Ashley Mass

Position:
Defensive Specialist/Libero
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Muskego
Hometown:
Muskego, Wis.

Awards and Honors
Co-Captain (2009) ... AVCA First-Team All-American (2009) ... AVCA Third-Team All-American (2008, 2010) ... Asics/Volleyball Magazine Second-Team All-American (2009) ... Big 12 Libero of the Year (2008, 2009, 2010) ... All-Big 12 First-Team (2009, 2010) ... AVCA All-Central Region First Team (2008, 2009) ... AVCA All-Central Region Honorable Mention (2010) ... All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2008) ... CVU.com First-Team Stellar Spiker (2009) ... CVU.com Honorable Mention Stellar Spiker (2008) ... Iowa State Invitational all-tournament team (2008) ... member of the inaugural Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2007) ... 15-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award winner (Two - 2007, Four - 2008, Six - 2009, Three - 2010) ... Hawkeye Invitational Best Libero (2009) ... Preseason All-Big 12 (2009).

2010 (Senior)
Started in all 29 matches and played in all 105 sets … earned Third Team All-America honors ... Big 12 Libero of the Year for third-straight year … set Iowa State and Big 12 record for career digs with 2,294 … also holds most career 20-dig matches with 43 and highest dig average with 4.92 per set in program history… earned three Big 12 Defensive Play of the Week honors (Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 8) to total 15 on career, the most by an ISU student-athlete of any sport all time and most by an active Big 12 player … ended career on a 22 double-digit dig match streak … led ISU in digs in 22 matches … ranked third in digs in the Big 12 and 41st nationally through all matches (5.04) and second in league matches (5.33) … put up 35 digs vs. Creighton in the NCAA Tournament … also had 30-plus digs vs. Missouri with 31 through four sets … had 13 20-plus dig matches … totaled 529 digs, 84 assists and 14 aces.

2009 (Junior)
Started all 32 matches and played in all 107 sets, marking the third season in a row without missing any action ... finished with team-high 587 digs, the fourth-most in a single-season by any ISU player ... led Cyclones in digs in 28 of 32 matches ... posted a perfect serve receive percentage in 25 matches ... her 1,765 career digs ranks second in school history and third in Big 12 history ... her 4.89 digs per set career average is best in school history ... led Big 12 and ranked 10th in the nation with 5.49 digs per set to become ISU's first player to earn AVCA First-Team All-America honors ... was named Big 12 Libero of the Year for the second season in a row after averaging a league-best 5.63 digs per set in conference play ... became the first libero in Big 12 history to be named to the league's first team ... was a unanimous pick as both libero of the year and a first-team selection ... six-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award winner ... finished third on team with 17 aces ... set Big 12 records for digs in a three-set match and five-set match in contests against Baylor ... notched 33 in a three-set loss to the Bears before posting a school-record 42 in a 3-2 win at Hilton Coliseum ... first player in conference history to record 40 or more digs in a match and the first in school history since Steph McCannon's 41 against Colorado in 1995 ... posted double-digit digs in 31 of 32 matches this season ... had 20+ digs in nine matches to run her total to a school-record 31 career matches ... second on team with 96 assists ... had 27 digs in win over rival Iowa ... also posted 25 digs as ISU defeated Nebraska for the first time in school history ... recorded 18 digs and an ace in win over George Mason in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... followed with 18 more against Wichita State and 14 against Nebraska in the regional semifinal.

2008 (Sophomore)
Started all 35 matches and played in all 129 sets as the team's libero ... broke Steph McCannon's record of 606 digs (1995), finishing with 646 ... led ISU in digs in 33 of 35 matches ... became fastest Cyclone to reach 1,000 career digs, reaching the mark in her 59th career match ... led Big 12 with 5.01 digs per set and ranked 24th in the nation ... her 5.22 digs per set in conference matches also led the league ... ranked eighth in the Big 12 with 0.29 aces per set ... finished the season with team-high 38 aces ... posted a perfect serve receive percentage in 19 matches ... broke the single-season school record by recording 34 matches with 10+ digs ... had 11 matches with 20+ digs and two matches with 30+ digs ... had a school-record streak of 44 matches with double-digit digs come to an end when she finished with just eight in a sweep of Texas Tech ... finished the season with double-figures in the final 16 matches of the season ... posted career-highs of 32 digs in matches at Colorado and Missouri ... posted the third-most digs in a three-set match at ISU and broke the rally scoring three-set record by finishing with 24 in a straight-set sweep of Drake ... had a career-high five service aces against Florida International ... second on team with 120 assists, including a career-best nine in a win over 13th-ranked Kansas State ... had 15 digs, four assists and two aces in NCAA Tournament opening win over Northern Iowa ... added 22 digs and seven assists as ISU defeated No. 10 Minnesota to advance to the Sweet 16 ... posted 20 digs and three aces in upset of No. 7 Oregon to advance to NCAA Regional Final against No. 3 Texas, where she finished with 15 digs.

2007 (Freshman)
Played in all 33 matches and 125 games, starting the last 26 as the team’s libero ... shattered the school’s previous freshman digs record of 359 by posting 532 digs, which also ranks fifth on ISU’s single-season chart ... first on team and sixth in Big 12 with 4.26 digs per game ... finished second in the league in conference matches only with 4.91 digs per game ... broke previous school record of 17 consecutive matches with double-digit digs by posting 10 or more in the final 26 matches of the season ... had 20 or more digs 11 times and posted 30 in win over No. 21 Oklahoma, marking the first time in 68 matches that a Cyclone recorded that many digs ... had 32 aces and finished seventh in league with 0.30 aces per game in conference matches only ... posted a perfect receive percentage in 15 matches ... recorded first double-figure match with 10 digs against Long Island ... dug 21 balls in win over then-21st ranked LSU in first career start at libero ... went for 26 digs in ISU’s first home win over Missouri in 11 tries and followed that up with 28 digs at Oklahoma ... had season-high four service aces in road win against Texas Tech ... posted 15 digs and season-best seven assists at Kansas State ... in must-win match against Baylor, Mass went for 29 digs, five assists and two service aces as ISU beat the Bears in a five-game thriller ... set ISU record for digs in a NCAA Tournament match with 26 in Cyclones’ first round win over San Diego ... followed that performance with 21 in upset victory over No. 8 Wisconsin and 11 in loss to No. 6 California in regional semifinal.

High School
Four-year letterwinner at Muskego High School ... earned all-Southeast Conference honors her last three years ... was an all-state selection her junior (third team) and senior (first team) years ... averaged 4.30 digs per game her senior year ... earned all-tournament team honors at state her senior year as team finished runner-up ... played club for the Milwaukee Sting and earned the Best Libero Award at the 2006 Mizuno National Jr. Classic in the 17 open division.

Personal
Communications major ... born Sept. 8, 1988 ... daughter of John and Anna Mass ... has a sister (Danielle).