2023 Volleyball Roster

Ashley Davis
Ashley Davis

3 Karly Basham

Biography

In the WSU Record Books (updated after 2023 season)
- t-1st Aces in a Match, Aces in 4-set match (7 vs Belmont, 9/2/22)
- t-4th Aces in 3-set Match (5 vs Cal, 10/30/22)
- 8th in career digs (1,173)
- 5th all-time in digs/set (3.33)

WSU CAREER:
FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR (2023):
Started every match at libero for the Cougars' on their first run to the NCAA Sweet 16 since 2018...  Tallied 15 or more digs in a stretch of three consecutive matches that saw Washington State defeat No. 8 BYU, No. 18 Baylor, and No. 6 Texas... Finished with multiple aces in eight matches on the season... Leaves the Washington State volleyball ranked fifth all-time in career digs/set (3.33) and eighth in career total digs (1173), despite spending the first two years of her career at Texas A&M... Had eight matches with five or more set assists, finishing the season with 0.82 assists/set.

SENIOR (2022): Started all 33 games at libero for Washington State, finishing the year with a team-leading 3.25 digs/set... Tied a 34-year-old program record with seven aces in the Cougs' four-set win over Belmont (9/2)... Fell only one ace shy of a three-set program record with five aces in a sweep over Cal (10/30)... Finished the season with a serving percentage of .922 and was second on the team with 38 aces on the year... Was a primary passer for the Cougs and had 12 matches in which she tallied five or more set assists... Surpassed 1,000 career digs between her time at WSU and Texas A&M in the Cougs' second-round match vs No. 3 San Diego in the NCAA Tournament (12/2)...  Tallied 21 matches with double-digit digs which included three matches with 20 or more digs... Played some of her best matches of the season during the Cougs' postseason run as she averaged a team-leading 5.57 digs/set in Washington State's two NCAA Tournament matches.

JUNIOR (2021): Recorded four assists with 15 digs in her debut for the Cougs in a five-setter at South Carolina on Aug. 27... Led the team with 3.44 digs/s as the Cougs' leading defensive specialist and starting libero... Posted a season-high 20 digs in Washington State's NCAA Tournament win over Northern Colo. (12/2)... Notched a perfect reception percentage with 16 digs in WSU's conference-opening win over No. 24 Colorado (9/22)... Tallied a season-high four service aces in a sweep over Long Beach State (9/9)... Had 10 matches with two or more service aces... Dished out a season-high eight assists in a five-set loss to 15th-ranked UCLA... Had 19 matches with a perfect reception percentage, finishing the season with a .958 rec pct as the Cougs' libero.

BEFORE WSU:
SOPHOMORE (2020) w/ TEXAS A&M: 
Appeared in her first game as A&M’s starting libero and recorded 12 digs vs. LSU (10/17)…Tallied 21 digs and two assists vs. LSU (10/18)…Logged nine assists, two service aces and nine digs at Ole Miss (10/22)…Finished with eight assists and 11 digs at Ole Miss (10/23)…Recorded 13 digs and an assists vs. Mississippi State (11/4)…Tallied her third straight double digit dig performance after finishing with 21 digs and an assist vs. Mississippi State (11/5)…Tallied 13 digs and two aces at Arkansas (11/13).

FRESHMAN (2019) w/ TEXAS A&M: Appeared in all 31 matches for the Aggies, seeing action in 107 sets...Had seven consecutive starts and averaged 1.41 digs per set...Had double-digit digs four times and led the Aggies in digs twice...Made her first collegiate debut vs. Dayton and had three assists and six digs (Aug. 30)…Made her first collegiate start at No. 25 Louisville, tallying 10 digs and a season-high four assists (Aug. 31)…Recorded two service aces and nine digs vs. California Baptist (Sept. 6)…Registered 12 digs at Tennessee (Sept. 29)...Collected six digs and an assist at No. 22 Mizzou (Oct. 6)...Recorded six digs at Mississippi State (Oct. 18)...Tallied an assist and a dig vs. No. 24 Mizzou (Nov. 3)...Logged three digs at LSU (Nov. 10)...Dished out four assists, while collecting nine digs vs. Auburn (Nov. 13)...Finished with eight digs and ace vs. Mississippi State (Nov. 22)...Logged 12 digs and five assists vs. Ole Miss (Nov. 24)...Recorded a career-high 15 digs and five assists at South Carolina (Nov. 27)...Collected six digs at No. 15 Florida (Nov. 30)...Tallied three digs vs. St. John's (Dec. 5) and six digs vs. Rice (Dec. 6)...Tallied four digs vs. No. 4 Wisconsin (Dec. 13).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year starter libero/defensive specialist for coach Rod Kordes for Assumption High School…Was named second team all-state by the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association after captaining Assumption High School to a 43-0 record…Helped her team to the third undefeated team in program history for the state-champion Rockets, who were declared the 2018 national champion by PrepVolleyball.com and were No. 1 in the final national rankings by both USA TODAY and MaxPreps…Ended her Assumption career riding a 57-match winning streak…Named to the all-district, all-region first team and the academic all-state first team by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association…Played eight years of club volleyball for KIVA…Led her club volleyball team to two top-three finishes in the open division at the AAU National Championships over the last four years …Named Prep Volleyball Team Gym Dandy in 2019… Her favorite athletic achievements are when she got the winning ace against Munciana Samaria’s 18’s team during her 17’s year to win the match and be the only loss they had all season and also in the Vegas tournament during her junior year when she served her team back from a seven-point deficit to win… Most memorable of high school athletic career is being state and national champions for high school in both her junior and senior seasons and also being undefeated her senior year of high school while being national champions.
 
PERSONAL: Began playing volleyball when she was six years old…Her mother, Kelly played basketball at the University of Louisville…Her father, Greg golfed for Western Kentucky University and her brother, Billy is a former member of the golf team at Eastern Kentucky University…Describes herself as a very loud, competitive and hardworking player…”My strengths are being willing to do whatever it takes to win, being a leader and driving the team and my grittiness. This sport means so much to me because it has given me the opportunity to travel, make forever friendships and has taught me many life lessons.”…Have helped with the elderly, poor, people with special needs, refugees and children…Hobbies include shopping, hanging out with friends and watching Netflix…Is majoring in Psychology…Career ambition is to be a trauma or family therapist.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2021Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'8"
    3
  • 3

    2022Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'8"
    3
  • 3

    2023Fifth Year

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'8"
    3