with just two errors for a .400 hitting percentage against Colgate … Recorded a career-high five block assists against Rhode Island … Tied career-high with six digs against St. Francis (N.Y.) … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters … Named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team.

Sophomore Year (2002): Fourth on the squad with 2.24 kills per game … Recorded three matches in double figures in kills … Led team in kills in two matches … Recorded 10 kills on 23 attempts with three errors for a .304 hitting average against Marist … Posted seven kills on 12 attempts with zero errors for a .500 attack percentage versus Campbell … Recorded eight kills and a career-high six service aces against Colgate … Recorded 12 kills on 29 attempts with two errors for a .345 attack percentage against Siena … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters … Named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team.

Freshman Year (2001): Third on team with an average of 2.33 kills per game … Tallied a career-high 15 kills against Fairfield … Recorded 13 kills against West Virginia and Providence … Posted double digits in kills in seven matches … Recorded eight kills and a personal-best six digs versus Rutgers … Had a career-high two solo blocks against Kent State … Posted a career-high .667 hitting percentage against Valparaiso … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring … Named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team.

High School: Holds the Blue Valley North record for hitting percentage, successfully attacking 42.4 percent of her attempts … Team captain her junior and senior seasons … Named All-Eastern Kansas League, All-Johnson County, All-Sun Country and All-Metro … High school team finished ranked 15th in the nation by VBALL.com … Played for Matt Allin at Blue Valley North and also for former Park University setter Todd Brezinka at Team KC Volleyball Club … Member of the Mo-Kan and KVA All-Star teams ... Four-year letterwinner in track ... Voted team captain in track her senior year ... Placed fifth in the discus at the state championship meet ... State qualifier in discus and high jump.

Personal: Ashley Britt Kimes … Born March 1983 … Daughter of Gary and Roberta Kimes … Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Elected vice president of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Council for the 2004-05 year ... Served as secretary of the organization in 2003-04 ... Represented Syracuse at the BIG EAST student-athlete meeting in Providence in the spring of 2004.