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2011 Volleyball Roster

10 Ashley Turnage

10 Ashley Turnage

  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Lawton
  • Hometown:
    Schoolcraft, Mich.

Summary

Biography

2011: Recorded eight kills and two digs against Virginia (8/26)... recorded 12 kills and two digs against Western Carolina (8/27)... Against USC Upstate, recorded seven kills and one dig (8/27)... Recorded seven kills, hitting .417, against North Carolina (9/2)... Posted a career-high 16 kills against Seton Hall, hitting .483 and adding three digs (9/3...Against George Mason she recorded six kills and one block...recorded 10 kills, six blocks, and an assist against Appalachian State (9/9)...Against Morehead State she recorded 19 kills, 12 blocks, two digs and one assist (910)...she recorded 14 kills, seven blocks, and one dig against Milwaukee (9/13)...

2010: MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (9/20) after being named MVP of the Seton Hall Invitational (9/17-18) as she averaged 1.70 blocks and 1.60 digs and hit .347 with 34 kills ... tied career high with 11 kills to start the season against Arizona State (8/27) ... hit .429 with 11 kills and four blocks in win over 2009 Summit League Tournament champion IPFW (8/31) ... tallied 13 kills and career-high eight block assists against Northeastern (9/17) and career-high 14 kills and career-high nine digs against Seton Hall (9/18) ... hit .476 with 11 kills, eight digs and four blocks in home win over Toledo (9/24) ... came off the bench with five kills, six digs and six blocks to help WMU win at Central Michigan (10/9) ... hit .478 with 13 kills and three blocks in home victory over 2009 Big East champion Notre Dame (10/19) ... finished with 12 kills, three blocks and .474 attack percentage in win at Kent State (10/23).

2009: WMU Most Improved Player ... named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (11/2) after recording 13 blocks over two matches against Ball State (10/30) and Toledo (10/31) ... led MAC with 22.0 solo blocks and ranked third in blocks per game (1.06) ... ranked fourth on team in points (191.0) ... set career-highs in hitting percentage (.647), kills (12), points (17.0) and total blocks (8) against Toledo (10/31) ... career-high 37 attacks against Kent State (10/23) ... notched career-high five digs against Illinois State (9/5) ... hit .455 with six kills and season-high three block solos against Ball State (9/26) ... recorded nine kills, a dig and four block assists against Miami (11/7) ... hit .300 or better six times ... earned first letter.

2008: Played in 16 sets in 11 matches ... tallied 20 kills and 13 blocks ... helped WMU rally to win at Northern Illinois (10/30) with six kills, hitting .500, two digs and one solo block ... posted five kills at Bowling Green (11/1) ... notched three kills and four blocks vs. Marquette (11/28).

High School: Two-sport standout was a four-year letterwinner in volleyball and three-year letterwinner in basketball for the Blue Devils ... Named Class C First Team All-State by the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association after leading Lawton to a 29-5-2 overall record and 16-0 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference for a second straight league crown ... named First Team All-SAC as a sophomore and senior ... played in Michigan all-star game ... totaled 1,556 kills, 285 solo blocks, 200 service aces and 756 digs over the last two-plus seasons ... once played with a broken wrist during her junior year and collected 64 kills, 58 digs, 12 blocks and five service aces to earn the Kalamazoo Gazette Prep Star of the Week award ... played club volleyball the last three years for Kalamazoo Dead Frogs ... led 16s to third-place showing at the Junior Olympics in Minneapolis, Minn. ... finished third overall with High Performance Team Michigan in national tournament in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as a sophomore ... standout post player in basketball named honorable mention all-state and played in the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan All-Star Game as a senior ... Kalamazoo Gazette Class C-D Player of the Year after averaging 14.5 points, 14.4 rebounds, 4.3 steals and 3.5 blocks per game ... three-time all-conference honoreer (first team junior, senior; honorable mention as sophomore) averaged 12.7 points, 14.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 3.3 steals and 3.8 blocks as a junior and 6.5 points, 12. 8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks as a sophomore ... almost broke the school record with 28 rebounds in a game as a sophomore ... earned the Marilyn Halleday Scholarship as the most outstanding female athlete at Lawton ... also competed in track and finished sixth in the state in the 800-meter relay.

Personal: Daughter of Kirby and LuAnn Turnage ... father graduated from Western Michigan .. has an older brother, Jonathan ... cousin of Pro Bowl cornerback Nate Clements of the San Francisco 49ers ... majoring in Recreation ... born Jan. 9, 1990.

YEAR MP-MS SP K K/S E TA % A A/S SA SE SA/S RE DIG D/S BS BA TB B/S BE BHE POINTS
2008 11-0 16 20 1.25 15 64 .078 1 0.06 0 3 0.00 0 6 0.38 3 10 13 0.81 1 0 28.0
2009 28-17 87 131 1.51 76 380 .145 5 0.06 3 4 0.03 0 29 0.33 22 70 92 1.06 11 2 191.0
2010 30-27 97 222 2.29 69 519 .295 7 0.07 8 13 0.08 0 80 0.82 12 73 85 0.88 16 1 278.5
2011 32-32 117 321 2.74 92 686 .334 7 0.06 0 0 0.00 2 41 0.35 23 78 101 0.86 22 2 383.0
TOTAL 100-75 314 694 2.19 252 1649 .268 20 0.06 11 20 0.03 2 156 0.49 60 231 291 0.92 50 5
880.5

TURNAGE'S CAREER HIGHS

Kills:
14 (at Seton Hall, 9/18/10)
Total Attacks: 37 (Kent State, 10/23/09)
Attack % (min. 10 att.): .647, 12-1-17 (Toledo, 10/31/09)
Assists: 1 (multiple times)
Aces: 1 (multiple times)
Digs: 9 (at Seton Hall, 9/18/10)
Block Solos: 3 (twice)
Block Assists: 8 (vs. Northeastern, 9/17/10)
Total Blocks: 8 (twice)
Points: 18.0 (Northeastern, 9/17/10)
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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2008Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    10
  • 10

    2009Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    10
  • 10

    2010Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    10
  • 10

    2011Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    10