2020 Softball Roster
Ashley Wood
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Carl Sandburg
- Hometown:
- Orland Park, Ill.
2021 / Junior
Appeared in and started 15 games before a knee injury ended her season … hit .317 with 13 hits, of which six were extra-base hits, and added nine runs scored, 10 walks and 12 RBI … notched four multi-hit games … reached base safely in 14 of the 15 games she played in … went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and a RBI in SIU’s win over Mississippi Valley State (2/21) … homered in back-to-back wins against UIC (3/5) and Creighton (3/6) … went 2-for-4 with a home run and 4 RBI in Southern’s win over UIC (3/5).
2020 / Sophomore
played in and started 20 games in 2020 … led the Missouri Valley Conference in assists (47) … reached base in 12 games, which included a hit in five of her last six games … drove in at least one run in seven games, which included at least one run in four of her final six games …notched two multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games ... went 2-for-3 with a career-high two doubles and three RBI in SIU’s win over Purdue Fort Wayne (2/28) … went 1-for-2 with a home run in Southern’s win over Fordham (2/21).
2019 / Freshman
MVC Freshman of the Year
All-MVC Second Team
All-Mideast Region Second Team
Two-time MVC Newcomer of the Week
MVC Player of the Week
Became the fifth Saluki, and first since 2003, to win the MVC Freshman of the Year award …. led all MVC freshmen in home runs (9), RBI (44), batting average (.344), on-base percentage (.415) and slugging percentage (.576) and ranked second in the league among first-years in total bases (87), runs scored (30) and hits (52) … finished the season ranked in the top-10 of the MVC in RBI (T-3rd), assists (5th), total bases (7th) and home runs (T-8th) … her 44 RBI are tied for the seventh-most in a single-season in program history and are the third-most by a Saluki freshman … among freshmen nationally she ranked: T-28th in home runs (9), T-15th in RBI (44), T-26th in total bases (87) … tallied 15 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games … her 15 multi-hit games were the third-most by a Saluki freshman in the last 25 years … hit two home runs to tie the single-game school record vs. St. Louis (3/2) to become just the ninth Saluki first-year to hit two in a game … had a stretch of six games in which she recorded at least one RBI, including five vs. St. Louis (3/2) … went 2-for-2 with a double, a walk and five RBI vs. Valparaiso (3/23) ... Slashed .625/.727/.875 in SIU’s three-game sweep of Valparaiso to earn both MVC Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week honors.
High School
Earned Class 4A All-State Team honors and was a three-time All-Conference selection at Carl Sandburg H.S. … Hit .439 with 34 RBI in 2017 … finished with 90 RBI and 41 doubles in her prep career … Two-time Daily Southtown All-Area Team honoree ... One of the Daily Southtown's 25 players to watch in the South-Chicago area in 2017 … Played travel ball for the Illinois Sparks and helped the Sparks to a National Championship at the U16 level.
Personal
Daughter of Mike and Lynn Wood … Has two older brothers … Her oldest brother, Kyle, was a four-year starter on Purdue’s baseball team and went on to play two seasons for the Frontier League’s Windy City Thunderbolts … Her other brother, Brad, was a four-year starter at second base at Northern Illinois and is currently an assistant baseball coach at North Central College.
