Ashley Bernards

Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
High School:
McMinnville HS
Hometown:
McMinnville, Ore.

Career: Played in 30 matches and 50 sets in her Tulane career, primarily as a defensive specialist...tallied 73 digs, nine service aces and a pair of assists in four years in a Green Wave uniform...named Tulane Student-Athlete of the Year in 2007 and 2008...graduated with a degree in finance in May 2007 and earned her master[apos]s degree in accounting in May 2009. 2008: Played in nine matches and 12 sets as a senior...earned first start of the season on Senior Day against UTEP (11/16) and posted a season-best six digs...also played in one set against Utah State, Northeastern, UAB, New Orleans, Marshall, UCF and SMU while playing a pair of sets against No. 2 Nebraska...posted three digs in a three-set loss to the Cornhuskers (9/6)...added a dig against Utah State (8/30) and an assist against Nebraska (9/6)...named to Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and earned the C-USA Academic Medal for tallying a GPA of 3.75 or higher. 2007: Appeared in eight matches and 10 sets as a junior...started at libero in game three of Tulane[apos]s win over Texas-Pan America (9/1) and recorded six digs and a pair of service aces against the Broncs...set a season-high with eight digs in two games against Louisiana-Lafayette at the Domino[apos]s Invitational (9/1)...tied that season-high a week later with eight digs in two games against Columbia at the LMU Hilton LAX Invitational (9/8)...added one dig vs. McNeese State (10/9)...posted an ace against UTEP (11/9)...off the court, earned the Tulane Scholar-Athlete of the Year award for the second-straight season, was a Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Academic medal winner and was a member of the C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll, Tulane[apos]s 3.0 Club and the Dean[apos]s List...named third-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI. 2006: Played in eight matches and 18 sets as a sophomore...picked up an assist and a season-high two aces against UMKC (9/9)...posted a career-high 14 digs and a pair of aces against New Orleans in the Kathy Trosclair Memorial Tournament (8/26)......tallied seven digs against Iowa at the Hawkeye Holiday Inn Challenge...recorded aces against Lamar (8/25) and McNeese State (8/26)...off the court, was named Tulane[apos]s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2006-07 with a GPA of 3.958...was a Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Academic medal winner and was a member of the C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll, Tulane[apos]s 3.0 Club and the Dean[apos]s List. 2005: Played in five matches and 13 sets as a true freshman...had a season-best four digs against UCF (10/23) and Tulsa (11/11)...recorded digs in two other matches...during the offseason, lettered in track where she competed in the 400-yard hurdles...off the court, was a Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Academic medal winner and was a member of the C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll, Tulane[apos]s 3.0 Club and the Dean[apos]s List after posting a 4.0 GPA for the year. High School: Four-year letterwinner at McMinnville High for coach Jenifer Gubrud...as a senior, earned Pac 9 Player of the Year honors, named second-team all-state and News Register/MAC Club Player of the Year after helping lead the Grizzlies to a league title...named second-team All-Pac 9 as a junior...a versatile student-athlete, was a four-time All-Pac 9 selection in basketball and earned all-league honors in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles, and 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays...graduated valedictorian of her class, served as the yearbook advertisement editor and treasurer of both ASB and the National Honor Society...was also a member of the Honor Roll, Doernbecher Children[apos]s Hospital Club and Link Crew, and was voted Female Senior of the Year. Personal: Born Ashley Marie Bernards on Oct. 31, 1986 in McMinnville, Ore...daughter of Steve and Kathy Bernards...has a twin brother, Ross, and a sister, Amy. Ashley Bernards[apos] Career Statistics

Year	MP	SP	Kill	K/G	Err.	Att.	Pct.	Asst.	A/G	SA	SE	SA/G	Dig	D/G	BS	BA	TB	B/G	BE	BHE	Points
2005	5	13	0	0.00	1	1	-1.00	0	0.00	0	1	0.00	11	0.85	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0
2006	8	18	0	0.00	0	3	.000	1	0.06	6	3	0.33	29	1.61	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	6.0
2007	8	10	0	0.00	0	2	.000	0	0.00	3	2	0.30	23	2.30	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	3.0
2008	9	12	0	0.00	0	1	.000	1	0.08	0	0	0.00	10	0.83	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0

Career	30	53	0	0.00	1	7	-.143	2	0.04	9	6	0.17	73	1.38	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	9.0