2018: A second-team all-Pac-12 performer for the second straight season and was a third-team all-region selection … Was Arizona’s centerfielder and leadoff hitter for the majority of the season … Saw action in 46 games, including 43 starts; an early season illness and a late-season broken hand cost her the rest … Started 38 games in center field, four games at second base and one game in right field … Was Arizona’s leadoff hitter in 32 games, but also saw time in the two-hole (3) and nine-hole (8) … Led the team with a career-high 15 steals in 17 tries; her 15 stolen bases were nearly half of Arizona’s team total (31) … Hit .273 on the season … Set career highs in doubles (4) and home runs (5) … Entered the season with just three homers in 387 career at-bats and hit five in 139 at-bats as a senior … Her five home runs ranked fifth on the team … Tied for the team lead with five HBPs … Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017: Second-team all-Pac-12 and all-region performer … Finished third on the team and eighth in the Pac-12 with a .386 batting average, a career high and greater than a 100 point increase from her .271 average in 2016 … Posted career highs in batting average (.386), hits (56), RBI (16), slugging percentage (.421), on-base percentage (.426) while striking out a career-low 14 times … Appeared in 60 games, including 57 starts … Started 53 games in right field and four at second base … Second on the team with five steals in five tries … Hit .387 in Pac-12 play, fifth best average in the conference … Had 12 multi-hit games in 2017 after accumulating 11 total in her first two seasons … Hit her lone home run of the season vs. Hartford (3/11) to drive in a season-high three runs … Had at least one hit in 43 of her 57 starts on the year … Tied a career high with three hits in Arizona's Tucson Regional-clinching victory vs. South Carolina (5/21) … Led the Pac-12 with 10 sacrifice bunts … Was very impressive defensively in her first season in right field; had just one error in 47 attempts and made a game-saving catch in the bottom of the seventh to rob Oregon State of a walkoff hit and send the game to extras, where UA would eventually win (3/19) … An honorable mention Pac-12 all-academic selection for the second straight season … Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak … Had a seven-game hitting streak from 3/12-24, the fourth longest on the team … Collected her second career three-hit game in UA’s Tucson Regional clinching victory over South Carolina (5/21) … Tied a career high with three RBI vs. Hartford (3/11) … Batted ninth in Arizona’s order for the majority of the season (46 games), but also had 11 starts in the eight hole … Was 5-for-5 stealing bases in 2017, including a career-high-tying two steals at California (4/2).
2016: A 53 game starter, 52 of which came at second base, after playing exclusively outfield as a freshman … Tied for the team lead with 12 steals and is the active leader in career steals with 21 … Had nine multi-hit games and two games with multiple RBI … Hit .316 in Pac-12 games, second highest conference average on the team … Stole two bases on two occasions (3/5 vs. Saint Francis, 4/8 vs. Houston), a career-high and tied for the most of any Wildcat in 2016 … Her 12 steals ranked fifth in the Pac-12 … Spent some time (16 games) in the bottom of the order before settling into the No. 2 spot in the batting order (37 games) … More than doubled her total hits (45) and runs scored (34) from her freshman season … Her 34 runs scored ranked fourth on the team … Had four sac bunts, fourth on the team … Hit .271 in 166 at-bats … Had three doubles, a triple and one home run on the season … Hit her second career home run vs. New Mexico State (4/6) … Drove in a career-high three runs vs. UCF (2/20) … Scored three runs vs. Stanford (4/17), a career high … Had the longest hitting streak (11 games) and on-base streak (19 games) of any Wildcat, both career-longs … Named Pac-12 all-academic (honorable mention) … Knoxville Regional: Had one hit and one RBI in 11 at-bats … Auburn Super Regional: Had one hit and one RBI in 11 at-bats.
2015: Emerged as Arizona’s top option in centerfield late in the season after splitting time in the outfield early on … Started 26 games, including 10 of the final 12 games … Earned 22 starts in center, three starts in left and one as the designated player … A Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention selection … Second on the team with nine steals in 10 attempts … Hit .289 in 76 at-bats … Knocked one triple and one home run on the season … Batted in eight runs and scored 15 of her own … Slugged .355 and got on-base at a .365 clip … Fourth on the team with three sacrifice bunts … Had a pair of multi-hit games, including a three-hit outing in her first career conference game when she went 3-for-4 at California (3/14) … Drove in multiple runs on three occasions … Had a seven-game hitting streak (4/11-5/7) … Hit her first-career home run, a two-run shot, against Stanford (4/24) … Hit a walkoff, pinch-hit, come-from-behind, two-run triple in the bottom of the eighth inning in just her fifth career at-bat against Oklahoma State (2/8) … Stole two bases against Loyola Chicago (2/14) … Tucson Regional: Started all but one game in the regional … Went 1-for-9 at the plate, but her lone hit brought in a run against Minnesota (5/17) … Stole a base vs. the Golden Gophers (5/16) … Baton Rouge Super Regional: Earned the start in game 1 and went 0-for-2.
High School: A four-year letterwinner at Antelope H.S. under head coach Lisa Wallace …. A 2014 Max Preps All-American … An all-state performer as a senior … Cited as conference MVP as a sophomore and senior … Named all-conference all four years while receiving all-city recognition as a junior and a senior … Posted a .532 average as a senior with three homers, 24 RBI and 40 runs scored … Led team to 2014 league championship with a 19-9 record.
Personal: Born Ashleigh Anne Hughes in March of 1996 to Raynard and Sherree Hughes … Relatives Dante Hughes and Glyn Milburn each played in the NFL after prepping at Cal and Stanford, respectively … Enjoys heavy weight lifting and set her girls high school record with a 185 pound power clean … Is undecided in her field of academic pursuit … Chose Arizona over Oregon, Oregon State and Alabama because she “wanted to be a part of the tradition within the school and especially the softball team.”
Career Honors:
2018
NFCA All-West Region (Third Team)
All-Pac-12 (Second Team)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
2017
All-Pac-12 (Second Team)
All-NFCA West Region (Second Team)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
2016
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
2015
Pac-12 All-Freshman (Honorable Mention)
