Ashley Crane

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Eastlake
Hometown:
Sammamish, Wash.

2006: Started every game at second base ... Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Hit a game-winning home run -- accounting for the only run of the game -- in her first at-bat of the season against No. 15 Oregon State (2/10) ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Syracuse (2/12) ... Singled, walked and stole a base against Central Michigan (2/19) ... Doubled home a run against Massachusetts (2/24) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double against Kansas (3/17) ... Recorded first-career three-hit game with a 3-for-3 performance comprised of two singles and a double along with a walk against Hawaii (3/20) ... Slammed a solo home run at Cal State Fullerton in the first game of a doubleheader (3/23), going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI in the game ... Went 1-for-3 with the gamewinning RBI at No. 1 UCLA on 3/26 ... Hit a behemoth of a home run against Iowa on 4/2, finishing 2-for-3 in the game ... Drove in two runs with a single and scored once in the second game of the doubleheader against Iowa on 4/2 ... Reached base safely in every plate appearance, going 2-for-2 with a walk at Northern Illinois (4/4) ... Smacked an RBI single against Purdue (4/16) ... Drove in the gamewinning run in the second game of a marathon double-header at Minnesota (4/23) ... Went 1-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI at DePaul (5/2) ... Crushed a solo home run in addition to making an amazing diving play to rob USA Softball Player of the Year finalist Jenna Hall of a seventh-inning hit against Illinois during the first round of the Big Ten Tournament (5/12) ... Was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the opening game of the NCAA Regional against Southern Illinois (5/19) ... Crushed a game-tying, two-run home run in the NCAA Regional title game against Notre Dame (5/21) ... Finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Massachusetts in the third game of NU's NCAA Super Regional (5/27).

2005: Started season-opener at second-base, going 1-for-3 against New Mexico State (2/4) ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Started as the designated player in three other games ... Appeared in 42 games this season ... Stole a base and scored a run against Kansas (2/5) ... Scored a run against Boston College (2/12) and No. 12 Washington (2/27) ... Hit a pinch-hit single against Nevada (3/5) ... Hit a single in a start at the designated player position against Utah Valley State (3/18) ... Scored two runs against St. Mary's (3/24) ... Scored as a pinch-runner in both Big Ten contests against Illinois (4/1, 4/2) ... Also scored Big Ten runs against Minnesota (4/8), Wisconsin (4/10), Purdue (4/17) and at No. 1 Michigan (5/8) ... Scored a run in the NCAA Super Regional against DePaul (5/28).

2004: Appeared in 18 total games on the year ... Recorded a hit in her first at bat of the year on 2/20 against Alabama ... Scored a run in games versus Oregon, Purdue and DePaul ... Appeared in NCAA Tournament against South Carolina, scoring a run against the Gamecocks.

2003: Started 36 games at shortstop ... Recorded two hits at Illinois State (3/25) and in the second game of a doubleheader at Notre Dame the following day (3/26) ... Hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to help NU rally for a 5-3 win against Florida International (2/16) ... Doubled in an 8-0 win over North Carolina (3/7).

High School: Earned All-King County honors three times ... Named all-area as a senior ... Posted a .407 career batting average ... School's Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... Helped lead Eastlake High to first state tournament appearance in school history, finishing fifth ... Team won one conference championship and finished second twice ... Played for Washington Ladyhawks club team for two years, leading team to 17th-place finish at Nationals in 2002 ... Scholar-Athlete ... Honor roll student ... Also played basketball for four years, being named team captain in addition to earning Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2001.

Personal: Born Ashley Marie Crane on 8/17/84 ... Daughter of James and Carol Crane ... Double major in learning and organizational change and economics.

Crane's Career Statistics

Yr.	Avg.	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB-SBA	Slugging	OBP
2003	.207	38-36	87	7	18	1	0	1	6	1-1	.253	.258
2004	.333	18-0	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	.333	.333
2005	.188	42-4	16	14	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	.188	.235
2006	.185	65-65	184	17	34	4	0	5	16	6-6	.288	.235
Totals	.193	163-105	290	42	56	5	0	6	22	8-11	.272	.243