Career Summary
Ashley Thompson was a four-year starter for BYU, spending most of her career at first base, but seeing time as a pitcher early in her career. As a junior, she was named the WCC Player of the Year. She was on the All-WCC First Team in 2015 and 2016 and received second team honors in 2017. Also in 2016, she was named to the NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team. In the BYU record books, she finished in the top 10 for career runs, hits, triples, RBI, total bases and on-base percentage and in the top five for stolen bases and walks. She also had the second-longest reached base streak with 30 in 2016. In each of her four seasons, she helped BYU win the WCC championship and advance to NCAA Regionals. She was also part of one of the most successful seasons in program history in 2017, sitting in the top-25 rankings for 12 weeks of the year and going on a 22-game win streak.
Personal
- Parents are Ron and Shelley
- One brother named Trevor
- Majoring in excercise science
Before BYU
- Maintained a 4.0 GPA in high school, named valedictorian
- Finished her career with a 86-6 record
- Holds the Washington state career strikeout record with 1,117 and the career home run record with 51.
- Holds the state high school single season home run record with 23 and is also the record holder in single season RBIs with 90
- In 2013, posted a 27-0 record, posting a 0.19 ERA and 345 strikeouts in 144 innings. At the plate, she hit .667 with 13 home runs, 63 runs scored, 53 RBIs, 48 walks.
- Named the 2013 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington
- Threw 11 no-hitters including a streak of seven straight during the 2013 season
- Led her high school to three straight 1A titles
- Led her club softball team, the Washington Explosion Gold, to the ASA Gold National Championship tournament