Personal: Ashley will return to the Lady Rams this fall after a great freshman season in 2007-08...She is a talented runner with a strong resume with a wealth of high school honors...She is a 2008 graduate of Hopewell High School in Huntersville, NC where she earned four letters in track & field under head coach Lawrence Lawson...She earned numerous high school honors including winning the regional championship in the 800m run and earning team MVP honors...She was also a three-time team captain...She was also named Best New Runner in the 400m run at the 2008 AAU regional championships...Coming from a family of runners, both of her sisters compete at NCAA Division I universities...Her oldest sister, Lauren, is a former middle distance runner at MEAC rival South Carolina State while another sister, Denzelle, is a junior at UNC-Charlotte where she is a sprinter...Ashley is the daughter of Lawrence and Gewina Lawson.