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2008-09 Annual Report
 
 

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  Ashley Gale

Ashley Gale

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Glenside, PA

High School:
Cheltenham

Height:
6-1

Position:
G

2008-09: Played and started in 26 of 29 games...Missed the remaining three games of the season due to injury...Ranked first on the team in steals (42) and blocks (17), second in rebounds per game (3.6), third in three-point percentage (.331) and fourth in points per game (9.8)...Reached double figures in scoring in the first two contests and 12 total...Hit a three in 21 games - had a streak of 10 straight - and at least two makes in 13...Had a streak of 13 straight games with at least one steal and has 13 contests with at least two...Had 14 points, five boards, two steals and two blocks at Villanova (11/14)...Hit double figures in three straight games: at Saint Mary's (CA) (11/28)- 12 points with three steals; versus Radford (11/29) - 16 points; and at Morgan State (12/3) - 14 points with a career-high four assists...Scored 17 points adding a career-high tying three steals at Loyola (MD) (12/19)...Named to Lehigh's Christmas City Classic All-Tournament Team after a pair of double-digit scoring outputs (14 vs. Valparaiso - 12/29, with four boards, three assists, three steals; 18 at Lehigh - 12/30, with a career-high eight rebounds and three steals)...At Penn (1/5), hit a game-winning three with three seconds left, her fourth of the night, scoring 20 points, seven rebounds and a career-high four steals.

2007-08: Played in 21 games making one start...Missed seven games due to an MCL sprain...Finished second on the team in blocks with nine...Had a then career-day versus Central Florida (11/25), leading the team with 13 points with three made three-point baskets in 21 minutes played...Had career-day against Quinnipiac (12/8), scoring 27 points - the most points by a La Salle freshman since Suzi McCaffrey's 28 (Dec. 1, 1982) and the most by a bench player since Kat Foley's 31 (Feb. 17, 2002) - and added seven boards and two assists...Named Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Week after effort (12/11)...In first career start at Boston College (12/16), scored eight points in 10 minutes before injury forced her out of the game...Had season-high three blocks versus Saint Louis (2/10).

High School: Was named PIAA Associated Press Class AAAA Player of the Year, as well as Southeastern PA Player of the Year...Was co-captain of the Cheltenham High School team in 2006-07, leading them to a 28-6 record...Scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the 2007 PIAA State Championship game to lead the Panthers to the state title, their first since 2000...Averaged more than 16 points, seven rebounds and led the team in steals during her senior season...Finished her career with 1,656 points, joining the 1,000-point club at Cheltenham as a junior...Was a two-time AP All-State team member, a two-time Southeastern PA First Team member and a three-time Suburban I All-League team member.

Birth Date: September 18, 1989
Parents: Howard and Cynthia
Major: Sociology