custom33Lnumber9positionOHhighschoolAurora HSfirst_nameAshleyyearSeniorhometownAurora, Neb.height6-1last_nameGroothuis<b>2004 (Junior):</b> <p> A 2004 All-Big West Conference First Team selection, Groothuis appeared in each of Pacific's 111 games, averaging a team-high 4.14 kills, 2.31 digs and 0.38 blocks per game ... She recorded double-digit kill totals in 26 of the Tigers' 29 matches last season, including double-doubles in six straight matches from Oct. 1 - Oct. 15 ... She averaged 5.00 kills and 3.43 digs per game in Pacific's victories at No. 8 UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 1) and Cal Poly (Oct. 2) ... Ashley recorded 14 kills with just two errors in 25 attempts (.480) as the Tigers swept UC Irvine on Sept. 25 ... She pounded a career-high 26 kills and matched her career-high with 18 digs, good for her first double-double of the season, as Pacific fell in four games at Idaho on Sept. 16 ... Groothuis had 14 kills each against Arizona State and Fordham as the Tigers claimed the tournament title at the Arizona State/Tempe Buttes Invitational Sept. 10-12 ... She recorded 18 kills in the Tigers' season-opening five-game loss to Arkansas at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational on Sept. 3.<b>2003 (Sophomore):</b> <p>Groothuis competed in 113 games in 2003, averaging 2.93 kills, 0.22 service aces, 2.27 digs, and 0.45 blocks per game ... She earned all-tournament honors at the 25th Annual Community Bankers Classic Nov. 28-29, after averaging 4.83 kills, 4.00 digs, and 0.83 blocks per game in the Tigers' two victories ... Ashley hit .375 (11-2-24) and added 11 digs in Pacific's three-game sweep of Cal State Fullerton on Nov. 8 ... She recorded seven double-doubles during the season, including a 16 kill, 15 dig performance with a career-best seven blocks in the Tigers' four-game victory at UC Riverside on Oct. 11 ... She recorded her first career double-double with 10 kills and 16 digs against No. 15 UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 2 ... Ashley posted double-figure kill totals in 10 of her final 12 matches of the season, averaging 3.71 kills per game over that span.<b>2002 (Freshman):</b><p>Groothuis played in 79 games as a freshman, averaging 2.03 kills, 0.66 digs, and 0.41 blocks per game ... She led all Tiger freshmen with 160 kills on the season and was named to the All-Big West Conference Freshman Team ... Groothuis collected a season-high seven digs against No. 6 Stanford on Oct. 22 ... She recorded a season-high six blocks against Utah State on Oct. 17 ... Ashley served up a season-best three aces against UC Riverside on Sept. 28 ... She pounded 18 kills in Pacific's five-game victory at Cal Poly on Sept. 30 ... Groothuis recorded 12 kills in her first career intercollegiate start, a three-game sweep of Creighton on Sept. 6 ... She averaged 2.37 kills per game over an eight-match (30 game) stretch from Oct. 5-26.<b>High School/Club: </b> <p>Groothuis attended Aurora High School in Aurora, Neb., where she was named to the All-Superstate Team as a senior with the Huskies ... Groothuis was the school's all-time leader in kills and also set the single season kills record ... Her team was ranked third in the state her senior year ... The Huskies were also back-to-back Central 10 champions in 1999 and 2000 ... Ashley played club volleyball with the Nebraska Juniors Under-18 team ... That team qualified for the Junior Olympics and won the Northern Lights Tournament.<b>Personal: </b> <p>Ashley Groothuis is the daughter of Dave Groothuis and Karen Chittick and has three sisters ... Ashley is a business major in her fourth year at Pacific.