Ashlee Pickerell

Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
West Salem HS
Hometown:
Salem, Ore.

CAREER: Finished her four-year Oregon State career with a scoring average of 77.30, the ninth best in school history … Played 93 rounds … Shot five sub-par rounds … Best score was a 2-under 70 as a junior in the third round of the Anuenue Spring Break Classic … Best finish was a tie for 10^th place as a sophomore at the Rose City Collegiate … Best three-round score was a 1-over 217 as a senior at the Westbrook Spring Invitational … On Oregon State’s single-season scoring list, she is eighth (75.57, 2015-16) and 20^th (76.41, 2014-15) … Named a Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar in 2015 and 2016 … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team in 2015 and 2016 … Named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention in 2014.

SENIOR (2015-16): Played in all eight tournaments … Had a scoring average of 75.57 in 23 rounds, the eighth-best single-season scoring average in Oregon State history … Named a Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team … Best score was a 1-under 71 in the first round of the Westbrook Spring Invitational and the first round of the PING/ASU Invitational … Best finish was a tie for 12^th place at the Pac-12 Preview (+3, 222) … Best three-round score was a 1-over 217 at the Westbrook Spring Invitational where she finished in a tie for 23^rd place … Finished in a tie for 22^nd place at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (+12, 228) … Finished in a tie for 40^th place at the Pac-12 Championship (+7, 223) … Shot a 7-over 79 during stroke-play competition at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic … Defeated Summer Roachell of Arkansas, 2-and-1, during match-play competition at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.

JUNIOR (2014-15): Played in all 10 tournaments … Had a scoring average of 76.41 in 29 rounds, the 16^th best single-season scoring average in Oregon State history … Named a Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team … Shot a career-best 2-under 70 in the third round of the Anuenue Spring Break Classic … Best finish was a tie for 19^th place at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic … Best three-round score was a 5-over 221 at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic … Shot an 11-over 227 at the Silverado Showdown where she finished in a tie for 26^th place … Shot a 10-over 154 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational where she finished in a tie for 27^th place … Competed at the Pac-12 Championship for the third straight year and finished in a tie for 38^th place (+13, 226) … Shot an even-par 72 in the third round of the Silverado Showdown.

SOPHOMORE (2013-14): Played in eight tournaments … Had a scoring average of 77.77 in 22 rounds … Named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … Shot a career-best 2-under 71 in the second round of the Pac-12 Preview … Fired her first career round in red figures, a 1-under 71, on the first day of the Topy Cup … Best finish was a tie for 10^th place at the Rose City Collegiate (+6, 150) … Best three-round score was a 4-over 223 at the Pac-12 Preview where she finished in a tie for 22^nd place … Finished in 16^th place at the Topy Cup in Tanagura, Japan (+13, 229) … Competed in the Pac-12 Championship for the second straight year and finished in a tie for 44^th place (+14, 230) … Shot an even-par 73 in the first round of the Pac-12 Preview.

FRESHMAN (2012-13): Transferred to Oregon State from the University of Tennessee on Dec. 19, 2012 and will have four years of eligibility beginning in spring of 2013 … Played in the final seven tournaments of the spring season … Had a scoring average of 80.21 … Best finish was a tie for 41^st at the Cal Classic … Best three-round score was a 17-over 233 at the Fresno State Lexus Classic … Best score was a 3-over 74 in the first round of the Peg Barnhard Invitational, her first career round at Oregon State … Shot a 4-over 76 in the second round of the Cal Classic.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (2012): Played in all four tournaments in fall of 2012 with the Lady Vols … Recorded a scoring average of 79.75 with a low round of 74 at the Cougar Classic … Best finish was a tie for 63^rd at the Alamo Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from West Salem High School in Salem, Ore., in 2012 … Lettered four years in golf … Was a four-time 6A All-State recipient and named the Mid-Valley Player of Year four times by the Statesman Journal … Won the CVC District Championship four times … Earned league’s Player of the Year honor and First-Team All-Conference recognition four times each … Named team captain of the golf team junior and senior seasons … Was a four-time Honor Roll student and made the All-CVC-League All-Academic Team four times for golf and two times for basketball.

JUNIOR/AMATEUR GOLF: Claimed medalist honors at the Safeway Classic Amateur Open in 2011 that earned her exemption into the LPGA Safeway Classic … Has 76 career tournament wins, 13 second-place finishes and 11 third-place finishes in tournaments in Oregon and Washington … Played in the US Girls’ Junior National Amateur three times, the Callaway Junior World Championships five times and the Trusted Choice Big I Nationals four times … Best tournament scores are a 6-under 66 in a single round and a 4-under 140 in a 36-hole event.

PERSONAL: Born in Tokyo, Japan … Daughter of Paul and Allyson Pickerell … Father works for State of Oregon and is the girl’s head basketball coach at McNary High School and mother works for State of Oregon … Has one sister, Kaylee … Hobbies are playing basketball, watching sports, listening to music and hanging out with friends … Favorite athlete is Steve Nash … Biggest athletic thrill to date is “qualifying for the LPGA Safeway Classic” … Chose Oregon State because “I love Risë (Alexander) and Kailin (Downs) and the team is filled with really awesome girls. Also, Oregon State is close to home so I can be near my family” … Majoring in public health.