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Ashley St. Andrew 2009-10 headshot

Ashley St.Andrew

  • Class
  • Induction
    2016
  • Sport(s)
    Swimming
Ashley St.Andrew was a four-year swimming letterwinner (2006-10) who became the first individual national champion in women's swimming history in 2009.
 
A 25-time All-American, she earned 19 First Team accolades including all four years in the 500 free, 1000 free and 1650 free.
 
At the GLIAC Championships in her freshman season, St.Andrew won the 500 free and the 1000 free, and finished second in the 200 free to earn co-GLIAC Freshman of the Year honors on the women's side.  St.Andrew led off the second-place 800 free relay and swam the second leg of the 400 free relay, which also came in second.
 
St.Andrew earned six All-America accolades at the 2007 NCAA Championships, including three First Team awards by placing second in three different individual events (500 free, 1000 free and 1650 free).  In addition, she was a three-time Honorable Mention All-American due to participation in three relays:  200 free, 400 free and 800 free.
 
She successfully defended her GLIAC title in the 1000 free in 2008 and also won the 1650 free, along with finishing third in the 500 free.  St.Andrew swam the second leg of the second-place 800 free relay.
 
The following month at the NCAA Championships, St.Andrew earned seven All-America awards including four First Team accolades.  She finished third in three individual events - the 1650 free, 1000 free and 500 free.  St.Andrew placed sixth in the 200 free after eclipsing her own WSU record in prelims (1:51.56).
 
As a junior, St.Andrew won three individual titles at the GLIAC Championships, including her third consecutive in the 1000 free. She claimed her second conference title in the 500 free and won the 200 free for the first time.  St.Andrew anchored the first-place 800 free relay, which broke the school record by nine seconds and bested Northern Michigan's 1991 conference record by 10 seconds (7:31.19).  She also swam the second leg of the first-place 400 free relay, which broke NMU's 1993 record (3:28.57).
 
At the 2009 NCAA Championships, St.Andrew won the national title in the 1000 free (9:54.97), breaking her own school record by nearly 12 seconds.  She also won an NCAA title in the 500 free, placed second in the 1650 free and finished fourth in the 200 free in earning six First Team All-America awards.  WSU also had its highest national finish to that point placing second.
 
She won three NCAA titles as a senior, including her second consecutive in both the 500 free and 1000 free.  St.Andrew also captured the 1650 title (16:35.98) and placed third in the 200 free to total 76 points, more than 22 other teams.
 
In her collegiate career, St.Andrew won 14 GLIAC titles including 10 individual races in four different events (1000 free four times, 500 free three times, 200 free twice, and 1650 once).  She also swam on back-to-back 800 free relay champions as well as the 400 free relay in 2009 and the 400 medley relay in 2010.
 
She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from WSU after being named to the WSU Academic Honor Roll seven times, including five semesters above a 3.5.
 
A three-time GLIAC All-Academic selection, St.Andrew twice received the GLIAC Commissioner's Award and earned back-to-back CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition in 2009 and 2010.  In addition, she was the WSU Female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2008-09.
 
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