Ashley Earley (born March 9, 1983) is an American basketball player.

Ashley Earley
Personal information
Born (1983-03-09) March 9, 1983 (age 41)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
High schoolBriarcrest
(Memphis, Tennessee)
CollegeVanderbilt (2002–2005)
WNBA draft2005: 3rd round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
PositionGuard / Forward
Career history
2005Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-SEC (2005)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata


Ashley Earley was born to parents Lee and Linda Earley and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She attended Briarcrest HS in Memphis. Earley was named a WBCA All-American (high school).[1] She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored nine points.[2]

The Earley Trophy Case

  • 2001 Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year[3]
  • 2001 Tennessee Miss Basketball[4]
  • 1998 & 2001 State Tournament MVP
  • 2001 Best of the Preps Player of the Year (Memphis)
  • 2001 Parade First Team All-American
  • 2001 USA Today Second Team All-American
  • 2001 Naismith Finalist
  • 2000 NIKE All-American
  • 1998 & 1999 WBCA/Reebok Underclass All-American

She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 2001 to 2005[5] and graduated with a psychology degree.

In the 2005 WNBA draft, she was drafted as the third round selection of the Indiana Fever.[5] After being waived, she played the 2005–06 season overseas with Maccabi Tel Kabir in Tel Aviv, Israel.[5]

In May, 2005, Earley joined the athletic department staff at The University of Alabama as the graduate assistant coach.[5] Her former Vanderbilt University Commodore teammate, Ashley McElhiney also joined as the director of women's basketball operations.

In May 2009, Early left Tennessee Tech to join the University of Rhode Island as an assistant coach.[5] In June 2010, she became assistant coach at Marquette University.[5]

Vanderbilt statistics

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Source[6]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Vanderbilt 37 205 47.8 21.4 67.5 4.7 1.6 0.7 0.1 5.5
2002–03 Vanderbilt 32 202 56.6 64.0 3.4 0.9 1.0 0.2 6.3
2003–04 Vanderbilt 34 386 55.8 63.6 6.7 1.5 1.4 0.4 11.4
2004–05 Vanderbilt 32 589 64.0 68.6 9.4 2.2 2.1 0.4 18.4
Career 135 1382 57.8 18.8 66.3 6.0 1.6 1.3 0.3 10.2

Notes

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  1. ^ "Past Teams - High School". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  3. ^ "Gatorade State High School Players of the Year". playeroftheyear.gatorade.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  4. ^ "TSSAAsports.com :: Home of the TSSAA Championships". tssaasports.com. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Ashley Earley". Vanderbilt University Athletics - Official Athletics Website. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  6. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
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