TROPHY CASE
2012 Big Sky All-Tournament Team
2012 All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
Big Sky Player of the Week (March 9, 2012)
College Sports Madness Player of the Week (March 5, 2012)
2011 Air Force Classic MVP
2012 College Sports Madness All-Big Sky Conference Third Team
2012 Big Sky All-Academic
2011 All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
2010 Free Press Leader's Sports Star of the Year
2011 Big Sky All-Academic
Big Sky Player of the Week (Dec. 13, 2010)
2010 Big Sky All-Academic
CAREER
Ashleigh Vella's Career Stats
Ranks tied for seventh in career free throws made (241)
Ranks 10th in career field goal percentage (45.1)
Ranks 10th in career free throw percentage (74.8)
IDAHO STATE: (2011-12) Named to the Big Sky All-Tournament team and named All-Conference Honorable Mention…played and started in all 32 games for the Bengals averaging 31.5 minutes per game…averaged 11.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game…posted 20 double-figure scoring games and had two 20-plus scoring games…recorded three double-doubles against Jackson State(12/3) with a season-high 22 points and 15 rebounds, Montana (2/2) with 10 points and 11 rebounds and Eastern Washington (3/3) with 17 points and 13 rebounds…was second on the team in scoring with 359 points for the season…shot 39.9 percent from the field, 30.9 percent from beyond the arc and 78.8 percent from the free throw line…led the team in steals with 40 for the season and was second on the team in blocked shots with 26…also led the team in assists with 85…earned all-academic honors.
(2010-11) Named Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention ... named Free Press Leader’s 2010 Sports Star of the Year ... played out of position at the five spot ... started in all 30 games for the Bengals averaging 30.8 minutes per game ... averaged 12 points per game, the third most on the team scoring a total of 359 points for the Bengals ... posted 21 double-figure scoring games, three 20-plus scoring games and one 30-plus scoring game ... twice had a six-game double-figure scoring streak ... posted a team-high two double-doubles ... recorded a double-double at Utah (12/8) in Idaho State’s first ever win over the Utes with a career-high 31 points and a game-high 11 rebounds ... recorded 20 points and 11 rebounds against Sacramento State (1/27) ... put away 11-of-14 from the field, 78.6 percent, against Eastern Washington (1/29) ... averaged 5.7 rebounds per game, the second most on the team ... recorded a team-high 11 rebounds twice during the season ... hit a team-high 49.4 percent from the field, the third best mark in the Big Sky ... averaged 32.2 percent from the arc hitting 19-of-59 ... hit 76.5 percent from the line ... recorded seven perfect games from the line including a 7-of-7 effort at Northern Colorado (2/28) ... recorded 17 blocked shots, the second most on the team ... notched 44 assists ... recorded 35 steals, the third most on the team.
(2009-10) Earned all-academic honors … competed in all 30 games of the season … started 29 of the 30 games played as a freshman … averaged 29.9 minutes per game … recorded 239 points for the Bengals, third most on the team, averaging 10.2 points for the season, tying for the second most on the team … posted a career-high 18 points against Sacramento State (3/5) hitting a perfect 6-of-6 from the field and hitting 5-of-6 from the line for 83.3 percent … recorded nine double-figure games … scored double-figures in four straight games … pulled down 168 rebounds, 53 on offense and 115 on defense, averaging 5.6 per game … recorded 38 steals, 50 assists and seven blocked shots … recorded 239 points for the Bengals … hit 47.2 percent of her shots from the field and 40.0 percent from the arc, dropping 12 treys … hit 67 percent from the line … posted 15 points against Weber State (2/18) hitting 6-of-8 from the field.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Upwey High School in 2008 ... lettered in basketball and netball ... in 2003, was a school sports athletic representative ... was a member of the U/14’s National Junior Classic Championship team ... was a member of the Victorian school state team from 2006-08 taking two bronze and a silver ... in 2006, was given the Kristi Harrower Club MVP award ... was a school sports Australia team member in 2007-08 ... was a Victorian State team representative in 2008 and 2009 capturing silver and gold ... earned academic achievement awards from 2003-2008 ... holds dual citizenship, both Australian and Maltese, and helped Malta win a gold medal in the Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus in June of 2009.
PERSONAL: Birth date is August 1, 1990 ... parents are Paul and Rhonda ... has one sister, Kirsty ... majoring in sports management ... in the summer of 2010, helped Malta win its second straight gold medal in the European “Division C” Championship held in Armenia.
