Junior Year:Placed third in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships and helped the women's 4,000m DMR take eighth • Finished ninth in the one-mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning Second-Team All-America status • Took second in the 800 with personal-best 2:04.99 and fourth in the 1,500 at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Competed in the 800 at NCAA Regionals
Sophomore Year: ACC Outdoor Championships runner-up in the 1,500 • All-ACC Academic honors • Placed ninth at NCAA Regionals in the 1,500 • Competed at NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500 • Competed for Team USA at the NACAC Under-23 Championships and finished third in the 1,500
Freshman Year: All-America honors for the indoor 1200-meter in the distance medley relay which took second place overall • Freshman of the Year for the 2008 cross country season • Named to Dean's List fall semester • All-Academic ACC Team honors.
Prep: Attended Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Ill. • Two-time state champion in the 1600m • Also 800m state champion • Served as team captain four years • Four-time team MVP selection • Placed fifth at the Nike Nationals • Finished fourth at the Junior Championships as a senior • Member of track and field and cross country teams for four years • Also played basketball • Four-year honor roll student • Member of the National Honors Society • Named a conference scholar athlete.
Personal: Plans to major in Psychology with career plans in forensics as a criminal profiler • Hobbies include hanging out with friends • Lists Michael Johnson and Lance Armstrong as athletes she admires • Lists her high school coach and family as having the greatest influence on her athletic career • Brother ran at Western Illinois • Ashley Ann Verplank is the daughter of Doug and Sue Verplank •Born Sept. 18, 1989 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
