2016 Volleyball Roster
Ashton Anderson
- Position:
- Setter/Defensive Specialist
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
- High School:
- Park Hill South
Career at Tulsa: A four-year letter winner … has played in 121 matches and 460 sets for Tulsa … finished 43 career matches with double-digit digs and 30 matches with 20 or more assists … totaled 991 digs, 901 assists, 50 service aces, six kills, and one solo block.
2017: Appeared in all 32 matches, made 15 starts … recorded a career-high 20 digs in the season finale at SMU (11/24) … posted a season-high 23 assists against ECU (10/1) … finished the season with 287 digs … assisted on 72 kills … produced 16 service aces … tallied 2.33 digs per set on the season … notched 16 matches with double-digit digs … tied a career-high three service aces in the season opener at North Texas (8/25) … collected double-digit assists in three matches.
2016: Started all 32 matches … posted a career-high 801 assists in a two-setter rotation to go along with 303 digs and 22 service aces … recorded 20 or more assists in 28 matches with 30 or more in six … posted 15 double-doubles in assists and digs … recorded double-digit digs in 15 matches … dished out career-highs with 40 assists and 17 digs in win over Alabama (8/26) … chipped in a season-high three service aces in win over Stephen F. Austin (9/2) … recorded 39 assists and 12 digs against USF (11/10) … had 36 assists and 14 digs against UConn (11/23).
2015: Registered double-digit digs in five matches ... compiled a season-high 17 digs against SMU (10/27) ... recorded 11 digs against Cincinnati (10/25) ... registered a season-high two assists against UCF (10/18) ... tallied nine digs against Temple (10/11) ... recorded nine digs against UConn (10/9) ... totaled a new season-high 14 digs against Stephen F. Austin (9/11) ... tallied her first assist of the season against Pittsburgh (8/29)
2014: Played in 28 matches and 106 sets … totaled 226 digs … had a career-high 19 digs against SMU (10/15) … had a career-best 2.0 points against Cincinnati (11/7) … tallied double-digit digs in seven matches … registered 14 digs against USF (9/26).
High School: A four-year letter winner in both volleyball and soccer at Park Hill South High School … led her team to a 123-19-6 record in her four seasons … her team finished runner-up in Class 4A state championship her senior season … in her career, she totaled 2,624 assists, 718 digs and 125 service aces … a two-time Missouri all-state selection … was named to the MO-KAN All-Star Team in 2013 … earned all-region honors three times … was a three-time all-conference selection, and was named to the all-district team four times.
Personal: Born Ashton Leigh Anderson on April 12, 1996, in North Kansas City, Missouri … daughter of Andy and Linda Anderson … has two younger brothers … her father played football at Kansas State University from ’78-’80 … her mother played volleyball at Indiana State in ’85 … her favorite movie is “Gone Girl” … her favorite book is Insurgent … lists Florida Georgia Line and Sam Hunt as her favorite musicians … the most memorable place she has visited is the 9/11 Memorial in New York City … was also recruited to play soccer in college … began playing volleyball at age 12 … her favorite volleyball player is Misty May-Treanor … majoring in management.
