2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster

Ron Smith / Saint Martin's
Andrew Towell
Andrew Towell
Andrew Towell
Andrew Towell
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32 Ashlynn Burgess

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Chugiak
  • Hometown Eagle River, AK

Biography

SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC honorable mention in 2020. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2021.

Senior (2021): Played in all 14 games of the pandemic-shortened season with one start, averaging 13.9 minutes per game. Saw limited minutes while managing an injury. ... Averaged 4.6 points and 3.3 rebounds. ... Her 64 points pushed her past 300 for her SPU career (336) and gave her a final total of 1,474. ... Collected her 600th career rebound on Jan. 15 at home against Saint Martin's. She finished with 641. 

Junior (2019-20): Played 24 of the 28 games, with 22 starts, averaging 23.2 minutes. Missed a four-game stretch late in the season because of an injury. ... Led the Falcons in scoring at 11.3 points per game (272 total), field goal shooting at .548 (108 of 197) and rebounding leader at 5.9 per game (141 total). ... Put together a double-double SPU debut in the season opener at Humboldt State on Nov. 8, going for 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field, and 11 rebounds, with 6 of those at the offensive end. ... Went on to record three more double-doubles. One of those included her SPU high of 27 points (along with 11 boards) at home against Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 4. Another had her Falcon-best 14 rebounds added to 12 points at home against Western Oregon on Jan. 18. ... Collected her 500th career rebound on Dec. 7 at Northwest Nazarene. ... Had one game of .800 shooting from the field (8 of 10), three games in the .700s, six games in the .600s, and four games in the .500s.

Wenatchee Valley College: Started all 33 games as a sophomore last season. ... Averaged a team-high 18.5 points and led the Knights to the Northwest Athletic Conference championship with a 74-70 victory against Umpqua. Had 16 points, five rebounds, four steals, and two blocked shots in the final, earning the tournament MVP award as Wenatchee finished with a 28-5 record. ... Was named the NWAC Player of the Year and the Eastern Region MVP. ... Named the Baden Athlete of the Week three times. ... As a freshman in 2017-18, All-NWAC Eastern Region 1st team and one-time Baden Athlete of the Week. ... Won the team Hustle and Heart Award in 2018 and again in 2019.

Chugiak High School: Played basketball all four years. ... All-State 2nd team as a sophomore and senior. ... Also played varsity volleyball as a freshman and sophomore.

Personal: Ashlynn Joy Burgess. ... General engineering major.

Fun facts: Has been playing basketball since age 5. ... Also has done softball and track (along with volleyball). ... If not for basketball, would focus on volleyball. ... Favorite sports to watch are Olympic swimming, field events, and any winter sports. ... Dumbest movies she ever saw are "The Stupids" and "Hot Rod."  ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card, as she especially enjoys reading science fiction. ... Favorite junk food is milk chocolate chip ice cream. ... Favorite healthy foods are Acai bowls and vegan fried banana burritos. ... Favorite TV program is "Blue Bloods." ... Favorite sports team is Team USA. ... Favorite athletes are Michael Phelps and Kobe Bryant. ... Her dream car is "one that can take me high into the mountains or off the beaten path." ... Loves to shop for "new, interesting, weird, and delicious food." ... Easiest subjects in school are language classes and English. ... Toughest subject is physics. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be the Needtobreatheband "and have a jam session with them." She would serve homemade pizza and ice cream. ... If she could be any action hero, would be Flash "because then I would be the fastest person alive." ... Her friends call her Ash. ... In 10 years, plans to be doing "something awesome and hiking a lot." ... Has long been active in church and ministry, and has done several mission trips around the smaller communities in Alaska. ... Has taken six years of French and two years of Spanish.


STATISTICS
Year   GP    FG      Pct   3-pt   Pct    FT      Pct.  Reb   Avg   PF  Ast   TO  Blk  Stl   Pts  Avg
17-18* 29  204-390  .523  20-56  .357  100-123  .813   227   7.8   53   31   65   16   39   528  18.2
18-19* 33  230-428  .537  17-49  .347  133-173  .769   227   6.9   69   56   68   12    6   610  18.5
WVC    62  434-818  .531  37-105 .352  233-296  .787   454   7.3  132   87  133   28   45  1138  18.4
19-20  24  108-197  .545  11-36  .306   45-55   .818   141   5.9   55   28   39   11    8   272  11.3
20-21  14   22-55   .400   4-14  .286   16-20   .800    46   3.3   16    9   23    0    5    64   4.6
SPU    38  130-252  .515  15-50  .300   61-75   .813   187   4.9   71   37   62   11   13   336   8.8
TOTL  100  564-1070 .527  52-155 .335  297-371  .800   641   6.4  203  124  195   39   58  1474  14.7
*2017-18 and 18-18 at Wenatchee Valley College.


   

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