Shelby Ashe (California; Georgia)

Shelby Ashe

Class: Senior Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga. High School: St. Pius X

Last College: California, Berkeley Height: 5-8 Event: Throws

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05/13/2016 Miller Helps Puts UGA Into Lead With Title Miller Helps Puts UGA Into Lead With Title 05/13/2016 Track Has Four Score On SECs' First Day Track Has Four Score On SECs' First Day 05/11/2016 Track Travels To SEC Championships Track Travels To SEC Championships 04/30/2016 Track Finishes Regular Season In Style Track Finishes Regular Season In Style 04/08/2016 Bulldog Throws Lead The Way At Spec Towns Bulldog Throws Lead The Way At Spec Towns 2016: Outdoor -- Swept the hammer throw (201 feet, 3 inches) and the shot put (46-4) at the season-opening Georgia Relays...Returned to win the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a hammer toss of 200-11...Won the Spec Towns Invite after reaching 212-4...Reached a career-best distance of 216-8 for second-place honors at the home Georgia Invite...Finished second at the SEC Championships with a top throw of 209-3...Fouled out of the NCAA East Prelims in the hammer...Rounded out 2016 with a 23th-place finish (194-0) in the hammer at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Indoor -- Set a meet record at the Samford Open with a weight throw of 66-09.75...Launched her second attempt in the weight throw a personal-best distance of 67-2.75 to take third at the SEC Championships. 2015: Outdoor -- Won the hammer throw at the Georgia Relays (202 feet, 8 inches), Florida Relays (season-best mark of 211-8), Spec Towns Invite (197-11) and Georgia Invite (196-1)...Fouled out of both the SEC Championships and NCAA East Prelims. Indoor - Launched her second attempt in the weight throw a personal-best distance of 66-1.50 to take fifth at the McCravy Memorial. California (2012-14) - 2014: Earned runner-up honors in the hammer throw at the 2014 Pac-12 Championships. 2013: Took third in the weight at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Indoor Championships...Was fifth in the hammer at the 2013 Pac-12 Championships...Freshman record holder in the hammer. *Completed a gap year after graduation to train for World Junior Championships and Olympic Trials...Was fourth in the weight at the USA Indoor Championships (Weight)...Competed at USA Olympic Trials and recorded an American Junior record of 223-6 in the hammer...Earned a spot on the USA World Championships team... Personal-best marks of 71 feet, 4 inches (weight) and 223-6 (hammer). High School: Won back-to-back indoor national championships in the weight throw and earned second place honors in the shot put nationally as a junior and was an indoor All-American in the shot as a senior.... Set high school national record with a mark of 65 feet, 4 inches in the weight as a junior before topping her own record with a 68-2 during her senior year...Won the outdoor national title in the hammer throw as a senior and was national runner-up as a junior...Two-time outdoor All-American in the shot put...Set national Senior class record in the hammer at 211-4...Won PanAm Games as a senior...Captured GHSA AAAA state shot put championships as a junior and senior and named school's Athlete of the Year...Established high school national record in the hammer (214-3)...Won USA Junior national championship in the hammer as a junior, senior and in the training year after she graduated...Member of USA Junior World Championship team and of Youth Olympic Games team, where her team finished eighth...Was second in the discus at the 2011 state meet...Finished ninth at the USA Outdoor Championships.... Also played softball at St. Pius X...Member of Honor Roll and Spanish Club. Personal: Born March 13, 1993...Daughter of Al Ashe and Rosa-McDaniel Ashe...Majoring in International Affairs and Political Science.