| Ashley Pellom |
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 | Class: Graduated
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 | Hometown: Wilmington, N.C.
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 | High School: North Brunswick H.S.
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 | Height: 5-7
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 | Position: G
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Notes: Southern Conference All-Tournament Second Team ... Twice named Southern Conference Player of the Week ... Minnesota Subway Classic All-Tournament Team ... Named to the NIKE/WBCA So You Want to Be a Coach Program.
2007-08 (Senior): Came off the bench in 32 of the 34 games and started two ... Scored in double figures 17 times ... Tied career-high with 21 points against UNC-Wilmington ... Career-high 11 rebounds against Wake Forest ... Career-high 33 minutes against Furman ... Scored the most points of her career in a single season with 331 as a senior, which also ranked second for most points on the team ... Ended career ranked fifth in Catamount record books for assists with 366.
2006-07 (Junior): Named to the Southern Conference All-Tournament Team ... Played in all 34 games ... Ranked seventh in the WCU record books with 265 career assists ... Ranked second on the team in assists for the season with 108 ... Doubled in one season (306 points) what she had scored in her first two combined (295 points) ... Averaged 11 points per game in the Southern Conference tournament, including a career-high 21 in the semifinal win over No. 5 seed Georgia Southern ... Handed out a season-high nine assists against Eastern Kentucky (12/2) ... Scored her SoCon career-high of 15 points at GSU, hitting her first 3-pointer of the year ... Paced Western with 18 points on near-perfect shooting (6-of-7) adding four assists in the home win over Wofford (1/27) ... Swiped a career-high five steals in the regular season finale against UNC Greensboro (2/24).
2005-06 (Sophomore): Appeared in 28 of Western's 29 games, missing her first career game - Wofford (Jan. 28) at home - with a knee injury ... Was in the Lady Catamount staring lineup 11 times, with three coming in Southern Conference play ... Finished with 105 assists on the season, ranking fifth in the SoCon in assists per game at 3.75 ... Was just two assists shy of cracking the WCU single-season top 10 list ... Her assist average jumped to 4.17 in league games only ... Ranked third in the SoCon in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.46 ... Led WCU in scoring and rebounding in one game apiece ... Scored five points, including three from the free throw line, and dished out four assists in the season opener at Detroit (Nov. 18) ... Handed out a career-high 10 assists at 10th-ranked Michigan State (Nov. 20), becoming just the sixth Lady Catamount since the 1989-90 season to dish out double-digit assists in a game ... Tallied four assists against Radford (Dec. 9) ... Scored six points and passed out four assists at South Carolina (Dec. 29) ... Tallied career-high numbers by scoring 11 points and boarding seven rebounds, while also dishing out eight assists and swiping three steals, in the road win at Wofford (Dec. 31) ... Reached double-figures for the second-consecutive game, scoring 10 and dishing out eight assists at home against Elon (Jan. 2) ... Scored nine and dished out three helpers in the overtime loss to Chattanooga (Jan. 14) ... Scored 10 and passed out three assists versus Georgia Southern (Jan. 16) ... Handed out five assists in the home win over Furman (Jan. 21) ... Returned to the lineup at Elon (Jan. 30), dishing out five assists in the eight-point win ... Handed out four assists in the road win at Georgia Southern (Feb. 13) ... Finished with five points and five assists in the win at Furman (Feb. 18) ... Nearly recorded her first double-double of the season, scoring 11 points and dishing out nine assists in the win over the Coll. of Charleston (Feb. 20).
2004-05 (Freshman): Played in all 32 games as a freshman ... Averaged 4.5 points, two rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game during her freshman season ... Assists per game average increased to 1.95 in SoCon games ... Recorded her first career field goal at the 14:13 mark of the first half in the season opener at Clemson (Nov. 19) ... Scored a career-high 10 points in the win over Eastern Kentucky on 3-for-5 shooting from the floor (Nov. 22) ... After going scoreless the majority of the game, equaled her career-best scoring output by tallying 10 points in the final 9:08 of the second half in the come-from-behind win over High Point (Dec. 1) ... Was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line versus HPU ... Swiped a career-high three steals in the loss at UNC Asheville in the Asheville Civic Center (Dec. 4) ... Dished out five assists in the loss to Furman (Dec. 11) ... Recorded three assists in the win over the College of Charleston ... Tied a season-high with five assists at East Tennessee State (Jan. 10) ... Scored eight points, had three steals, and dished out a pair of assists in the home win over Georgia Southern (Jan. 22) ... Just missed double figures in the win over the College of Charleston with nine points (Jan. 29).
High School: Was her high school's all-time leading scorer with 1,389 career points (established the record after her junior season with 1,024 points in three seasons) ... Also set school records with 667 career assists, 217 assists in a season and 635 career steals ... Named Coastal Plains Conference Player of the Year four times ... Averaged 16.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 7.0 steals as a senior ... As a junior, averaged 17 ppg, four rpg, 9.7 assists and 6.7 steals ... Grabbed 426 rebounds over four years ... Named the Brunswick County Player of the Year as a sophomore and junior ... Made the all-area team each year since her freshman season and was pegged one of the top 10 players in North Carolina ... A two-sport standout, she helped North Brunswick to three state softball titles.
Personal: Full name is Ashley Raye Pellom ... Daughter of Jonathan and Beverly Pellom ... Is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice.