Ashlyn Masters

2014 Dugout Club Interview

Masters’ 2013 Game-by-Game Statistics
Masters’ 2014 Game-by-Game Statistics

• 2014 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team (DP/U [non-pitcher])
• 2014 NCAA Tournament All-Region Team (Tallahassee Regional)
• SEC Player of the Week (March 31, 2014)
• 2014 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2012-13 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Posted 11 top-15 career listings in her two years in the Garnet and Black … Owns the school’s record for doubles per game with her 0.23 average … Fourth in both slugging percentage (.547) and RBI per game (0.58) and fifth in home runs per game (0.11) … Sixth in three categories: on-base percentage (.407), runs per game (0.67) and walks per game (0.37) … Also tied for eighth in sacrifice flies (7), ninth in batting average (.326), 11th in hits per game (0.93) and tied for 12th in homers (12). 2014 (SENIOR): Started all 56 games in which she appeared, spending time at second, in right field and as the designated player … Earned a spot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Southeast Region second team at the DP/Utility (non-pitcher) spot … Tallied 12 marks that made South Carolina’s top-15 for a single season … Finished tied for second in the Southeastern Conference in doubles (19), while her 0.34 doubles per game ranked 15th in NCAA Division I and set a new program record … Those 19 doubles also stand second in SC’s history … Had four other marks make the nation’s top 150 … Her slugging percentage of .644, the third highest for a Gamecock in a year, ranked 15th in the SEC along with her batting average (.362), which tied for 15th in program annals … Her 47 runs led the team and tied for 13th in Gamecock history, while her 0.84 runs per game stood fourth … Tied for seventh in school history with eight homers in a year, finishing eighth in homers per game (0.14) … Her .447 on-base percentage is the 11th best in SC history for a year, while she finished 15th in total bases (112) … Hit six times, tied for 11th in a year, while her three sacrifice flies is tied for 13th … Broke out with a 3-for-4 outing against LIU Brooklyn (2/14), scoring and driving in two runs …. Doubled in a 2-for-4 day against Maryland (2/15), scoring twice in her first game of the year in the leadoff spot … Went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple, driving in two in the win over Michigan State (2/22) … Started a 16-game hitting streak in the Eastern Kentucky (3/11) triumph, posting two doubles … Hit a walk-off home run against No. 13/15 Texas A&M (3/15-1) to spur the Gamecocks to a doubleheader sweep … Tallied six hits in the three-game series against Mississippi (3/29-30), including a three-hit outing with a homer and three RBI in the game-one win … Doubled twice in Sunday’s win over the Rebels … Named SEC Player of the Week after her play against the Rebels … Had her hitting streak snapped in the second game at No. 15/17 Georgia, drawing an intentional walk to load the bases in the seventh … Her sister Lauren drew a walk immediately afterwards, giving the Gamecocks their first win in Athens since 2001 … In the Saturday win at Arkansas (4/12), she doubled, scored twice and drove in two in a 2-for-3 day … Homered in four of her final five games, starting with the Senior Day triumph against Auburn (5/4) … Went 3-for-4 with two runs and the long ball in the NCAA Tournament win over Fordham (5/17) … Garnered a spot on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2013 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 55 games, starting 48 … Of those starts, 31 came as the designated player and 17 in center field … Also played an inning at second base … Hit .282 with a .358 on-base percentage, both fifth among regulars … Had four sacrifice flies, tying for seventh in a single season at South Carolina … Twice drove in six runs, the first coming in her third game in the Garnet and Black … In that game, went 2-for-3 with a triple in the second win against Stetson (2/9) … That started a seven-game hitting streak which included a homer in the Florida A&M game (2/15), her first as a Gamecock … Began her season-best eight-game hitting streak with a 1-for-3 day in the series finale against No. 21/20 Kentucky (4/7) … Drove in two runs in a 2-for-3 outing against Coastal Carolina (4/10) … Also went 2-for-3 with two runs and a double against Presbyterian (4/16) … Posted two RBI in all three games at Mississippi State (4/26-28), a series the Gamecocks swept on the road … Had homers in the last two games, with Sunday’s seventh-inning round-tripper proving to be the deciding run … In the first game of the NCAA Austin Regional, drove in all six runs with a 2-for-4 day, hitting a grand slam and a double in the win over Houston (5/17). 2011-12 (NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE): Played two years for the Raiders, starting mostly at second base … Hit .410 as a freshman and .428 as a sophomore, leading the team to a pair of Panhandle Conference titles … Slugged .808 as a freshman, posting 11 homers and 27 doubles on the year…Drove in 55 runs and stole six bases … Her sophomore season, slugged .750 with 20 doubles, four triples and seven homers … Part of five double plays while her fielding percentage rose to .951 … Drove in 103 runs during her NWF State career. 2010 (FLORIDA STATE): Signed with the Seminoles, attending the school for the fall of 2010 but never played. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years at Greenbrier High School … Earned first-team all-area honors from the Columbia County News Times on three occasions … Missed her senior year with a knee injury … On the honor roll all four years … Played for coach Dickey Vallery’s Atlanta Vipers travel ball team. PERSONAL: The daughter of Charles and Cyd, Ashlyn Elizabeth Masters has one sister, former teammate Lauren … Says her favorite musical group is Hootie and the Blowfish and her favorite athlete is Josh Hamilton … Lists her sister as her biggest softball influence … Majoring in sport management.