Ashley Blythen

Position:
C
Height:
6-5
Weight:
210
Class:
Senior
Major:
Communications
Hometown:
Auckland, New Zealand
Prev School:
Golden West College

2007: Appeared in 26 games and finished sixth on the squad with 24 goals ... Had nine multi-goal games ... Scored career-high three goal on Oct. 19 at UC Irvine ... Tallied two goals against UC Santa Barbara, Cal, UC Irvine, Pacific, Pomona-Pitzer, LMU, Cal, and UCLA ... Scored four goals at the MPSF Tournament ... Registering two goals against California and UCLA .... Scored at least one goal in 11 of the final 16 games ... Finished season strong, scoring 20 times in the final 16 games ... Named a 49er Academic All-Star in Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.

Prior to LBSU: Lettered in water polo for two years at Golden West College ... Coach was Scott Taylor ... Team advanced to 2005 CCCAA Championship game, losing 5-3 in the finals to Long Beach City College ... Named to the 2005 All-State Touranment team ... Team finished fourth at the 2006 CCCAA Tournament, losing 9-8 in overtime to Cuesta College in the third-place game ... Led team to the SoCal Regional titles in 2005 (defeating Long Beach City 11-10 in overtime) and 2006.

High School: Graduated from Westlake Boys High School in 2002 ... Lettered four years in water polo and one year in rugby ... Helped lead the water polo team to three prep national championships.

Personal: Son of Grant and Judy Blythen ... Competed for the New Zealand National Team in 2005.