Ashley Lichtenberg

Height:
6-2
Class:
Junior
Position:
Outside hitter
Hometown:
Bettendorf, Iowa
Major:
Business/Marketing & Communication

HONORS & AWARDS

2010 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team: Jan. 27, 2011

2010 Big Sky Volleyball Championship All-Tournament Team: Nov. 27, 2010

2010 All-Big Sky Conference First Team: Nov. 25, 2010

2010 Big Sky Conference Player of the Week: Sept. 20, 2010

2010 Hampton Inn & Suites Northern Colorado Classic All-Tournament Team: Sept. 4, 2010

2009 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team: Jan. 29, 2010

2009 Iowa Hawkeye Challenge All-Tournament Team: Sept. 12, 2009

2008 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team: Feb. 4, 2009

2008 LaSalle Tournament All-Tournament Team

2009: Finished the year with a team-best .349 hitting percentage, which was the second-best mark in the Big Sky Conference and 46th-best in the NCAA ... Finished junior season with 287 kills, leaving her 291 shy of becoming the 14th member of Northern Colorado's 1,000-career-kills club ... Her 95 total blocks ranked second among Northern Colorado players and the most by any non-senior ... Had double-digit kills 16 times during the season, with a season-high 16 at home against Northern Arizona ... Tied career high with seven total blocks at home versus Portland State and at Weber State ... Was a member of the 2009 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team and the 2009 Iowa Hawkeye Challenge All-Tournament Team.

2008: Was sidelined by injury for a stretch midway through the Big Sky season but still ended the year atop many of the Bears' statistical lists... Finished with 58 blocks (five solo), which was third highest on the team... Finished with fourth-most attacks (482) and kills (184)... Her 0.64 blocks-per-set mark was third highest on Northern Colorado... Her 2.04 kills-per-set average was fourth highest... Had season-high 15 kills in Bears win at Northern Arizona... Hit .588 in victory against Rider... Played in 25 matches and 90 sets during the season.

2007: Started in 28 of the Bears' 30 matches and was on the court for 112 of Northern Colorado's 114 games as a true freshman... Her 238 kills were fifth most on the team... Had a second-best .171 attack percentage... Had a season-high 17 kills in the Bears' 3-2 victory against Northern Arizona on Oct. 13... Had the third-most total blocks (70)... Had double-digit kills nine times.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for her mother Diane at Bettendorf High School where she was a 4A all-state selection as a junior and a senior... A three-time all-conference selection and was the Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC) Player of the Year as a junior in 2005... A team captain, she was an All-Tournament selection at the 2005 State Championship, where Bettendorf finished as the runner-up... She also played club volleyball with the Iowa Rockets.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 5, 1988... Is one of two children of Mark and Diane Lichtenberg... Is majoring in marketing and finance at Northern Colorado.