WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Redshirt junior setter Ashley Evans was one of six Division I players named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District V team. Fifty-one players from eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada were so honored from Division I institutions. District V covers Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
This is the second straight Academic All-District honor for Evans, who was a third team Academic All-America selection in 2015. The mechanical engineering major has dished out 10.74 assists per set, ranking 41st nationally and fifth in the Big Ten, while also adding 2.18 digs per set and a team-best 25 aces. She has helped the Boilermakers to a team hitting percentage of .250 or better in 14 matches this season, including .300 or better eight times and .500 or better once. She has posted eight double-doubles, combining assists and digs each time and also one triple-double.
The Liberty Township, Ohio, native became the most recent addition to the Triple Threat club, posting her first career triple double against No. 24 Kentucky on Aug. 27. Evans dished out 43 assists, while also tallying 10 kills of her own and 10 digs, marking the first triple double for a Boilermaker since Val Nichol recorded her fourth on Nov. 19, 2014. Evans is the 15th individual to record a triple double in program history and just the fourth setter to do so, joining Nichol (4), Jaclyn Hart and Renata Dargan.
Evans joined another elite group Wednesday, becoming just the sixth setter in Purdue lore to record at least 2,000 assists and 750 digs. To date, she has posted 2366 assists and 757 digs. The others to accomplish the feat are: Renata Dargan (5871 assists, 921 digs); Rachel Davis (3294 assists, 874 digs); Darcy Orin (4523 assists, 853 digs); Jaclyn Hart (4918 assists, 818 digs); Kelly Niedbalski (3056 assists, 811 digs).
All told, Evans has tallied 25 career double-doubles, while posting 37 double-digit dig efforts and three double-digit kill tallies.
The full list of Academic All-District selections is here.
Purdue volleyball has earned 33 Academic All-District honors since 1982, including 18 under Coach Shondell (since 2003). Evans is the seventh multi-time honoree and the most recent since Ariel Turner (2011 and 2012). Danita Merlau (2006, 2007, 2008) and Kristen Arthurs (2008, 2009, 2010) are the lone three-time selections in program lore.
Evans is now eligible for Academic All-America honors, which will be announced December 8.