Ashley Earley

Ashley Earley
Personal information
Born (1983-03-09) March 9, 1983 (age 41)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
High schoolBriarcrest
(Memphis, Tennessee)
CollegeVanderbilt (2002–2005)
WNBA draft2005: 3rd round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
PositionGuard / Forward
Career history
2005Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-SEC (2005)

Ashley Earley (born March 9, 1983) is an American basketball player.


Ashley Earley was born to parents Lee and Linda Earley and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She attended Briarcrest HS in Memphis. Earley was named a WBCA All-American (high school).[1] She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored nine points.[2]

The Earley Trophy Case

  • 2001 Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year[3]
  • 2001 Tennessee Miss Basketball[4]
  • 1998 & 2001 State Tournament MVP
  • 2001 Best of the Preps Player of the Year (Memphis)
  • 2001 Parade First Team All-American
  • 2001 USA Today Second Team All-American
  • 2001 Naismith Finalist
  • 2000 NIKE All-American
  • 1998 & 1999 WBCA/Reebok Underclass All-American

She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 2001 to 2005[5] and graduated with a psychology degree.

In the 2005 WNBA draft, she was drafted as the third round selection of the Indiana Fever.[5] After being waived, she played the 2005–06 season overseas with Maccabi Tel Kabir in Tel Aviv, Israel.[5]

In May, 2005, Earley joined the athletic department staff at The University of Alabama as the graduate assistant coach.[5] Her former Vanderbilt University Commodore teammate, Ashley McElhiney also joined as the director of women's basketball operations.

In May 2009, Early left Tennessee Tech to join the University of Rhode Island as an assistant coach.[5] In June 2010, she became assistant coach at Marquette University.[5]

  1. ^ "Past Teams - High School". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WBCA Box Scores was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Gatorade State High School Players of the Year". playeroftheyear.gatorade.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  4. ^ "TSSAAsports.com :: Home of the TSSAA Championships". tssaasports.com. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Ashley Earley". Vanderbilt University Athletics - Official Athletics Website. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2022-04-10.