2017 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Ashley Sanchez
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Mountain Park
- Hometown:
- Monrovia, Calif.
2019
Set a new school record with 42 career assists in just three seasons โฆ Tied her own school single-season record with 15 assists โฆ Ranked second on the team in goals with seven and points with 29 โฆ Totaled three postseason assists to extend her school record of career NCAA Tournament assists to 14 โฆ With a point in the first three games of the season, she extended her school record for consecutive games with a goal or assist to 16 โฆ Ranked second on the team in goals scored with seven โฆ Earned second-team All-Pacific Region and first-team All-Pac-12 honors โฆ Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week on Nov. 12 after recording two assists and breaking the school record for career assists in the win over USC โฆ Selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
2018
First-team United Soccer Coaches All-American โฆ Earned first-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honors for the second consecutive year โฆ MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist โฆ Led UCLA in all scoring categories with 10 goals, 15 assists and 35 points โฆ Ranked second in the nation in total assists and 12th in total points โฆ Set four new school records - single-game assists (four), consecutive games with a goal or assist (13 and counting), assists in a NCAA Tournament (seven) and career NCAA Tournament assists (11) โฆ Tied the school record for single-season assists with 15 โฆ After just two seasons, she ranks sixth on UCLAโs career assist chart with 27 โฆ Scored two goals and assisted on another in UCLAโs 6-0 win over Oregon State โฆ Recorded another two-goal game with two against San Jose State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament โฆ Set the school record for assists in a game with four in the NCAA second-round game against Minnesota โฆ Added two more assists in the NCAA third round against NC State.
2017
Selected to Top Drawer Soccerโs Best XI Third Team โฆ First-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 selection โฆ Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team โฆ Set a new UCLA freshman record with 12 assists, a total that ranks fourth all-time on UCLAโs single-season list โฆ Her four NCAA Tournament assists tie for third on UCLAโs single-season list โฆ Third on the team in scoring with 24 points on six goals and 12 assists โฆRecorded three game-winning goals โฆ Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week after scoring a goal and assisting on the game-winner at Virginia โฆ Scored the game-winner in overtime to beat USC, 3-2 โฆ Scored the game-winner in the win over Cal โฆ Had two assists against Santa Clara.
U.S. National Team
Has participated in National Team camps since 2013 โฆ Trained with the full U.S. Womenโs National Team in December 2019 and April 2016 โฆ Member of U.S. team at 2018 FIFA U-20 Womenโs World Cup โฆ Captain of the USA team at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Womenโs World Cup โฆ Won the Golden Ball as the best player in the tournament at the 2016 CONCACAF U-17 Womenโs Championships in Grenada and was also named to the Best XI โฆ Was the only player from the U.S. U-17 Womenโs World Cup Team to make the U-20 Womenโs World Cup Team โฆ Became the first USA Player in history to play in two Womenโs World Cups in the same year โฆ Helped the U-20s qualify for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Womenโs World Cup at the Championship โฆ Was awarded the Cal South Youth Female Player of the Year in 2016 โฆ NSCAA Youth Girls All-American Player of the Year in 2016 and US Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2016 โฆ Played with the U-23s in 2019.
High School/Club
Attended Mountain Park High School for three years and Monrovia High School for one year โฆ Earned a varsity letter in 2013 as a forward โฆ NSCAA Youth Girls All-American Player of the Year in 2016 โฆ Played club team for the SoCal Blues โฆ Participated in the CAL South ODP, Region IV ODP and iD2 during club career โฆ Cal South Youth Female Player of the year 2016.
Personal
Full name is Ashley Nicole Sanchez โฆ Born in Pasadena, Calif. โฆ Parents are Ralph and Julie Sanchez โฆ Has two older siblings, Evan and Sierra โฆ Grandfather John Shirk played football for USC โฆ Decided to attend UCLA because of the great tradition of womenโs soccer, strong academics and beautiful campus โฆ Selected as the U.S. team flag-bearer at the opening ceremonies of the 2019 World University Games โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as playing in the U-17 and U-20 World Cups โฆ Admires Lionel Messi, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant โฆ Hobbies include hiking and playing with her two dogs โฆ Political Science major.
