Swarthmore College Athletics

Ashley Ross joined the Swarthmore College athletics department in August 2013. She will serve as a strength and conditioning assistant as well as an assistant coach on the field hockey and women's lacrosse coaching staffs.

Prior to Swarthmore, Ross spent one year as assistant field hockey coach at Saint Francis University.

During the 2011-12 academic year, Ross was an assistant coach for both the field hockey and women's lacrosse programs at Division III Babson College. With the Beavers, Ross worked as the recruiting coordinator while developing scouting reports for opposing teams and worked directly with the Babson College goalkeepers.

Ross attended the University at Albany where she received her bachelor's degree in 2009 and her master's degree in the spring of 2011. While there, she participated in field hockey and lacrosse and led both programs to America East Conference championships and NCAA Division I Tournament appearances.

Ross is recognized as one of the best goalkeepers in school history at UAlbany after earning All-America East Conference honors three times and All-Northeast Region recognition in field hockey. She made the America East All-Tournament Team twice, and in 2008 she was honored as the Most Valuable Player of the America East Tournament. Ross still holds Albany field hockey records for career wins (45) and shutouts (15) while ranking second in saves (318) in Great Dane history.

A two-star athlete in college, Ross earned All-America East Conference, IWLCA All-Northeast Region and America East All-Tournament Team honors for the UAlbany women's lacrosse team. After her successful career as a student-athlete, Ross severed as an intern in the Albany Athletics Media Relations office before working as an assistant lacrosse coach for Shenendehowa High School in the spring of 2011.