University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Ashleigh Carter Named Assistant Coach at Vassar College
08.22.2007 | Women's Soccer
Ashleigh Carter, a 2007 graduate of UNC Asheville, was named an assistant women's soccer coach today. The announcement came from Sharon Beverly, Director of Athletics & Physical Education at Vassar College. Carter, a four year member and starter on the UNC Asheville women's soccer team, captained the Bulldogs her final season.
While playing at UNC Asheville, Carter was part of two Big South regular season championship teams in 2004 and 2005 and led the Bulldogs to a Big South Tournament championship her senior year. The tournament victory garnered the school's first ever NCAA women's soccer birth.
Carter's collegiate accolades includes are many, and include a Big South Player of the Week award, First Team All Conference honors (2006), Big South Conference Tournament MVP (2006), and also was named the team MVP during as a senior.
The Aurora, CO native had previously coached for two summers with the UNC Asheville soccer camp, where she helped design workouts, perform demonstrations and evaluate player skill development. While at Asheville, Carter played for coach Michelle Cornish, a 1985 US National Team member who has been named Big South Coach of the year in 1995 and 2005.
Carter, a Mathematics Dean's List graduate at UNC Asheville, completed her degree in May 2007.
