Ashley graduated from Redmond High School in 2003. She helped lead the Mustangs to their three best state finishes in school history. Her senior year, she was awarded the KingCo Conference MVP, and was named to the All-State team. For her efforts on and off the court, she was also named the Female Student-Athlete of the Year by the Seattle Times. After high school, Ashley attended Santa Clara University on a full-ride athletic scholarship. Over her four-year career, Ashley set a number of school records in assists, scoring, and shooting percentages. She still holds the record for the most three pointers made in one game (9). She also was only the 16th player is school history to score over 1,000 points. She graduated cum laude in 2007 with a degree in psychology and a minor in philosophy.
In the Fall of 2008, Ashley began her professional basketball career. Her first season took her to the ultra-competitive Turkish Basketball League where many of the top WNBA players compete in their off-season. After a successful first season, Ashley went on to play five years of professional basketball overseas. She competed in a number of other countries including Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romania.
In 2012, Ashley was invited on the set of Lo Show Dei Records in Rome, Italy to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most freethrows made in one minute. Under the bright lights, and with a live audience, she broke the Guinness Record by making 40 freethrows in one minute! Her name and photo are now in the 2014 edition of the Guinness World Record book!
In 2014, Ashley took over as the Redmond High School head girls basketball coach. In her four seasons there, Coach Ashley has transformed the program from a 3-19 team in 2014 to 3A KingCo Conference Champions in the 2017-2018 season! This incredible 22-win season also earned her KingCo Coach of the Year.
For the last two years, Ashley has also worked with the WNBA Seattle Storm, and for the 2017 season, she was an intern with the coaching staff. At the end of the season, she was promoted to second assistant and accompanied the team on their playoff run. In her time with the Storm, Ashley has learned from and worked with some of the best coaches in the world, and continues to apply the knowledge she gained from them in her trainings, clinics, camps, and with the teams she coaches.
The idea of Pinnacle Hoops began cultivating in my mind as a college player. I had always been one of the smaller players on the court, and wasn’t nearly as athletic as most of my competition. But I loved to play, and I loved to train. I had a passion for developing my game that most players didn’t. I soaked up knowledge from every coach and player I met, and worked hard in my off-seasons to become the best player I could. I loved the process, so setbacks like limited playing time, injuries, etc. didn’t deter me from my ultimate goal of reaching my personal potential.
After I became a pro, the competition level increased ten-fold. Every player was bigger, stronger, faster, and more skilled than opponents I faced in college. This forced me to continue to fine-tune my workouts to find craftier ways to score and distribute the ball at the highest level.
In the summers during my off-seasons at home, parents began asking me to work with their sons and daughters to help them reach their basketball goals. Thus began Pinnacle Hoops, my training organization that is dedicated to building confidence in young athletes and pushing them to perform at their highest level each time they step on the court. My focus is to build a player’s skill foundation and increase their basketball knowledge first and foremost which ultimately leads to successful competitors on and off the court. I have been training players for over a decade now working with both boys and girls from 3rd grade up to the professional level. I truly believe in the power of basketball to transform the individual into their best possible selves!!
