Ashley Matthews

Ashley Matthews

Height: 5-0
Year: So.
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
High School: West Johnston HS
Position: Distance

2011 Track & Field: Named Atlantic Sun All-Academic…Collected a top indoor 800 meter time of 2:24.59 in the Niswonger Invitational, finishing 18th…Finished fifth in the 800 meters at the Liberty Open…Runner-up in the mile at the Liberty Open with a PR of 5:12.64…Placed 15th in the 3,000 meters at the A-Sun Indoor Championships with a mark of 10:36.75…Placed ninth in the 800 meters at the UNF Spring Break Invitational with a time of 2:19.24…Placed 12th in the 800 meters at the Liberty Collegiate with a mark of 2:23.92…Finished 10th in the 1,500 meters at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational with a time of 4:49.54…Registered at fifth place finish in the Shamrock Invitational with a time of 18:11.20 in the 5,000 meters…Gathered four top-10 outdoor finishes…

 

2010 Cross Country: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Freshman honors…Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic team…Led team with a 28th place finish in the A-Sun Championships (5K) and a personal best time of 18:41.43…Took 12th in the 5K USC Upstate Eye Opener Invitational with a mark of 18:57.00…Placed 10th in the 4K UNCW Seahawk Invitational with a time of 15:09.86…Finished 32nd in the 5K Asics/Winthrop Invitational…

 

Prep/Personal: A two-time cross country team MVP at West Johnson High…Earned the team’s Wildcat award as a freshman and sophomore before being WJHS’s most valuable runner…Set the school’s 5K and two mile records…Finished in the top 20 at the NC 4-A State Cross Country Championships…Personal records include an 18:41 for the 5000 meters and a 5:03 in the mile, while finishing fourth at the 2010 NC 4-A Track and Field Championships...Collected an 11:07 two mile on the track…Coached by Pat Shaw at West Johnson, a 2000 Campbell Alumnus and a member of the 1998 Campbell A-Sun Cross Country Championship team…Full name is Ashley Dawn Matthews…Born on Sept. 13, 1991 in Raleigh, N.C….Has one brother, Bradley (22)…Plans a biology major…