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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2018-19 Women's Basketball

Son Nguyen
Hunter Martin
Justin Durner
Greg Carroccio

25 Ashley Russell

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Braintree
  • Hometown Braintree, Mass.

Biography

Career Honors: 2019 Ivy League regular season champion ... 2019 second-team All-Ivy ... 2019 second-team All-Big 5 ... 2019 Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... 2017-18 Big 5 champion ... 2017 Ivy League regular season and tournament champion ... 2016 Ivy League champion ... Two-time Big 5 Player of the Week (Nov. 19, 2018; Jan. 2, 2019).

2018-19: Ivy League regular season champion ... Second-team All-Ivy ... Second-team All-Big 5 ... One of eight players to appear in all 31 games for the Quakers ... Started each game, averaging 34 minutes per game, ranking sixth in the Ivy League ... One of Penn's most consistent forces, averaged 11.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game ... Ranked third on the team in both scoring and rebounding ... Led the Ivy League and ranked 28th nationally with an assist/turnover ratio of 2.4, ranking third in the conference with an average of 4.3 assists per game ... Season total of 132 assists ranks third in Penn single-season history ... Scored a season-high 25 points against NJIT (Nov. 17), including four 3-pointers, including eight rebounds and four assists ... Named Big 5 Player of the Week after scoring in double figures for Penn at #1/1 Notre Dame (Nov. 12), against Saint Joseph's (Nov. 15) and against the Highlanders ... Named Big 5 Player of the Week after flirting with a double-double against both Drexel (Dec. 21) and Stetson (Dec. 31), scoring 10 points with nine rebounds against the Dragons with 23 points and nine rebounds against the Hatters ... Notched first career double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds at Harvard (Feb. 16) ... Grabbed 12 rebounds in Penn's loss to Maine (Nov. 25) ... Featured 18 games in double-digit scoring ... Dished at least four assists in 20 games, with a season-high eight at Stetson ... Recorded a season-high five steals in three games - at Cornell (Feb. 1), at Columbia (Feb. 2) and against Yale (Feb. 9) ... Made a season-high five free throws at Siena (Nov.10) and against Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament (March 17) ... Played all 40 minutes in four games, including at least 35 minutes in 13 other games ... Surpassed the 40-minute mark in Penn's double-overtime loss at Harvard (Feb. 16).

2017-18: Big 5 champion ... Featured a breakthrough season as a junior, playing in 30 games with 29 starts ... Averaged 24.3 minutes, 7.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game ... Reset her career-high in points four times on the year ... Tallied 12 points at La Salle (Nov. 29), going 4-for-5 from the field ... Recorded 17 points against Rhode Island (Dec. 22), including a perfect 5-for-5 mark from the free throw line ... Secured a Big 5 championship for the Quakers at Temple (Jan. 21) with 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting from the field ... Notched a season-high 21 points at Dartmouth (Feb. 24), hitting three 3-pointers for the fourth game of the season ... Was a valuable rebounder for the Red and Blue, collecting at least five rebounds in nine games ... Tallied nine rebounds in a win at Temple ... Dished a career-high five assists twice: at Villanova (Jan. 17) and against UAlbany (March 16) in the WNIT ... Played a career-high 37 minutes against Yale (March 2) ... Led the team in scoring five times, in assists twice, in rebounding twice and in steals nine times ... Nabbed five steals at Dartmouth ... Total of 28 3-pointers made was third on the team ... 59 offensive rebounds ranked third on the team ... Shot 37 percent from behind-the-arc.

2016-17: Ivy League regular season and tournament champion ... Saw action in all 30 games during the season, getting valuable minutes off the bench ... Averaged 13.6 minutes per game, 2.7 points per game, 2.6 rebounds per game, and 0.7 assists per game on the season ... Recorded a career-high 11 points twice on the year, first vs. Stevens (Jan. 29) and again in Ivy League action vs. Dartmouth (Feb. 4) ... Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds against Columbia (Feb. 10) and Cornell (Feb. 24) ... Dished out a career-high three assists vs. UC Riverside (Jan. 2), Yale (Feb. 18) and Harvard (Mar. 4) ... Played a season-high 28 minutes at Columbia (Feb. 10) ... Fifth on the team in total rebounds (79) and third on the team with 39 offensive boards on the season (1.3/game) ... Shot 33 percent from the field (31-94) and 26 percent from beyond-the-arc (10-38) on the season.

2015-16: Ivy League champion ... Saw action in 20 games during her freshman season ... Averaged 7.6 minutes per game, 2.4 points per game and 1.1 rebounds per game ... Played a season-high 14 minutes at Yale (Feb. 20) and vs. Harvard (Mar. 5) ... Tallied a season-high eight points, four assists and four rebounds at Harvard (Mar. 5) ... Also grabbed four rebounds vs. Dartmouth (Mar. 14) ... Made two blocks at La Salle (Jan. 18) and Cornell (Feb. 28) ... Went 2-of-3 from three-point range for six points vs. Princeton (Jan. 9) ... Connected on 11-of-30 attempts from behind the arc on the season (.367) ... Was 17-of-47 on field goals for the year (.362).  

High School: Four-year letterwinner ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Two-time Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year (2013 and 2014) ... Two-time Miss ESPN Boston ... Two-time Boston Herald Dream Team selection ... Two-time Boston Globe Super Team selection ... Two-time league MVP ... Won two state championships and four league titles ... Led team to a 95-7 record in her four seasons, including a perfect 25-0 as a senior ... Also lettered four years in lacrosse and three years in volleyball, and served as captain for both teams.

Personal: Daughter of Stacy and Patrick Russell ... Sister, Taylor, played basketball at Babson College ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015-16Freshman

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    2016-17Sophomore

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    2017-18Junior

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    2018-19Senior

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