Ashley Shaffer

Ashley Shaffer

Class of 2008
Inducted in 2018

Ashley Shaffer ’08 won All-America honors in the heptathlon and was a 2-time North Coast Athletic Conference Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year selection.  Indoors her freshman year, she was named NCAC Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year after winning the 200- and 400-meter dashes and helping the 1600-meter relay team to a second-place finish.  She also tied for first in the high jump and finished third in the triple jump as Ohio Wesleyan finished third.  Outdoors that year, she won the high jump as Ohio Wesleyan placed second at the NCAC meet.  As a sophomore, she repeated as NCAC Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year, winning the 400-meter dash, finishing second in the 200-meter dash, and anchoring the first-place 1600-meter relay team as Ohio Wesleyan improved to second place.  Outdoors, she was second in the heptathlon and 400-meter dash as Ohio Wesleyan placed second at the NCAC championship.  Her junior year, she set a school record with a 34-10¼ triple jump at the indoor All-Ohio meet, then helped Ohio Wesleyan win its first NCAC title in 13 years by winning the 400-meter dash, finishing second in the high jump and third in the long jump and triple jump (with a school-record 35-3), and helping the 1600-meter relay team to a win.  Outdoors, she won titles in the heptathlon, triple jump, and 400-meter dash, finished second in the high jump and third in the 200-meter dash, and anchored the first-place 1600-meter relay team with an OWU- and NCAC-record 3:57.98 (also an NCAA provisional qualifying time) as Ohio Wesleyan won its first NCAC outdoor title in 9 years.  She went on to win All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the heptathlon, and after standing through the awards ceremony, competed in the 400-meter dash, where she placed 14th.  Her senior year, with the score tied going into the final event of the NCAC indoor meet, she anchored the 1600-meter relay team to a second-place finish to successfully defend the Bishops’ team title.  She also helped the 800-meter relay team win in a school-record 1:47.43 and finished second in the triple jump (in a school-record 35-5¾) and high jump.  Outdoors at the NCAC championship meet, she won the 400-meter dash and finished second in the heptathlon and triple jump and third in the high jump.  She qualified for the NCAA championship meet in the heptathlon and finished 17th.  During her career, she won 10 NCAC championships (5 indoor, 5 outdoor) and 24 All-NCAC citations (12 indoor, 12 outdoor) and was a member of 4 NCAC champion relay teams and 8 All-NCAC relay teams.