2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Ashleen Quirke
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Los Gatos, Calif.
- High School:
- Los Gatos HS
- Prev School:
- Foothill College
CAREER: In two years, appeared in 52 games and scored 2.4 points per game … She brought down a total of 1.5 rebounds per game and had 27 career blocks.
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Appeared in all 31 games as a senior … Scored 3.0 points per game … Brought down 55 rebounds … Third on the team with 22 blocks … Shot .800 from the free-throw line (16-for-20) … Scored a season-high 10 points against Pacific (1/30).
PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Played in 21 games and made three starts in her first year in Malibu … Averaged 1.5 points per game … Scored a season-high six points against San Diego (1/5) … Named a Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
FOOTHILL COLLEGE (2017-18): Played one year at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif. after redshirting at the University of Northern Colorado … named team MVP as well as South Coast Conference MVP … Helped team tie for first in conference … Had 14.4 points per game, 8.3 rebounds per game and a 49% field goal percentage … Had 27 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and three steals against Mission College … Earned Scholar-Athlete status.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Los Gatos High School in 2015 and played four years of varsity basketball … Was named MVP … Was the first girls basketball player from Los Gatos High School to receive a full basketball scholarship in 30 years.
CLUB: Played for Top Flight Elite (2012-13) and East Bay Xplosion (2013) … Played in Premier Basketball All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Laura Quirke and Paul Quirke … Has two older siblings, Jessica and Colin … Chose Pepperdine because “Playing for Pepperdine has always been a dream of mine ever since I played at the team camp during my freshman year of high school. Pepperdine University has outstanding academics and athletics and I knew that it would properly prepare me for the future.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys cooking and watching Grey’s Anatomy … Favorites include Draymond Green (Pro Basketball Player) … Golden State Warriors (Pro Team) … Love and Basketball (Movie) … Grey’s Anatomy (TV Show) … Khalid (Musical Artist) … Italian and Mexican (Food) … Favorite part of basketball is “the physicality and pushing people around.”
