SAN DIEGO STATE 2004
In her first season as a middle blocker, led the Aztecs in blocking with an average of 1.26 bpg in all games...Ranked third in the Mountain West Conference in that category...Her average of 1.28 bpg in league games ranked fifth in the MWC...Career-best nine blocks vs. San Francisco on Sept. 17 in Hawai[apos]i...Recorded at least one block in 27 of the team[apos]s 29 matches...Reached double figures in kills on four occasions with a career high of 13 at Air Force on Nov. 12...Hit .346 or better in nine matches with a career-best .579 attack percentage at Air Force on Nov. 12...Her .579 hitting percentage (13-2-19) in the match at Air Force was the highest for an SDSU player (with minimum 10 kills) in 2004...Had a .467 hitting percentage in the match vs. Oral Roberts (10k-3e-15ta) on Sept. 18, second best for an Aztec this year...Averaged 1.98 kills per game in league games...One of three Aztecs to start all 14 conference matches...Had a season/career-best nine total blocks (eight solo, one assist) vs. San Francisco on Sept. 17...She recorded eight blocks vs. Wyoming on Oct. 30, her second-highest total of the season...Named to the 2004 all-Mountain West Conference Academic Team...A 2004-05 MWC Scholar-Athlete award winner with a 3.60 gpa.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2003
Played in a pair of matches (two games) during her sophomore season: vs. Harvard (8/18) and vs. New Mexico (10/10)...Career-best two kills (in three attempts) vs. Harvard...Recorded dig vs. New Mexico.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2002
Appeared in one match, the season finale at UC Riverside...Played in two of the three games, recording one attack and one dig.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2001
Redshirted at San Diego State during the 2001 season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year letterwinner in volleyball and four-year letterwinner in both basketball and softball at nearby Grossmont HS in La Mesa, Calif....As a volleyball athlete, was named first team all-league as a senior and second team all-league as a junior...Earned first-team all-county and first-team all- league honors in softball during her senior season...Team won league softball titles during her sophomore and senior seasons...Most Valuable Player and first-team league honors in basketball and was squad[apos]s rookie of the year as a freshman...Member of Principal[apos]s Honor Roll (4.0+ gpa)...Class officer as a freshman and junior, ASB member as a senior.
PERSONAL
Ashley Christine Bowker was born June 3, 1983, in San Diego...Daughter of Randy and Dirkje Bowker...Father played football at Cal State Fullerton...Hobbies include movies, dancing and spending time with family and friends...Favorite athlete is Jesse Palmer...Majoring in liberal studies and plans to become an elementary school teacher.