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Capital University

2016 Softball Roster

18 Ashley Knowles

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Canton, Ohio
  • High School East Canton
  • B/T R/R
  • Position 1B/OF

Biography

2016: Honorable Mention All-OAC … appeared 35 games … went 31-for-92 for the team’s best batting average (.337) … posted eight doubles, eight RBIs, and four stolen bases … collected 24 putouts and a pair of assists with a fielding percentage of .897 … registered multiple hits in nine games, a season high of three hits and four put outs came against Mount Union on March 16.

2015: Started in 39 of the 41 games she played for the Crusaders … went 28-for-77 at the plate for a batting average of .364 … scored 19 runs and batted in 16 more … walked four times for an on-base percentage of .395 … stole four bases on five attempts … recorded 26 put-outs on the year … went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs, helping the Crusaders to a 14-8 win over Ursinus on March 14 … posted two hits, two RBIs, two scored runs, and a stolen base in Capital’s second win of the day against Muskingum on March 31 … doubled to drive in a run and later score on April 18 in the 10-4 victory over John Carroll …homered and posted another hit in the second-game loss to John Carroll on April 18 … hit in both at bats, using a sacrifice hit and a double to drive in two and score twice to avenge Capital’s loss earlier in the day with the 6-2 victory over Kenyon on April 22 … posted two hits with a run and RBI on April 23 in the 13-3 victory against Denison … hit twice to drive in two runs and stole a base against Ohio Northern for the 10-2 win in the second game on April 26 … in Capital’s first contest in the OAC tournament against Ohio Northern on May 1 … hit three times in five at bats to score both of the Crusader’s runs in the dramatic 3-2 loss after ten innings in the third round of the OAC Tournament on May 2

2014: Started in all 39 games she appeared in … batted .300 (27-of-90) with 14 runs scored and 13 runs batted in … knocked three doubles and tied for second on the team with three triples … drew four walks and was hit by one pitch … tallied one sacrifice fly and six sacrifice hits … stole one base in two attempts … totaled 28 putouts without committing an error … hit a double, scored a run and knocked two in during Capital’s record-setting 32-1 triumph over Johnson St. (Vt.) on Feb. 28 … registered two hits and scored two runs in the Crusaders’ 8-3 win against New Paltz St. (N.Y.) on March 14 in Salisbury, Md. … recorded two hits, a run scored and an RBI in Capital’s 6-5 victory over Baldwin Wallace on March 22 … finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in the Crusaders’ 8-6 triumph at Denison on April 10 … posted three hits each in back-to-back games at Bluffton (April 23, a 5-0 Capital win) and at Ohio Northern (April 26)

2013: Appeared in four games, primarily as a pinch runner … drew a walk in the Crusaders’ 14-0 victory against Immaculata (Pa.) on Feb. 26 in Clermont, Fla. … scored one run each in Capital wins against John Carroll (March 29) and Denison (April 14)

Personal: Majoring in Marketing … parents are Richard and Erica Knowles … attended East Canton High School, where she participated in softball, cheerleading and track … received honorable mention all-league honors, also a part of East Canton''s 2010 State Final Four team … played for coach Craig Linerode at East Canton … career ambition is to work in sports marketing or marketing for a charitable organization … hobbies include church youth groups.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2013Freshman

    1B/OF
    5'10"
    18
  • 18

    2014Sophomore

    1B/OF
    5'10"
    18
  • 18

    2015Junior

    1B/OF
    5'10"
    18
  • 18

    2016Senior

    1B/OF
    5'10"
    18