Ashley Kristina Holcombe (born February 20, 1987) is an American

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

player who plays catcher for the USA national softball team. Holcombe is now in her third year with the Women's National Team.

College

Holcombe attended the

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, majoring in marketing. She made 244 career starts at catcher over four years played on the Crimson Tide softball team. She was named second-team All-SEC after the 2008 season when she hit .323 for the season with 12 doubles, five home runs and 21 RBI. She also threw out twenty-six base runners and picked off five. Holcombe was also named an ESPN.com All American her senior year. She was selected as a candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award during the 2009 season.

Post-college career

Holcombe was drafted in the fifth round by the

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of the

National Pro Fastpitch National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), formerly the Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL), was a professional women's softball league in the United States. The teams battled for the Cowles Cup. The WPSL was founded in 1997 and folded in 2001; the NPF revive ...

softball league. She appeared in 14 games for the Thunder, posting a .121 batting average, 4 hits, 1 RBI, and 1 run. On January 11, 2010, she was again named to the 2010 USA women's national softball team. On January 22, 2010, the NPF's

Chicago Bandits The Chicago Bandits were a women's professional softball team based in Rosemont, Illinois. Since the 2005 season, they have played as a member of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF). The Bandits won the 2008 NPF championship, defeating the Washington Gl ...

announced that they had signed Holcombe to a contract for the 2010 season. On July 28, 2011,

Samford University Samford University is a private Christian university in Homewood, Alabama. In 1841, the university was founded as Howard College by Baptists. Samford University describes itself as the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the United Sta ...

head softball coach Mandy Burford announced that Holcombe had been named an assistant coach on the Samford softball coaching staff.

Personal life

On October 9, 2010, Holcombe and her

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, Clifford Bell, exchanged marriage vows in a private ceremony at the Higdon House in

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Career statistics

References

External links

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Ashley Holcombe: Chicago Bandits Player Bio

Ashley Holcombe: Rockford Thunder Player Bio

Ashley Holcombe: USA Softball Player Bio

Ashley Holcombe Bell: Samford Coaching Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holcombe, Ashley 1987 births Living people Alabama Crimson Tide softball players Chicago Bandits players Carolina Diamonds players Samford University people Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in softball Softball players at the 2011 Pan American Games People from Riverdale, Georgia People from Fayetteville, Georgia Softball players from Georgia (U.S. state) Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games