2019 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 12
Ashlyn Fleming
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
- High School:
- Valley Christian HS
- Prev School:
- Pacific
Senior - 2019
- All-Big Ten Second-Team
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Redbird Classic All-Tournament Team
- Bulldog Brawl All-Tournament Team
- 2019 B1G Defensive Player of the Week (10/7)
- Put up a double-double with 12 kills on a .333 attack clip, while also adding five blocks and two aces against Utah (12/6)
- Registered 12 kills on a .417 hitting percentage and equaled a season-high with nine blocks in a win over Northwestern (11/27).
- Totaled 20 kills with only three errors on 39 swings for a .436 hitting percentage and was strong defensively with 11 total blocks for a 1.57 blocks per set average, while adding four service aces and four digs in wins at Maryland (11/22) and Ohio State (11/24).
- Totaled six kills on a .455 hitting percentage to go along with four blocks and four aces in a win over Rutgers (11/16), with her sixth kill marking her 1,000 kill of her career.
- Posted eight kills, four blocks and four service aces at Michigan (11/9).
- Turned in 12 kills on a .321 hitting percentage to go along with six digs and two blocks at No. 7 Minnesota (10/20).
- Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Illini with 11 blocks for a 1.57 stuffs per set average in the two wins at Indiana (10/4) and No. 17 Purdue (10/6) as UI held its opponents to a .113 team hitting percentage, while the senior also added 20 kills on a .333 hitting percentage.
- Notched 14 kills on a .500 hitting percentage and only one error in 26 swings to go along with three blocks against No. 3 Nebraska (9/27).
- Named to the Bulldog Brawl All-Tournament Team after totaling 21 kills and only committing three errors in 33 swings for a .545 hitting percentage, while pacing the team with 12 total blocks for a 1.50 stuffs per set mark and added two service aces and three digs in two matches against Pacific (9/20) and LMU (9/21).
- Named to the Redbird Classic All-Tournament Team after totaling 29 kills on a .317 hitting percentage, 13 blocks and eight digs over the three matches.
- Totaled nine kills on a .500 attack clip against Illinois State (9/13), before posting 12 kills on a .375 percentage against UCF (9/14) and finished with eight kills and a match-high seven blocks in a win over No. 7 Marquette (9/14).
- Posted 12 kills on a .391 hitting percentage to go along with a match-high nine blocks in a home-opening win vs. the No. 19 Vols (9/1).
- Came within one kill of her career-high with 16 kills on a .394 percentage and four blocks in a road win over No. 19 Tennessee (8/30).
Junior - 2018
- All-Big Ten Second-Team
- Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
- Started all 36 matches in her first season with the Illini.
- Totaled 210 kills on a team-high .429 hitting percentage and ranked second on the team with 130 total blocks for a 1.03 blocks per set, including a team-high 22 solo blocks.
- Added 23 digs, 19 service aces and eight assists.
- Turned in 10 kills on a .467 hitting percentage in a win over Marquette (12/7) in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.
Paced the Illini with a team-high eight kills and no errors on nine swings for a .889 hitting percentage as well as four blocks in a win against Eastern Michigan (11/30). - Posted 11 kills on a .476 hitting percentage and three blocks in a win over No. 7 Penn State (11/10).
- Had back-to-back six-block matches vs. Maryland (10/24) and at No. 9 Nebraska (10/27).
- Produced 13 kills on a .476 hitting percentage with three blocks in a win over No. 13 Michigan (10/19).
- Totaled seven kills on a .500 hitting percentage and a match-high nine blocks in a win at No. 8 Wisconsin (10/13).
- Notched five kills with no errors on seven swings for a .714 hitting percentage in a win over Northwestern (10/6).
- Posted seven kills with no errors on 12 swings for a .583 hitting percentage and three blocks vs. Wisconsin (10/3).
- Turned in nine kills
- Turned in nine kills with no errors in 13 swings for a .692 hitting percentage to go along with a match-high five blocks in a win over Iowa (9/28).
- Recorded a season-high nine kills on a .643 hitting percentage against Bowling Green (9/7).
- Paced the squad with eight blocks in a win at No. 13 Washington (9/1).
- Made her Illinois debut over the weekend, starting all three contests in Colorado and leading the team with 13 total blocks, including a season-high seven stuffs at No. 25 Colorado State (8/24).
Freshman/Sophomore - 2016/2017 // at University of the Pacific
- Two-time All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention
- 2017 WCC All-Academic Team Honorable Mention
- 2016 WCC All-Freshman Team
- Two-year starter for the Tigers, seeing action in all 229 sets over her two seasons at UOP
- Had a career year as a sophomore, totaling 285 kills for a 2.44 kills per set average on a .347 hitting percentage
- Led the team with 125 total blocks – including 13 solo stuffs – for a 1.07 blocks per set mark in 2017
- Also added 59 digs, 22 service aces and 19 assists as a sophomore
- Had a breakout rookie campaign in 2016, averaging 2.40 kills per set while registering a .337 attack percentage and posting 109 blocks for a 0.97 stuffs per set average
High School
- A graduate of Valley Christian High School, Fleming led the Warriors to Division III CIF State Championships in 2013 and 2015, as well as a semifinal finish in 2014.
- She posted 2.1 kills per set while tallying just under one block per set as a senior.
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