Ashley Smith Athlete Profile

Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith
Position: Goal Keeper Height: 5-9 Roster Years: 2002-2005 Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT Last School: East High School

Personal

Parents: Jan and Blake ... Siblings: Blake and Angie.

Before BYU

HS Honor Roll ... National Honor Society 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 ... First-team All Region 1999, 2000 and 2001 ... First-team All State 1999, 2000 and 2001 ... Team captain 2001 ... HS Record Holder for Career Shutouts (38) 1998 - 2001 ... HS State Champions 1999 ... HS All-Star Game 2001 ... Utah Senior All-Star Classic 2001 ... Voted Best Goalkeeper by All-Star Classic Players 2001 ... Club: Utah Firebirds ... State Cup Champions 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 ... Firebirds nationally ranked club ... Utah Olympic Development Program 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Summary

Played in 36 games, allowing 30 goals and collecting 75 saves ... Earned 10 career shutouts ... Accumulated a GAA of 0.98 in 2003 ... Led Cougar defense to its first appearance in the Elite Eight in 2003 ... Finished career ranked third all-time at BYU with 10 career shutouts.

Stats

Year    G    Min.    GA   GAA    Saves  W  L   T   Sho
2005    5    128:47  0    0      4      0  0   0   0
2004    2    98:55   3    2.73   5      0  1   0   0
2003    21   1737:07 19   0.98   44     5  3   2   8
2002    8    705.00  8    1.02   26     0  0   0   2
Total   36   2669:49 30   1.011  75     5  4   2   10

2002 | Freshman Year

Played in 10 games as a freshman ... Recorded 26 saves, allowed 19 goals for a GAA of 1.02 ... Tallied two shutouts on the year.

2003 | Sophomore Year

Started 21 of 26 games for the Cougars ... Recorded 44 saves while allowing 19 goals for a GAA of 0.98 ... Recorded eight shutouts on the season ... Ranks fourth all-time in saves at BYU with 70 ... No. 2 all-time in shutouts with 10 ... Led the MWC in total shutouts and shutouts per game and was No. 2 in GAA.

2004 | Junior Year

Collected five saves in two games ... Cougar Scholar Athlete.

2005 | Senior Year

Earned first save of the season in home-opener against Weber State ... Collected two saves in 23 minutes against TCU ... Saved one shot in 43 minutes against Air Force ... Ranks third all-time at BYU with 10 career shutouts, fourth with 79 career saves and fourth in career goals-against-average (1.011) ... MWC Academic All-conference.