Cal Poly volleyball coach Jon Stevenson once told me he thought the Mustangs could win the national championship within a couple years with Ashley Adams.
Adams, the former two-time Tribune County Girls Volleyball Player of the Year, had backed out of a commitment to Louisville to sign with Cal Poly during her senior year at SLO High back in 2006.
With rare athleticism for her 6-2 frame, Adams was one of the most intimidating forces in SLO County prep volleyball history. Put her with a team that was in the midst of a meteoric rise to relevancy, and the potential seemed limitless.
But for one reason or another, she never made it to Cal Poly. And within a year of leaving the Tigers, Adams had completely fallen off the map.
Now, she’s finally surfaced, and she’s playing volleyball again.
After apparently getting married and giving birth to a baby boy, Adams is appearing as a freshman on the volleyball roster at Middle Tennessee State.
It’s encouraging to see that Adams has an opportunity now to live up to some of the potential that had Stevenson so excited about her commitment to Cal Poly.
From the Mustangs perspective, though, her name will only inspire heartache over what might have been.
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3 comments
Anon E. Muss
August 23, 2009 at 9:44 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Check on her grades and I think you’ll find your answer as to why she never made it onto Cal Poly’s volleyball team. Also, her MTSU profile page is wrong about her getting four letters in basketball. She missed a year because of grades. She exhausted all the extensions just to get through the volleyball season and playoffs.
Robert
August 23, 2009 at 10:16 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Her grades were so bad she had no chance of getting into Cal Poly. Despite the fact that the university was trying everything to assist her in getting accepted. In the end, she just couldn’t hack it in the classroom.
BTW, due to her grades and SAT it’s likely she never actually enrolled at Cal Poly. Perhaps a follow-up report could confirm that.
voleyqueen
August 23, 2009 at 11:59 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I agree. Seems like shes had a rough patch. Congrats to her for getting back in the gym. Must be hard being married and having a baby. How many D1 college athletes are mothers? Not lots I am sure! We wish her the best!