June 27, 2006
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ASHLEY NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-MIDWEST REGION

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State’s Nevin Ashley continued to pile up the accolades as he was named First Team All-Midwest Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Ashley is the first Sycamore to earn all-region honors since 2000.

Ashley was one of only two members of the Missouri Valley Conference to be named to the first team, along with MVC Player of the Year Damon Sublett of Wichita State. The first team all-region squad consists of 14 players from schools in the MVC, the Big 12, Mountain West, and the Mid-Continent.

Ashley had an outstanding junior campaign for the Sycamores as he finished the season ranking in the top 10 of eight different offensive categories among the conference elite. He led the Sycamores with a .382 batting average, 10 home runs and 42 runs batted in, and led the league with seven triples and a .653 slugging percentage. He also registered an MVC season-high 22-game hitting streak at the beginning of the year and was named the MVC Player of the Week on March 20.

In addition, he has earned First Team All-MVC honors and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Region plaudits for his efforts. Ashley is the first Sycamore to earn ABCA All-Region honors and academic all-region honors in the same season.

Ashley was recently taken in the Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with the third pick in the sixth round (169th overall) and began his professional career last week with the Princeton Devil Rays of the Appalachian League.