Ashley Spivey
The McDonogh School
Impact Statement
A rare three-time selection to the NSCAA High School All-America Team, Spivey recorded 45 goals and 26 assists to earn First Team All-Metro status in both seasons.
Biography
A rare three-time selection to the NSCAA High School All-America Team, the 5-foot-10 Spivey was a forward in her first two years at McDonogh, recording 45 goals and 26 assists to earn First Team All-Metro status in both seasons.
When Spivey moved to central midfield for her junior season, McDonogh took off. The team won Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championships her junior and senior seasons and finished 18-3 last fall. She had 18 goals and 16 assists as a senior, including five goals and three assists in three postseason games. She finished her career with 85 goals and 57 assists and earned back-to-back All-Metro Player of the Year honors from The Baltimore Sun.
Ranked the No. 6 overall recruit in the nation, the No. 1 in the Mid Atlantic and the No. 2 central midfielder by TopDrawerSoccer.com, Spivey is a two-time ESPN Rise Maryland Player of the Year and a two-time Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year.
A member of the USA Soccer Under-18 National Team, Spivey has been in National Team pools since her Under-14 days. She was part of the Under-17 World Cup qualifying team in Costa Rica in 2010 and played with the Nordic Cup Champions in Denmark in 2009. Also an outstanding student with a 3.72 grade-point average, she will attend the University of Maryland.
Spivey went on to play at the University of Maryland for two seasons. As a freshman, she was one of two freshman to start every game. She was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2012. The following year, she was named to the All-ACC Third Team.
After the season, Spivey transferred to the University of Central Florida. As a junior, she was named to the All-American Athletic Conference Second Team. Of her ten goals that season, four were game-winners. Her senior year, she was the team captain. She was named to the All American Athletic Conference Tournament Team and the 1st Team All American Athletic Conference. She was also on the Dean’s list her last two years.
After college, she obtained her MBA from the University of Northern Florida. She was also on the Dean’s list all three terms.
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