For more information contact Christina Cracolici
                                           Assistant Sports Information Director
                                                       Tuesday, February 5, 2008
For Immediate Release

Women's College Basketball
Ashley Marble Named to D3hoops.com All-Decade Team

     GORHAM, Maine  --  Former University of Southern Maine women's basketball 
All-American Ashley Marble (Topsfield, Maine/Woodland) has been named to the 
D3hoops.com All-Decade second team. The announcement was made by D3hoops.com 
publisher Pat Coleman on Monday.  
     Marble joins 24 other players who competed in the first decade of the 
publication's existence: 1997-1998 to 2006-2007. 
     A prolific scorer and rebounder for the Huskies, Marble earned a litany of 
awards during her career while helping the Huskies to an outstanding 119-10 
overall record and a dominating 67-1 mark against Little East Conference (LEC) 
opponents.  In that four-year span (2003-2007), the Huskies captured four 
consecutive LEC regular season and tournament championships, and advanced to the 
NCAA Division III Women's Basketball National Championship tournament each year.  
USM advanced twice to the NCAA Division III Final Four, finishing third in 2005 
and as the national runner-up in 2006.  In 2004 and 2007, Southern Maine reached 
the tournament's "Sweet Sixteen".
     The 5-9 forward capped her career earning National Player of the Year 
honors from both D3hoops.com and Women's DIII News, while repeating as a 
Kodak/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and D3hoops.com All-American 
(2006, 2007).  Marble was a third team D3hoops.com All-American honoree as a 
sophomore (2005).  
     Upon naming Marble the D3hoops.com 2007 Player of the Year, Coleman 
remarked, "Ashley Marble represented the heart and soul of a Division III 
basketball player.  Not only was she a phenomenal player from a statistical 
perspective this season (2007), but she played with the highest levels of energy 
and emotion in willing her team to a conference championship and NCAA 
appearance.  She is a very worthy selection for player of the year honors." 
     As a senior Marble played in all 30 games and averaged 23.1 points and 12.2 
rebounds per game, while shooting 49.6 percent (224-of-452) from the floor, 
including 36.8 percent (28-for-76) from three-point range.  She set USM single-
season records for points (693), scoring average (23.1) and free throws made 
(217).  Her 367 rebounds during her senior season is second all-time for a 
single-season at USM.  
     "A tremendous athlete with physical gifts and talents, Ashley was able to 
succeed at such a high level of competition because she set the bar incredibly 
high for herself," noted Southern Maine veteran head coach Gary Fifield.  "No 
matter the outcome of the game or how well she played, she looked for things she 
could do better." 
     Among the numerous awards she received for her outstanding play in the 
2006-2007 season, Marble was named the Little East Conference Player of the Year 
for the third consecutive season, and the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches 
Association (MWBCA) Player of the Year and the D3hoops.com Northeast Region 
Player of the Year for the second straight season.  Marble also was named the 
New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Player of the Year and was 
selected to the NEWBA Senior All-Star Classic.  She was also named a first team 
all-star by all four organizations. 
     Excelling in the classroom, Marble was named the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA 
Academic All-America (r) of the Year for the College Division and a first team 
Academic All-America (r). 
     Marble completed her stellar four-year career with 1,981 points and 1,157 
rebounds.  She is ranked second all-time in career points and holds the school 
record for rebounds.  
     Averaging 15.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game in her career, she is in 
the top 15 in 12 career statistical categories.  She is ranked first all-time in 
games played (128), free throws made (608), free throws attempted (847) and 
rebounds.  She is second in point scored, fifth in scoring average, and fourth 
in rebounding average, field goals made (650) and field goals attempted (1,290).  
Marble is also ranked seventh in career field goal percentage (50.6) and 12th in 
free throw percentage (71.8).  


D3hoops.com Women's Basketball All-Decade Team
First Team
Name                   Pos.      School                     Senior Season
Megan Silva             G        Randolph-Macon                  2006
Taryn Mellody           G        Scranton                        2007
Allison Coleman         F        Eastern Connecticut             2004
Tasha Rodgers           F        Washington U.                   2001
Ronda Jo Miller         C        Gallaudet                       2000

Second Team
Leigh Sulkowski         G        Washington and Jefferson        2006
Lora Trenkle            G        Bowdoin                         2004
Kendra Anderson         F        Hardin-Simmons                  2003
Ashley Marble           F        Southern Maine                  2007
Alia Fischer            C        Washington U.                   2000

Third Team
Jayme Anderson          G        Beloit/Wisconsin-Eau Claire     2000
Alison Grubbs           G        Lake Forest                     2001
Tara Rausch             F        Wilmington                      2004
Christina Vouriotis     F        Messiah                         2003
Kelsey Duoss            C        Wisconsin-Stout                 2007

Fourth Team
Katie Robinson          G        Swarthmore                      2004
Missy Pederson          G        St. Thomas                      2002
Amanda Nechuta          F        Wisconsin-Stevens Point         2005
Kendra Meyer            F        Capital                         2001
Kate Smith              C        Cortland State                  2001

Honorable Mention
Amy Campion             G        Salisbury                       2003
Suzy Venet              G        Mount Union                     1998
Eileen Flaherty         F        Bowdoin                         2007
Joanne Polakoski        F        King's                          2000
Alicia Davis            C        Loras                           2004

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