Ashley Houts
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| Born | December 31, 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Ashley Houts (born December 31, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]Houts played at the University of Georgia from 2006 to 2010.
Career statistics
[edit]| 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
[edit]Regular season
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Source[5]
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- 1987 births
- Living people
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
- People from Dade County, Georgia
- Sportspeople from the Chattanooga metropolitan area
- Washington Mystics players
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- United States women's national basketball team players