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RS SENIOR | 2017: Played and started in all 32 of New Mexico’s matches, with 29 starts at libero and three at outside hitter … Played in every single set all season … Ended her distinguished career at UNM with 1,529 career digs, the third-most in program history … Honorable Mention All-Mountain West honoree … Finished the 2017 season with a team-best 489 digs, averaging 4.29 digs/set … Her overall dig total and digs/set averaged ranked fourth in the Mountain West … Her 489 digs finished as the fifth-most in a single season in program history, giving her two of the top five single-season marks in school history along with her 523-dig campaign in 2016 … Had double-digit digs in 26 matches, reaching at least 15 digs 16 times … Posted a career-high 31 digs vs. Nevada on Nov. 4, with that mark sitting as the eighth-most in a single match in program history … Also broke the 20-dig plateau eight other times, including 25 in three-set win over Omaha in the season opener; 25 vs. Colorado State on Oct. 21 and 22 in a four-set win at Boise State on Oct. 28 … Eclipsed 1,500 career digs on Senior Night vs. UNLV, tallying 16 in her final home match … Also notched a career high-tying three aces vs. UNLV, finishing the season with a team-best 25 aces … Also added 16 kills during her three-match stint at OH, with a career-high six vs. Youngstown State on Sept. 15 … Chipped in 104 assists (with a career high-tying eight vs. Nevada on Nov. 4) … Named to the Cyclone Invitational All-Tournament team … Selected as the Lobo Classic Outstanding Libero and the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 30
RS JUNIOR | 2016: Played and started in all 32 of New Mexico’s matches … Played in all but one of the Lobos’ 123 sets on the year, playing in all of the final 120 sets … Finished with a team-best 523 digs, averaging 4.29 digs/set … Her overall dig total and digs/set averaged ranked second in the Mountain West … Her 523 digs finished as the third-most in a single season in program history … Had double-digit digs in 30 matches, surpassing 15 digs 18 times … Posted a career-best 28 digs against Utah State, and added eight other matches with 20-plus digs, including strong performances vs. Arizona State (23 digs), UT Arlington (27) and at UNLV (22) … Eclipsed 1000 career digs in the Lobos’ match at Nevada on Nov. 16 … Also posted 26 aces, third-best on the team … Notched three aces in a match three times: Western Carolina (Sept. 3), Houston Baptist (Sept. 16) and at Colorado State (Nov. 5) … Added four kills and 90 assists … Named to the UNM Invitational and USF Invitational All-Tournament teams
RS SOPHOMORE | 2015: Played in all 31 matches, finishing the season as New Mexico’s starting libero … Started three matches … Finished the season with 285 digs, good for second on the team … Recorded double-digit digs in 13 matches, including a career-high 21 vs. LSU on Sept. 19 and vs. Wyoming on Nov. 5 … Ended the season on a seven-match streak with double-digit digs … Averaged 2.61 digs per set … Added 58 assists on the season, notching a season-high six three times (vs. UNLV, at Fresno State and vs. Utah State) … Registered 18 service aces, the third-best total on the team
RS FRESHMAN | 2014: Played in 23 matches at either libero or defensive specialist…started in three matches…was fourth on the team in digs with 232 (3.22 digs per set)…was second on the team in assists with 56 and picked up 10 aces on the season…had a season-high of 18 digs on three occasions (vs. UC Irvine on Sept. 14 & vs. College of Charleston on Sept. 19 & at Hawai’I on Sept. 4)…picked up a season-high eight assists against Houston Baptist on Sept. 19.
RS FRESHMAN | 2013: Redshirted for the second consecutive season after her second ACL tear in the spring of 2013.
FRESHMAN | 2012: Redshirted the 2012 season due to an ACL tear….retore her knee during spring ball and redshirted the fall 2013 season.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner under head coach Ala Ioset and assistant coaches Kalani Gasper and Lina Samia at James Campbell High School in Ewa Beach, Hawai’i…earned first team all-star honors in 2009 and 2011 and second team all-star honors in 2010…earned a number of prestigious awards her senior season including being named the Oahu Interscholastic Association Red West Player of the Year, the OC16 Senior Girls Volleyball Invitational Impact Player and Most Outstanding Player…also excelled in track, claiming silver medals in the long jump and 200 meter race as well as a gold medal at the 2007 Aloha State Games…played club volleyball for Imi `Ike 18s Volleyball Club which placed third in the 18 National Gold Division at the 2011 USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships.
PERSONAL
Born June 16, 1994 to Steve and Candy Kelsey in Honolulu…Married to Alan Machek on June 3, 2017 … Full name is Ashley Kehau Machek… Has two older brothers, Christopher and Timothy… Enjoys watching movies, swimming and eating… Favorite food is Hawaiin food (Kalua pig)… Favorite athlete is Michael Oher and favorite movie is Angels in the Outfield