Ashley Dillon

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Bishop Dwenger
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.

2009: Redshirted the season following off-season surgery.

2008: Named to the Summit League All-Newcomer Team...Member of the Summit League Fall All-Academic squad...Finished her first season with the Mastodons with 257 kills, 237 digs, and 43 blocks...Had 11 double-figure kill totals during the season, including picking up a pair of double-doubles, September 5 vs. Furman (11 kills, 12 digs), and October 18 at IUPUI (17 kills, 17 digs)...Was named to the Belmont Tournament All-Tournament Team on September 6...Set a career-high in kills twice in a five-game span with 16 at home against Wright State on September 30, and then 17 at home against Xavier on October 14...Tied her career-high with 17 at IUPUI on October 18, where she added a career-high 17 digs...Seven times had double-figure digs...Aced three times each in a two-game span, September 16 at Eastern Michigan and then September 21 at home against Oakland.

High School: Dillon, a Fort Wayne native, graduated fom Bishop Dwenger High School...She received the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Golden Spike Award, signifying the top prep player in the city, becoming the first Bishop Dwenger player to earn the honor...She was named to the All-Northeast Volleyball First Team, and first team All-Summit Athletic Conference in her junior and senior seasons, after earning All-SAC Second Team honors as a sophomore...This past fall she was named to the All-Area team, the All-State Second Team, and Academic All-State First Team...She was named to the Indiana All-Star Class 3A/4A North Team...Dillon was the captain of the Bishop Dwenger Saints her junior and senior years and led them to pre-season tournament championships and SAC championships both seasons...She graduated from Dwenger 8th in her senior class, and was a National Honor Society Board Member...She was given the 'Aspiring Nobel Laureate Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Anatomy and Physiology' in 2007.

Personal: Is the daughter of Phillip and Cheryl Dillon...Has one sister, Katie...Majoring in elementary education.