Ashlee Pedersen

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Team bonding retreat to Kalispell/Glacier National Park

Year:
Senior
Position:
D/F
Hometown:
Mead, Wash.
Previous School:
3L

2017 (senior season): All-Big Sky Conference second team… Four-time Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in 20 of Montana’s 21 contests, earning 15 starts… Averaged 57.5 minutes played per contest, including every minute of six games… Montana’s defense allowed just 0.76 goals per game, the 32^nd-best average in the NCAA in 2017 and second-best average in school history… Helped Montana limit Big Sky opponents to 8.7 shots per game, including 2.9 on frame – the best defensive figures in the league… Also saw significant time at forward, recording 10 shots on the season, four of which were on frame.

2016 (junior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference … Played in all 20 matches, getting 14 starts … Averaged more than 71 minutes, primarily at center back with time also at forward … Key member of a backline that allowed just 17 goals in 20 matches (0.85/m) and recorded a Big Sky-leading nine shutouts … Tied for second on the team with three goals, tied for the team lead with three assists … Ranked third on the team with nine points … Took 19 shots, the third-highest total on the team, putting 10 on goal … All three goals came in league matches … Scored second goal in 2-0 home win over Idaho State, team’s opening goal in 2-2 draw at Northern Arizona and goal early in the second half that pulled Montana even at 2-2 as the Grizzlies rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 in overtime at Eastern Washington … Assisted on Hallie Widner’s equalizer in 87th minute that earned Montana a 1-1 draw at Wyoming … Assisted on Madison Adams’ goal in 51st minute that opening the scoring in 1-1 draw at Sacramento State and on Kaitlin Crowell’s goal in 67th minute in 3-0 home win over Weber State … Took 17 of 19 shots after Big Sky play opened and spent more time at forward … Twice took three shots in a match, twice put two shots on goal … Five times played 90 or more minutes in a match, with a season-high 97 in 1-1 draw at Sacramento State.

2015 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference ... Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team ... Voted team’s Citius, Altius, Fortius award winner ... Named team’s co-Academic Award winner for 2015 spring semester ... Played in 17 of 22 matches, getting 12 starts ... Despite missing five matches to injury, one of five field players to log more than 1,200 minutes ... Defender who also spent time at forward to cover for personnel losses ... Tied for second on the team with Dani Morris with eight points ... Scored three goals and had a pair of assists ... Six of season’s eight points came in final four matches of the season ... Scored both goals in 2-0 victory over Weber State in Big Sky tournament quarterfinal match at Moscow, Idaho ... Assisted on Aspen Peifer’s game-winning goal in 1-0 home victory over Sacramento State and on Kaitlin Crowell’s second-half goal in 3-2 loss at Idaho in Big Sky tournament semifinal ... Scored first collegiate goal in first appearance at forward in 3-1 home loss to Purdue ... Took 19 shots on the season, putting eight on goal ... Four times took three shots in a match ... Played all 90 minutes four times.

2014 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in 16 of 20 matches, getting 10 starts ... Averaged more than 55 minutes per match ... Started the season’s first seven matches at center back, then missed the next four with a leg injury ... Played the season’s final nine matches, getting three more starts ... Member of a defensive unit that produced 10 shutouts and finished the season with a Big Sky-leading 0.87 goals against average ... Montana allowed its opponents to average just 5.4 shots on goal per match ... Took a season-high two shots in 1-0 victory over Idaho and 0-0 draw at Northern Arizona ... Put shots on goal at NAU and in 1-0 win at Eastern Washington ... Played a season-high 87 minutes in 2-2 draw at Southern Utah ... Also played 80 minutes in 3-1 victory at Houston Baptist.

Career Highs
Goals: 2, Weber State (11.5.15)
Assists: 1, six times
Points: 4, Weber State (11.5.15)
Shots: 3, seven times
Shots on goal: 2, four times
Minutes: 110, two times

Personal: A 2014 graduate of Mt. Spokane High ... The daughter of Annette Helling and Len Pedersen ... Has an older sister, Sammie ... A health and human performance major.