NEW MEXICO
Junior (RS) Year | 2017: Finished the season with a 17-10 record, playing 22 matches in the No. 1 position and five in the No. 2 slot … Logged a 5-0 record playing in the 2’s, going 12-10 in the 1’s … Played the entire season with Cassie House … Picked up a marquee win over No. 9/12 Arizona State’s No. 1 duo, winning 21-19, 21-19 in Tempe … Won six straight matches to open April, including victories over Santa Clara, UAB and Colorado Mesa (twice) … Finished with three straight wins to close out the season, with a win over No. 20 California … Also added wins over Benedictine, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Morehead State, Jacksonville State, Lincoln Memorial and CSU Bakersfield
Sophomore (RS) Season | 2016: Finished the season with a 12-14 record, playing 22 matches in the No. 1 position … Opened the season playing with Devanne Sours, going 1-4 over the first weekend of the season … Picked up a win vs. Colorado Mesa with Sours, falling in three sets to Arizona State and No. 17 South Carolina … Teamed up with Cassie House starting on March 13, playing together for the rest of the season … With House, posted and 11-10 record, playing exclusively at the top position … Earned a win against San Jose State and strung together three wins vs. Irvine Valley College and CMU twice … Came within a few points of defeating sixth-ranked Arizona’s top pairs … Won three straight against Pacific, Sacramento State and Washington … Closed the season with back-to-back wins, claiming a point vs. No. 9 LSU and New Orleans
Freshman (RS) Season | 2015: Finished the inaugural season of New Mexico beach volleyball with a 3-11 record, primarily playing in the No. 1 position … Started with Devanne Sours, going 1-3 between matches in the top three positions … Later partnered up with Hannah Johnson, with whom she went 2-8 as the Lobos’ top pair … Won a point in the No. 2 slot vs. TCU on March 8 … Partnered with Johnson starting with UNM’s match vs. No. 1 USC … Played a number of points closely, including three-set points vs. Arizona and Bakersfield … Broke through for two wins against Colorado State … Finished 2-9 in the No. 1 position, 1-1 in the No. 2 position and 0-1 in the No. 3 slot
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…full name is Ashley Kehau Kelsey…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