2023 Women's Soccer Roster
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Cruz, Ashley
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Jersey Number 11
Ashley Cruz
- Position:
- Forward/Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Oxnard, CA
- High School:
- Oxnard HS
Bio
CSUN - 2023 (Graduate)
Cruz appeared in every match for the first time in her career and posted new career highs in several categories in her seventh and final season ... ranked second on the team in goals (3), points (7), shots (20) and shots on goal (10) while she started 14 of 19 matches ... finished with 1,260 total minutes on the pitch ... two of her three goals came in Big West play ... netted her first goal of the season and finished with four shots vs. Portland State (9/17/23) ... hit the net and had four shots on frame vs. Long Beach State (10/8/23) ... registered a goal and an assist at UC San Diego (10/19/23) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team along with the CSC Academic All-District Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Graduate)
Cruz appeared in 15 matches, starting in every contest in her sixth year at CSUN ... posted a career-high six points to go with two goals and two assists ... second on the team in goals, points and shots and third in assists ... recorded a career-best 24 shots with 13 on goal in 1,032 total minutes ... tallied a goal and an assist in Big West play ... played full time in two Big West contests ... notched her first career game-winning goal in a come-from-behind effort at California Baptist (8/20/22) ... found Cindy Arteaga for a goal at Utah Valley (9/1/22) ... scored a first-half goal against Cal State Fullerton (9/22/22) ... registered her final point of the year with a helper to Cassidy Imperial-Pham at UC Davis (9/25/22) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team ... named to Academic All-District Team by the College Sports Communicators.
CSUN - 2021 (Redshirt Senior)
Cruz appeared in 18 matches, starting 13 times ... shared the team lead in goals with two while totaling 14 shots with seven on goal ... played in eight conference games, starting seven times ... amassed 1,042 minutes on the field for the year ... scored her first career goal in a win over Iowa State (8/22/21) ... played a season-high 74 minutes vs. Long Beach State (10/21/21) ... netted her second goal of the season vs. UC Irvine (10/24/21) ... named to Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Cruz did not compete in any games after the Big West Conference canceled the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... graduated with a degree in Public Health.
CSUN - 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Cruz appeared in 13 games, all off the bench ... finished with two assists and two points, both against Big West opponents ... tallied four shots with two on goal ... recorded her first career assist at Cal State Fullerton (11/3/19) ... picked up a game-winning assist in OT, setting up Alexis White against UC Santa Barbara at the Big West Tournament (11/7/19) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Cruz was forced to sit out the season due to injury.
CSUN - 2017 (Freshman)
Cruz missed the entire season and used a redshirt.
Oxnard HS
Cruz played for the Yellow Jacket's soccer and track & field teams ... earned a host of awards including all-league first team honors and all-county from 2015-16, CIF Division III First Team as a senior, Pacific View League Offensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons (2015-16), school MVP from 2015-16, 2015 CIF Division 5 Player of the Year and 2016 Ventura County All-Star ... helped lead her school to the Pacific View League title for four-straight seasons ... guided her team to the CIF Division 5 Championship as a junior.
Personal
Parents are Claudia and Ovidio Cruz ... has a brother, Justin and a sister, Stefany ... played for the El Salvador U-17 National Soccer Team ... Favorites include Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos, Grant Gustin, Nina Dobrev, "Vampire Diaries," "Endless Love," sushi, Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar ... selected CSUN because of the soccer program and campus ... lists playing for the El Salvador National Team as her greatest sports moment ... says meeting new players, coaches and friends are the best the things about being an athlete ... the best advice she has received was that "things will come your way if you work hard and believe in yourself" ... her advice to young people is to "set a goal and work hard to achieve it" ... the biggest obstacle she had to overcome was an ACL injury ... babies always make her smile ... lists her dad as her greatest hero ... graduated with a degree in public health ... pursued an advanced degree in community health education under the master of public health program at CSUN.
Cruz appeared in every match for the first time in her career and posted new career highs in several categories in her seventh and final season ... ranked second on the team in goals (3), points (7), shots (20) and shots on goal (10) while she started 14 of 19 matches ... finished with 1,260 total minutes on the pitch ... two of her three goals came in Big West play ... netted her first goal of the season and finished with four shots vs. Portland State (9/17/23) ... hit the net and had four shots on frame vs. Long Beach State (10/8/23) ... registered a goal and an assist at UC San Diego (10/19/23) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team along with the CSC Academic All-District Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Graduate)
Cruz appeared in 15 matches, starting in every contest in her sixth year at CSUN ... posted a career-high six points to go with two goals and two assists ... second on the team in goals, points and shots and third in assists ... recorded a career-best 24 shots with 13 on goal in 1,032 total minutes ... tallied a goal and an assist in Big West play ... played full time in two Big West contests ... notched her first career game-winning goal in a come-from-behind effort at California Baptist (8/20/22) ... found Cindy Arteaga for a goal at Utah Valley (9/1/22) ... scored a first-half goal against Cal State Fullerton (9/22/22) ... registered her final point of the year with a helper to Cassidy Imperial-Pham at UC Davis (9/25/22) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team ... named to Academic All-District Team by the College Sports Communicators.
CSUN - 2021 (Redshirt Senior)
Cruz appeared in 18 matches, starting 13 times ... shared the team lead in goals with two while totaling 14 shots with seven on goal ... played in eight conference games, starting seven times ... amassed 1,042 minutes on the field for the year ... scored her first career goal in a win over Iowa State (8/22/21) ... played a season-high 74 minutes vs. Long Beach State (10/21/21) ... netted her second goal of the season vs. UC Irvine (10/24/21) ... named to Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Cruz did not compete in any games after the Big West Conference canceled the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... graduated with a degree in Public Health.
CSUN - 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Cruz appeared in 13 games, all off the bench ... finished with two assists and two points, both against Big West opponents ... tallied four shots with two on goal ... recorded her first career assist at Cal State Fullerton (11/3/19) ... picked up a game-winning assist in OT, setting up Alexis White against UC Santa Barbara at the Big West Tournament (11/7/19) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Cruz was forced to sit out the season due to injury.
CSUN - 2017 (Freshman)
Cruz missed the entire season and used a redshirt.
Oxnard HS
Cruz played for the Yellow Jacket's soccer and track & field teams ... earned a host of awards including all-league first team honors and all-county from 2015-16, CIF Division III First Team as a senior, Pacific View League Offensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons (2015-16), school MVP from 2015-16, 2015 CIF Division 5 Player of the Year and 2016 Ventura County All-Star ... helped lead her school to the Pacific View League title for four-straight seasons ... guided her team to the CIF Division 5 Championship as a junior.
Personal
Parents are Claudia and Ovidio Cruz ... has a brother, Justin and a sister, Stefany ... played for the El Salvador U-17 National Soccer Team ... Favorites include Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos, Grant Gustin, Nina Dobrev, "Vampire Diaries," "Endless Love," sushi, Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar ... selected CSUN because of the soccer program and campus ... lists playing for the El Salvador National Team as her greatest sports moment ... says meeting new players, coaches and friends are the best the things about being an athlete ... the best advice she has received was that "things will come your way if you work hard and believe in yourself" ... her advice to young people is to "set a goal and work hard to achieve it" ... the biggest obstacle she had to overcome was an ACL injury ... babies always make her smile ... lists her dad as her greatest hero ... graduated with a degree in public health ... pursued an advanced degree in community health education under the master of public health program at CSUN.
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