Ashley Rininger

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
F/C
Height:
6-4
Hometown:
Canton, Ohio
Prev School:
GlenOak HS

Career

Finished her career ranked among the program's all-time leaders in rebounds (fourth, 952), offensive rebounds (fourth, 377), blocked shots (fourth, 156), double-doubles (fourth, 36), field goal percentage (fourth, 52.3), defensive rebounds (fifth, 575) and points (seventh, 1,380)
2016 Rock Royer/Mac Rivera Award
Two-time first team CoSIDA Academic All-American (2015, 2016)
2016 Big South Woman of the Year
2016 Big South Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Three-time Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2014, 2015, 2016)
Three-time Big South All-Academic Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
Three-time VaSID Academic All-State (2014, 2015, 2016)
Three-time All-Big South (2014 first team, 2015 first team, 2016 honorable mention)
2015 Big South Championship MVP
2015 Big South Championship all-tournament team
2013 Big South All-Freshman Team
Five-time Big South Player of the Week
Three-time Big South Freshman of the Week
Two-time VaSID All-State (2014 second team, 2015 second team)
Two-time Richmond Times-Dispatch All-State (2014 second team, 2015 first team)
2013 Seton Hall Thanksgiving Classic all-tournament team
2014 Subway Classic all-tournament team
2015 South Point Thanksgiving Shootout all-tournament team

2015-16 (R-Sr.)

Became the first Lady Flame ever to earn first team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors twice
Won Liberty's Rock Royer/Mac Rivera Award
Big South Woman of the Year
Liberty's first Big South Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (all sports) since 2009
The first women's basketball player ever to win Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in three consecutive seasons
VaSID Academic All-State honoree
Honorable mention All-Big South performer
Made the Big South All-Academic Team for the third straight year
Big South Preseason Player of the Year
Liberty's leading scorer at 11.2 ppg
Opened her year with a season-high 23 points and 11 rebounds at Appalachian State (Nov. 13), leading to Big South Player of the Week honors on Nov. 17
Finished with 15 points and a season-best 14 boards versus NC State (Nov. 20)
Scored 18 points in back-to-back games against nationally-ranked Ohio State (Nov. 27) and California (Nov. 28), earning all-tournament team honors at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
Tallied 18 points and nine rebounds during a Dec. 5 win over Charleston Southern, single-handedly outscoring the Buccaneers, 12-6, in the fourth quarter
Missed nine games after suffering a knee injury during a Dec. 17 game at Duke
Scored a game-high 22 points and collected eight rebounds in a career-high 39 minutes during the Big South Championship title game against UNC Asheville (March 13)
Led the Lady Flames in points (13), rebounds (8) and assists (4) during the final game of her career, a Postseason WNIT matchup with Villanova (March 17)

2014-15 (R-Jr.)

First team Capital One Academic All-American, becoming the third Academic All-American in program history
Repeated as Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year
VaSID Academic All-State honoree
Voted Big South Championship MVP after averaging 15.3 ppg and 11.7 rpg while posting three double-doubles at the conference tournament
First team All-Big South performer for the second straight season
First team Richmond Times-Dispatch all-state and second team Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) all-state
Named Big South and ECAC Division I South Player of the Week on Jan. 5
Subway Classic all-tournament team member
Tied for 27^th in the nation with 14 double-doubles and ended up 32^nd for field goal percentage (.518)
Finished third in the Big South for both rebounding (8.9 rpg) and field goal percentage, fifth in blocked shots (1.6 bpg) and ninth in scoring (12.8 ppg)
Blocked six shots against No. 1/1 South Carolina on Dec. 21, which marked the most rejections by a Lady Flame since Katie Feenstra blocked six Winthrop shots on Feb. 28, 2005
Her career-high 20 rebounds against High Point on Jan. 3 were the most boards by a Lady Flame since Avery Warley had 22 versus Charleston Southern on March 10, 2012.
Broke the program single-game field goal percentage record by shooting 92.9 percent (13-of-14) against Campbell on Jan. 24, as part of a 27-point contest
Became the 15th Lady Flame ever to score 1,000 career points, reaching the milestone on Feb. 21 against Charleston Southern
Shot 85.7 percent (12-of-14) from the field versus Winthrop on Feb. 24, matching her season high with 27 points
Finished the season with four consecutive double-doubles (three at the Big South Championship and one in the NCAA Tournament), including 19 points and 13 rebounds at North Carolina in Liberty's NCAA opener

2013-14 (R-So.)

