Baseball Player Magazine

“She is an intimidating mix of speed, height and spin. She will only continue to improve as she gets older.” - Julie Soviero, pitching coach, Flawless Fastpitch 

It was in fourth grade that Ashley’s best friend asked her to play on her softball team, and from that moment life hasn’t been the same. Now a member of the Levittown Athletic Club Slammers 16U team (playing two years up), Ashley excels from both the mound and first base. Last season, Ashley was a part of the LAC Slammers 14U team that for the first time in LAC history won the 2009 Babe Ruth State Championship. Throughout the four-game championship series Ashley compiled 33 strikeouts and memories of a win that will last forever. “I have so much fun when I am playing,” Ashley exclaimed, “I love the challenge of facing a batter and striking them out, it’s a really cool feeling.” The LAC Slammers finished the 2009 season with a record of 41 wins and 6 losses and went undefeated during the fall NJBL season.  

Birthday:  12/20/95

Favorite softball memory: Pitching the winning game of the 2009 Babe Ruth State Championship

Favorite Pitch: Fastball

Pitch Speed: 56 to 59 mph

Hardest Pitch to throw: Change-up 

When you’re on the mound at the start of a game, what is running through your mind?

I zone out all the screaming and voices and focus on the catcher, the batter and the game.

What would you say to the young girls out there that are thinking about playing softball?

The game is fun and exciting. There is a competitive side and there’s a fun side to the game. You make a lot of new friends that you become very close to, they become your sisters and their family becomes your family.