Ashley Houts

Ashley Houts
Personal information
Born	December 31, 1987 (age 36)
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight	140 lb (64 kg)
Career information
High school	Dade County (Trenton, Georgia)
College	Georgia (2006–2010)
WNBA draft	2010: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
	Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career	2010–present
Position	Guard
Career history
2010–2011	Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-SEC (2010); SEC Freshman of the Year (2007); SEC All-Freshman Team (2007); McDonald's All-American (2006);
	Stats at WNBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Women's Basketball
Representing United States
World University Games

Ashley Houts (born December 31, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA.

Early life

Ashley Houts attended Dade County High School where she played basketball.^[1]

During her attendance she was elected to play the McDonald's^[2] and WBCA High School All-American^[3] games and was also named second-team All-American by Parade and Sixth-team by Street & Smith's.

She is a two-time All-American honoree who led the Georgia Metros to the 2005 national title in Orlando^[4] as well as the U.S. Junior Nationals in Washington, D.C.

As a senior, she was named Homecoming Queen and made Miss Dade County High as a senior.

Following her graduation in 2006 her "23" jersey was retired by Dade County.

College career

Houts played at the University of Georgia from 2006 to 2010.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2010	Washington	20	0	5.5	37.5	25.0	100.0	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9
Career	1 year, 1 team	20	0	5.5	37.5	25.0	100.0	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2010	Washington	1	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career	1 year, 1 team	1	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

College

Source^[5]

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006-07	Georgia	34	320	41.6	34.4	77.2	3.1	3.6	2.7	-	9.4
2007-08	Georgia	33	387	42.7	34.3	79.4	2.8	4.9	2.6	0.0	11.7
2008-09	Georgia	32	385	41.0	31.2	77.9	2.8	4.7	2.2	-	12.0
2009-10	Georgia	34	422	39.8	29.5	81.6	3.2	3.7	2.0	0.0	12.4
Career	Georgia	133	1514	41.1	32.1	79.1	3.0	4.2	2.4	0.0	11.4

USA Basketball

Houts played on the 2007 FIBA U21 World Championship Team^[6] and U.S. National Team at the 2009 World University Games^[7] winning two gold medals.

WNBA career

Houts was chosen by the New York Liberty in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft. Shortly thereafter she was traded to the Washington Mystics for Nikki Blue.

Personal life

Houts is the daughter of Greg and Joni Houts. Her sister, Emily Houts, played collegiately at Gadsden State Community College and Chattanooga. Her brother, Andrew Houts, was a second-team All-State honoree as a junior and a first-team All-State honoree as a senior at Dade County.

References

^ "Area sports notes: Former Dade County, UGA standout Ashley Houts new ETSU assistant coach". Chattanooga Times Free Press. June 2, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
^ "2006 McDonald's High School All Americans" (PDF). McDonald's. Retrieved June 2, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
^ "Georgia Metros 2005 National Title". Georgia Metros. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
^ "SECOND FIBA U21 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 2007". Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
^ "Twenty-Fifth World University Games -- 2009". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

[1] "Area sports notes: Former Dade County, UGA standout Ashley Houts new ETSU assistant coach". Chattanooga Times Free Press. June 2, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.

[Mcallamericans-2] "2006 McDonald's High School All Americans" (PDF). McDonald's. Retrieved June 2, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[WBCA_Box_Scores-3] "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.

[gametrostitle-4] "Georgia Metros 2005 National Title". Georgia Metros. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2010.

[NCAA_Player_stats-5] "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 5, 2015.

[6] "SECOND FIBA U21 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 2007". Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2017.

[2009_WUG-7] "Twenty-Fifth World University Games -- 2009". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

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First round	Tina Charles Monica Wright Kelsey Griffin Epiphanny Prince Jayne Appel Jacinta Monroe Danielle McCray Andrea Riley Chanel Mokango Alison Lacey Jené Morris Bianca Thomas
Second round	Kalana Greene Jenna Smith Allison Hightower Ashley Houts Alysha Clark Shanavia Dowdell Amanda Thompson Angel Robinson Brigitte Ardossi Tanisha Smith Armelie Lumanu Tyra Grant