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Lenny Junior Ashby

Position

Outfielder

Height

5-7

Weight

210 lbs.

Class

Jr.

Hometown

Oranjestad, Aruba

Previous School

Maria College Mavo/Odessa College

EXP

1V

B/T

L/L

Lenny Junior Ashby NCAA Statistics Page
Lenny Junior Ashby Baseball Reference Page

 

Awards
NJCAA All-American – 2nd Team – 2020*
Mountain West All-Conference – 2nd Team – 2023
Mountain West All-Conference – 2nd Team – 2022
Mountain West Player of the Week – March 14, 2022

 *-Indicates award was achieved during career at Odessa College (2020-21).


Career Single-Game Bests
Stat Category Amount Date Opponent
At-Bats 7* 4-6-2021 Howard College
Runs 3 5-12-2023 15 times
Hits 4 5-12-2023 7 times
RBIs 6* 2-29-2022 Weatherford College
Doubles 2 4-5-2022 4 times
Triples 1 3-27-2022 4 times
Home Runs 2 5-10-2022 New Mexico State
Walks 3 4-6-2023 3 times
Stolen Bases 1 4-23-2022 4 times
Putouts 6 4-23-2023 Air Force
Assists 1 4-25-2023 4 times

 *-Indicates amount was achieved during career at Odessa College (2020-21).


Multi-Home Run Games
Date Opponent Home Runs Result
5-10-2022 New Mexico state 2 W, 13-7

*1 Total; Red: 2022 (Sophomore, 1)


2023 (Junior) – #34

Second-team all-Mountain West selection for the second straight season…led the team and ranked third in the Mountain West in hits with 80…ranked second on the team and third in the Mountain West in batting average at .381…ranked second on the team and in the Mountain West in on-base percentage at .455…ranked second on the team and eighth in the Mountain West in doubles with 18…ranked second on the team with 26 walks…ranked fourth on the team in slugging percentage at .595…ranked third on the team in RBIs with 51 and runs scored with 46…ranked fourth on the team in home runs with nine…ranked third on the team in total bases with 125…tied for the team lead with three sacrifice flies…one of three Lobos to start all 51 games…made 28 starts in left field, three in right field, and 20 as designated hitter…had a season-high four hits on April 28 vs. Fresno State and May 12 vs. Nevada…had a season-high five RBIs on Feb. 25 vs. Northern Colorado…had a career-high six putouts on April 23 vs. Air Force.

Lenny Junior Ashby 2023 Offensive Highlights

 

Lenny Junior Ashby 2023 Defensive Highlights

 

2022 (Sophomore) – #34

Second-team all-Mountain West selection in first season with the Lobos…led the Mountain West Conference with 17 home runs…led the team and ranked seventh in the conference with 59 RBIs…led the team and ranked fourth in the conference in OPS at 1.073…led the team and ranked ninth in the conference with 18 doubles…led the team and ranked fourth in the conference in slugging percentage at .667…led the team and ranked 16th in the conference in batting average at .342…named Mountain West Player of the Week on March 14…was the only Lobo to start all 54 games…led the team with 42 runs scored…ranked second on the team with 21 walks drawn…led the team with an on-base percentage of .406…stole three bases in three attempts…led the team with five sacrifice flies…posted a .989 fielding percentage, committing just one error in 89 chances in the outfield…had a season-high four hits and five RBIs on April 29 against San Jose State…had first multi-homer game on May 10 against New Mexico State with a pair of long balls…had 26 multi-hit games including four three-hit games…had 17 multi-RBI games including seven with three or more…reached base in 21 consecutive games.

Odessa College (2020-2021)
2021 (Freshman) – #25

In second collegiate season led the team in hitting with a .399 batting average…led the team with 10 home runs…ranked second on the team with 46 RBIs and 16 doubles…reached base at a clip of .495…led the team with a slugging percentage of .673…led the team with an OPS of 1.068…led the team with 49 runs scored…ranked second on the team with 168 at-bats…had a season-high four hits on three occasions…all-conference selection.

2020 (Freshman-COVID) – #25

Second-team all-American…played in 22 games before the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic…batted .453 with eight doubles, five home runs, three triples, and 32 RBIs…posted an on-base percentage of .549 and a slugging percentage of .906…drew 15 walks while striking out just eight times in 64 at-bats…scored 26 runs.

Maria College Mavo (Class of 2018)

Played for his father Lenin Ashby during his prep career in Aruba…also competed for the Cheney Diamond Dawgs, playing in all-star games in 2020 and 2021…graduated in 2018.

Ashby on choosing UNM: “I followed in the footsteps of my good friend Kyler Castillo, and it felt good in my heart and mind making this choice.”