First team All-Big South honoree
Named second team all-state by both the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID)
Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Liberty sophomore to win the award since Elena Kisseleva in 1998
VaSID Academic All-State
Three-time Big South Player of the Week (Dec. 2, Dec. 23 and Feb. 24)
Seton Hall Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team
Her 16 double-doubles were the fourth most in a single season in program history and the most ever by a sophomore.
Tied for 24^th nationally for double-doubles and finished 35^th for field goal percentage (.542)
Ended the year ranked second in the Big South for field goal percentage, fourth in rebounding (9.0 rpg), sixth in blocked shots (1.4 bpg) and seventh in both scoring (14.7 ppg) and free throw percentage (.750)
Only Lady Flame to start all 31 games
Scored 20 or more points seven times, headlined by a career-high 29-point outburst in a Nov. 30 come-from-behind victory over Savannah State
Grabbed a season-best 15 rebounds on Dec. 7 against Radford
Notched five double-doubles in a row between Jan. 2 and Jan. 16
Scored in double digits in seven straight games twice, to begin the season (Nov. 8-Nov. 30) and to wrap up the year (Feb. 15-March 8)

2012-13 (R-Fr.)

Made the Big South All-Freshman Team and finished second in the voting for Big South Freshman of the Year
Named Big South Freshman of the Week three times (Dec. 3, Jan. 14 and Feb. 18)
Led the Lady Flames and finished seventh in the Big South with 1.2 bpg
Third on the team in both scoring (6.9 ppg) and rebounding (6.4 rpg)
Scored in double figures for the first of 10 times on Nov. 16, totaling 10 points against Grambling State in a Preseason WNIT triumph
Her season-high 17 points versus UNC Asheville on Jan. 5 were the most by a Liberty freshman since Reagan Miller's 23 points against Charleston Southern on Feb. 11, 2012
That game started a stretch of seven out of eight contests where she scored in double digits
For the season, Liberty was 10-0 when Rininger scored 10 or more points
Recorded her first of three double-doubles on Jan. 10 at Charleston Southern, featuring 14 points and 10 boards, along with five blocks
Notched back-to-back double-doubles against Longwood (16 points, 12 rebounds on Jan. 26) and Campbell (13 points, 10 rebounds on Jan. 31)
Played a key role in the Big South Championship title game victory over Longwood (March 10), contributing 10 points and seven rebounds off of the bench
Made her first career start during the NCAA Tournament matchup against Purdue (March 24), pulling down a season-best 13 rebounds
Earned a spot on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll

2011-12 (Fr.)

Did not appear in a single game in 2011-12 and was redshirted
Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

Prep

Graduated from GlenOak High School
Honorable mention All-Ohio Division I selection as both a junior and senior
Also earned first team All- Federal League, all-district and All-Stark County recognition both years
Averaged 13.7 ppg and 11.2 rpg as a junior
Senior season statistics included 14.6 ppg and 9.9 rpg
Garnered first team Academic All-County laurels as a senior, thanks to a GPA above 4.0

Personal

Daughter of Michael Rininger and Joyce Rininger
Birthday is April 15
Graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice in May 2014, finishing her degree in three years with a 4.0 GPA
Graduated with a master's degree in human services counseling with a focus in crisis response and trauma in May 2015, finishing with a 4.0 GPA
Currently pursuing a master's degree in criminal justice – public administration
Aspires to be an FBI agent