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Ashley Close

2024 | PA: Sewickley
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Recruit Profile
Excellent stick-skills, speed, and scoring percentage. Leads by example. Ambidextrous. Listens to coach feedback and implements changes. High lacrosse IQ with great vision on the field. Elite tennis player.

I attend a private college preparatory school because I want outstanding academics and sports. I am an A student in honors classes. I purposely choose difficult subjects, such as Mandarin, to challenge myself. At the age of 9, when I was already a nationally-ranked USTA tennis player, I started playing lacrosse, reluctantly. Gradually, my love of lacrosse overtook tennis, despite being in the top 125 in the country, #10 in USTA Middle States, #2 in Pennsylvania, and #1 in Allegheny Mountain District at the age of 12. I stopped playing USTA tennis and only play high school tennis in order to focus on lacrosse.

In lacrosse, I was the leader in scoring and draw controls on the TRUE Youth lacrosse team in 2018 and the Pittsburgh Premier Lacrosse (PPLC) 2024/2025 Green team in 2019. In 2020, I missed most of the summer and fall season respectively due to COVID-19 and an ankle injury (see below), including the Under Armour Call-Back Academy in Tampa, Florida which I was invited. However, in the fall of 2020, the PPLC Blue team won the Magenta Level Mid-Atlantic Championships. In 2021, as a freshman, I was a starter at attack and midfield for my high school team, the Sewickley Academy Panthers that reached the PIAA State Championship Semi-Finals for Class 3A (largest). I had 16 goals, 16 assist, 8 ground balls and 4 steals in 12 regular season games.

I still play tennis 3 days a week, all year. In 2021, I played #1 SINGLES for Sewickley Academy as a freshman. My team, Sewickley Academy, won the WPIAL 2A Championship and placed #2 in the PIAA State Championship, losing by 1 point in the finals. I won the WPIAL SINGLES District and Sectional Championship Titles and came in 3rd in the 2A PIAA State Championship. In 2021, I was undefeated all season and all playoffs until the 2A PIAA State Singles Championship semi-finals, where I lost to the eventual state champion but won my 3rd place match.

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Athletics
Honors & Awards:
-4.0 Weight GPA for 2020-2021
-2020 Under-Armour Call-Back Academy Invite as rising 9th grader,
-2021 Sewickley Academy Panthers Lacrosse 3A PIAA Semi-Finalists- Freshman starter at attack and midfield
-Champions- 2020 Mid-Atlantic Championship- Magenta Level- Champions- 2024 BLUE Pittsburgh Premier Lacrosse Club (PPLC),
-Champions- 2020 Mid-Major Lacrosse 7 vs 7 Tournament- 2024 BLUE team PPLC
-Champions- 2019 Bethel Park 7 vs 7- 2024 team PPLC
-Finalists- 2019 Robert Morris University Colonial Classic- 2024-2025 team PPLC
-Semi-finalist- 2019 NXT Crab Cake- 2024/2025 team PPLC
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Other HS Sports Played:
-3rd Place- 2021 PIAA 2A SINGLES Tennis (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association- PIAA) -Finalist- 2021 PIAA 2A TEAM Tennis -Champion- 2021 WPIAL 2A TEAM tennis (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League- WPIAL) -Champion- 2021 WPIAL Section- SINGLES tennis -Champion- 2021 WPIAL District- SINGLES tennis -2021 #1 Singles player for Sewickley Academy's Varsity Tennis Team (sophomore) -2020- #2 Singles player for Sewickley Academy's Varsity Tennis Team (as a freshman)- 14-1 Record -Finalist- 2020 WPIAL Section TEAM finals, -Champion- 2020 WPIAL District TEAM -Finalist- 2020 WPIAL District SINGLES tennis (injured in finals) -Champion- 2019 USTA Indiana University of Pennsylvania L5 Girls 14s (at age 13) -Finalist- 2019 USTA Mercerized L6 Girls 16s (at age 13), -Finalist- 2019 USTA Mt Lebanon Memorial Day L6 Girls 14s (at age 13), -Finalist- 2019 USTA Fox Chapel USTA Designated L7 Girls 14s (at age 13), -Semi-Finalist- 2019 USTA Peters Heater Classic USTA L5 Girls 14s (at age 13), -Champion- 2018 USTA Indiana University of Pennsylvania L5 Girls 14s (at age 12), -Champion- 2018 USTA Mercerized L7 Girls 14s (at age 12), -Champion- 2018 USTA Mt Lebanon Memorial Day Doubles L5 Girls 14s (at age 12), -Champion- 2018 USTA Western YMCA L5 Girls 12s (at age 12), -Champion- 2018 USTA Mercerized L6 Girls 14s (at age 12), -Finalist- 2018 USTA Peters Heater Classic L5 Girls 14s (at age 12), -Finalist- 2018 USTA Mercerized L5 Girls 14s (at age 12), -Semi-finalist- 2018 USTA L4 Girls 12s (at age 12), -Finalist- 2018 USTA Greensburg L5 Doubles Girls 14s (at age 12)
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Relevant Lacrosse Accolades:
-2021 Sewickley Academy Panthers PIAA semi-finalists- AAA division (largest schools)- starter at attack and midfield -2021 Sewickley Academy Panthers- 13-1 regular season, 3-1 WPIALS and 3-1 PIAA -2020 Under-Armour All-American- Call-Back Academy Invite -2020- PPLC 2024- BLUE team- missed most of year due to COVID and ankle injury -2019- PPLC 2024/2025 GREEN team- Leader in draw controls and scoring and second in assists, -2018- TRUE Pittsburgh Youth Team- Leader in scoring and assists and highest number and percentage of draw controls

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Coach Contacts
High School:
Sewickley Academy
Coach:
Chelsea Cameron
Team Name:
Panthers
Jersey Number:
8
Club Name:
Pittsburgh Premier Lacrosse
Coach:
Katy Phillips
Team Name:
PPLC Premier Girls 2024
Jersey Number:
46

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Academics
GPA (unweighted):
93-96; 4.0; A
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