Ashley Charters

Ashley Deon Charters (born March 13, 1986)[1][2] is an American, former collegiate All-American, retired professional 2-time All-Star left-handed softball infielder, originally from Beaverton, Oregon.[3][4][5] She played college softball for the Washington Huskies softball as shortstop and second basemen and was part of the 2009 Women's College World Series championship team of the Pac-12 Conference.[6][7][8][1] She is one of the select NCAA players in the 300 hits, 200 runs and 100 stolen base club. She later played two seasons with Team USA softball. After originally being drafted #11 in the National Pro Fastpitch, she went on to join the USSSA Pride and win a title in 2013.

Career

Charters played for USSSA Pride of National Pro Fastpitch from 2011 to 2013, helping the Pride win the 2013 Cowles Cup championship before retiring from professional softball in February 2014.[9] She also played on the United States women's national softball team, winning gold medals with the team in the 2009 World Cup of Softball, 2010 World Cup of Softball, and 2010 Women's Softball World Championship.[2]

Since 2012, Charters has been co-CEO of headgear small business GlitterBandz.[10]

Statistics
Washington Huskies
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2005 57 174 53 65 .373 18 1 1 5 75 .431% 25 48 33 38
2006 59 204 38 75 .367 25 1 5 6 94 .461% 11 53 27 29
2007 61 202 59 79 .391 33 7 4 9 117 .579% 29 32 36 41
2009 63 215 65 96 .446 33 9 6 10 145 .674% 27 23 37 42
TOTALS 240 795 215 315 .396 109 18 16 30 431 .542% 92 156 133 150

References
  1. "Ashley Charters". Team USA. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  2. "Ashley Charters". GoHuskies.com. University of Washington. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  3. "2006 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. "2007 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  5. "2009 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  6. "Husky Softball Records & History" (PDF). Gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  7. "Pac-12 Conference Softball Media Guide". E-digitaleditions.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  8. Wood, Terry (May 28, 2009). "Ashley Charters is Huskies' other softball star". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  9. "Ashley Charters Announces Retirement from Playing Professional Fastpitch". USSSA Pride. February 11, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  10. Hays, Graham (June 28, 2012). "Ashley Charters moonlights as business owner". ESPNW. Retrieved June 30, 2018.


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