2012 Cross Country: Recorded a personal best 5K time of 18:11.99 and finished 20th at the Georgia Invitational…Finished sixth with a 5K time of 18:17.55 at the Citadel Open…Took fifth with a 5K time of 18:22.58 at the Big South Preview…Finished 25th with a 5K time of 18:54.61 at the Big South Championships…Set a personal best 6K time of 22:50.22 and finished 46th at the Charlotte Invite…
2012 Track & Field: Earned Big South All-Conference honors in the women's outdoor 3,000 meter steeplechase, finishing second with a personal best time of 11:01.57…Placed eighth in the 5,000 meters with a 18:01.09 time at the Big South Outdoor Championship…part of the school record holing distance medley team with a time of 12:07.81…Finished 7th at the Big South Championship in the indoor mile with a personal best 5:09.47…Finished 6th and ran a personal best in the indoor 3,000m at the UNC Dick Taylor Invitational with a 10:26.92…Finished 3rd with a personal best 2:30,08 in the outdoor 800 meter at the Campbell Irwin Belk Open…Won the 1,500 meter run at the Campbell Irwin Belk Open with a 4:53.21…Placed 2nd in the 2,000 meter steeplechase with a personal best 7:18.99 at the Duke Invitational…Won the Raleigh Relays 5,000 meter run with a personal best 17:55.02…
2011 Cross Country: Named to Big South Cross Country All-Academic team… Earned Big South Presidential Honor Roll…Finished 19th at the Big South Championship with a time of 18:42.00…Recorded a personal best in the 5K in the Gold race at the Charlotte Invitational with a 18:40.12…Finished 20th at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a 18:53.00…Placed 27th at the Blue Ridge Open with a 19:09.60 5K mark…
2011 Track & Field: Named Atlantic Sun All-Academic…Collected a top indoor 800 meter time of 2:24.59 in the Niswonger Invitational, finishing 18th…Finished fifth in the 800 meters at the Liberty Open…Runner-up in the mile at the Liberty Open with a PR of 5:12.64…Placed 15th in the 3,000 meters at the A-Sun Indoor Championships with a mark of 10:36.75…Placed ninth in the 800 meters at the UNF Spring Break Invitational with a time of 2:19.24…Placed 12th in the 800 meters at the Liberty Collegiate with a mark of 2:23.92…Finished 10th in the 1,500 meters at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational with a time of 4:49.54…Registered at fifth place finish in the Shamrock Invitational with a time of 18:11.20 in the 5,000 meters…Gathered four top-10 outdoor finishes…
2010 Cross Country: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Freshman honors…Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic team…Led team with a 28th place finish in the A-Sun Championships (5K) and a personal best time of 18:41.43…Took 12th in the 5K USC Upstate Eye Opener Invitational with a mark of 18:57.00…Placed 10th in the 4K UNCW Seahawk Invitational with a time of 15:09.86…Finished 32nd in the 5K Asics/Winthrop Invitational…
Prep/Personal: A two-time cross country team MVP at West Johnson High…Earned the team’s Wildcat award as a freshman and sophomore before being WJHS’s most valuable runner…Set the school’s 5K and two mile records…Finished in the top 20 at the NC 4-A State Cross Country Championships…Personal records include an 18:41 for the 5000 meters and a 5:03 in the mile, while finishing fourth at the 2010 NC 4-A Track and Field Championships...Collected an 11:07 two mile on the track…Coached by Pat Shaw at West Johnson, a 2000 Campbell Alumnus and a member of the 1998 Campbell A-Sun Cross Country Championship team…Full name is Ashley Dawn Matthews…Born on Sept. 13, 1991 in Raleigh, N.C….Has one brother, Bradley (22)…Plans a biology major…
