Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus Texas Tech on October 8, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 0
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Women's Volleyball
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2004 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 2
Ashley Michaels
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Wathena, Kan.
- High School:
- Wathena H.S.
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, 2002 & 2003
First-Team Academic All-Big 12, 2002 & 2003
2004: outlook
A strong candidate for First-Team All-Big 12 honors … May finish her career among the all-time leaders in attack percentage and kills at KU … Expected to repeat as a regular starter at middle blocker.
2003: junior season
Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season … Started 31 of 33 matches for KU at middle blocker … Notched a team-best .333 attack percentage … Posted a match-high six blocks in two consecutive wins over Western Kentucky and Liberty (Aug. 29-30) … Named to the 2003 Best Western Inns and Suites Invitational all-tournament team … Tallied double-digit kills against No. 13 Minnesota, Dayton and Marquette in the Nike Invitational … Contributed a career-high four aces against Arkansas … Led KU with 20 kills against North Carolina … Named to the Hampton Inn/Jayhawk Classic all-tournament team … Posted 17 kills in 3-1 win over Texas Tech on Oct. 4 … Added 12 kills against No. 7 Nebraska on Oct. 8 … Posted 11 kills and 0 errors for a .786 hitting percentage in three games against Oklahoma on Oct. 11 … Led KU and tallied a career-high 24 kills against Texas on Oct. 22 … Recorded a career-high nine block assists to go with 12 kills at Colorado on Oct. 24 … Totaled 13 kills, seven block assists and three block solos Oct. 29 against No. 7 K-State … Notched 17 kills and seven blocks in win over No. 25 Missouri on Nov. 5 … Tallied 22 kills on a .395 hitting mark in a win at Texas on Nov. 8 … Added 13 kills on a .571 attack percentage at No. 4 Pepperdine in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
2002: sophomore season
Named Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by the league[apos]s coaches … Was a First-Team Academic All-Big 12 selection … Averaged 2.67 kills and 1.04 blocks per game … Had nine matches with 10 or more kills … Set a KU record by recording a .917 hitting percentage (11 kills in 12 attempts) vs. Creighton (Aug. 31) … Registered an attack percentage of .363 … Was second on the team in total blocks (101) and third on the squad in kills (259) … Named to the all-tournament team at the Jayhawk Classic (Sept. 13-14) and Hofstra Invitational (Sept. 6-7).
2001: freshman season
Played in 25 of the team[apos]s 31 matches … Showed promising skills midway through the season and was rewarded with five starts … Finished fifth on the team with 37 total blocks … Recorded a career-best nine kills against Texas Tech (Oct. 6) … Also had a season-high two block solos and three block assists in that match … Carried the team to a four-game win over UMKC with eight kills in 10 swings (Sept. 17).
high school
A 2001 graduate of Wathena High School … Earned four varsity letters in both volleyball and basketball … Also ran track for one year … Named the Kansas Class 2A Volleyball Player of the Year in 2000 while leading WHS to a third-place finish at the state tournament … Coached in volleyball by Terese Claflin … A three-time selection to the All-Delaware Valley team … Named to the school Honor Roll … Participated in club volleyball with the Topeka Juniors.
personal
Born September 12, 1983 … Parents are Steve and Jerri Michaels.
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