“Hopefully Ashley will have an injury free season in her last go around. I consider her one of the best pitchers ever produced in this state. Ashley turned heads at the age of 11, and I think she will turn them forever in her senior year. She appears stronger, more confident and has developed new looks. I believe that she was definite All-American material last year and was overlooked. She should reap that reward this season. She is a vital cog in our ultimate success as a team as she will play a major role with her pitching and her bat.”
– Girouard on Lewis
2000 Second Team All-SEC
2000 Second Team NFCA All-South Region
2000 Second Team All-Louisiana
2000 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
2000 SEC All-Tournament Team
2000 SEC Player of the Week – Feb. 28
2000 SEC Pitcher of the Week- March 13
1999 All-SEC First Team
1999 SEC All Tournament Team
1999 SEC Tournament MVP
1999 NFCA All-South Region First Team
1999 All-Louisiana First Team
1999 Louisiana Newcomer of the Year
Junior Season (2000)
Was named to the second team All-SEC, NFCA All-South Region and All-Louisiana… Named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team and the SEC All-Tournament team… Also honored as the SEC Player of the Week on Feb. 28 after she hit her first home run of the season against Southern Miss to send the Purple and Gold Challenge championship game into extra innings… She then had the winning RBI in the eighth inning…Named the SEC Pitcher of the Week on March 13 after she pitched fifteen innings at the OU/Worth Invitational against No. 5 Oklahoma and Texas-San Antonio giving up only four hits and striking out 13, her ERA for the weekend was 0.00…Key member of a pitching staff ranked ninth in the NCAA final rankings…Had an ERA of 0.84 in 174.0 innings for the season, which is a Tiger season best… Has the lowest Tiger career ERA at 0.92…Only allowed 84 hits and 41 runs, with only 21 earned runs… Had a season record of 22-5 to put her at 47-9 for her two year career at LSU…Second on the team with 47 career wins… Credited with the win over rival Southern Miss in the 13-inning semi-final game of the NCAA Regional…Struck out 142 batters for the year… Second all-time with 288 K’s for her LSU career… Pitched eight innings against Ole Miss on March 31, striking out 10 batters…Made 35 appearances in the circle for the Tigers with 28 starts…Pitched two shutouts for the Tigers, has nine shutouts for her career… Only allowed two home runs in 2000…Opponents batting average was .143…Vital part of the Tiger line-up, hitting .281 for the season… Had 39 hits, seven doubles, four home runs and 30 RBI for the season… Scored two runs against Alabama A&M on Feb. 26 and Mississippi State on April 7…Had three hits and five RBI against Boston College on March 3…Had a fielding percent of .967 with three putouts and 56 assists with only two errors.
Sophomore Season (1999)
Member of the first team All-SEC, NFCA All-South Region and All-Louisiana teams…Was named to the SEC All Tournament Team and was Tournament MVP and Louisiana Newcomer of the Year…Ranked 20th in the NCAA with her .99 ERA, which is the lowest ERA in team history…Led the SEC with a .56 ERA and 13 wins in SEC play…In 30 appearances posted a 25-4 record and has the best season won-loss percentage at .862…Holds the season record for most wins…Pitched 15 complete games and 177.0 innings total…Pitched 10 innings against Arkansas on May 16 to win the SEC Tournament championship game…Had seven shutouts for the season…Struck out 146 batters, the third most in team history… Had 10 strikeouts against Ole Miss on April 2…Only gave up one home run for the season…Hit .270 for the season with 31 hits, six doubles, one triple against Auburn on March 20, two home runs and 21 RBI…Had six RBI and three hits against Ole Miss on April 3.
at Texas A&M (Freshman Season 1998)
Earned All-Big 12 and second team All-Region honors as a utility player… Finished 12-9 with a 2.02 ERA in 23 appearances… Also played first base and designated hitter… Had a .289 batting average with four home runs and 14 RBI… Third leading hitter on the Aggie squad.
High School
Two-time high school All-American during her sophomore and junior years at Central High… Four-time member of the All-District team and won the district MVP honors during her last three years… Four-time member of the All-State team and received state MVP her junior and senior years… Helped Central High win three district titles and two state titles… Named as the Baton Rouge Advocate’s Female Athlete of the Year her senior year and was a finalist for the award her junior year… Named as the first Miss Softball in Louisiana her junior year… Named the MVP in the softball All-Star game… Featured twice by Prep Illustrated in 1995 and 1996… For her high school career, had a 76-9-2 record with a 0.40 ERA, pitched 40 no-hitters, struck out 1,053 batters in 466 innings and had a .415 batting average.
Personal
Full name is Ashley Nicole Lewis…… Parents are Michael and Betty Lewis…Has two brothers, Ryan and Jason…Her uncle is Steve Ensminger, a former LSU quarterback who played professionally for the New Orleans Saints and the Philadelphia Eagles…Majoring in Human Ecology…Favorite dessert is cheese cake…Likes shopping and laying out… Born August 26, 1979