Ashley Priess Class: Senior Hometown: Wheaton, Ill. High School: Lakota West Height: 5-3 Event: All-Around Experience: 3L Club Team: Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS:
2011 -- Junior Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... surgery on both ankles after the 2010 season, one in the summer and one in the fall, sidelined her for the 2011 season ... named to the Dean's List (3.5 or better grade point average) for both the fall and spring semester.

2010 -- Sophomore First-team All-American on the balance beam ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... won the balance beam with a 9.875 and was second in the all-around at the NCAA Lexington Regional Championships ... 2010 SEC All-Around and Balance Beam Champion ... first team All-SEC ... SEC Gymnast of the Week (3/23) ... posted the highest balance beam score on both night's of the NCAA Championships with a 9.925 in the semi-finals and a 9.95 during the NCAA Super Six Team finals ... won 18 event titles, including six uneven bars and 10 balance beam titles during the season ... she won the balance beam in the season opener for the second year in a row, scoring a 9.9 to once again clinch a season-opening win at Auburn ... earned the Tide's Spirit of the Week award after Arkansas and Kentucky and Performance of the Week award after LSU ... produced 20 routines of 9.9 or better ... earned the team's Lewis Each Courage Award ... named the Crimson Tide's co-captain along with Morgan Dennis ... earned Dean's List honors (3.5 or better GPA) for the spring semester.

2009 -- Freshman First-team All-American on the balance beam and the uneven bars ... second-team All-American in the all-around and floor exercise ... Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... posted a career-best 39.575 in the all-around during the NCAA Super Six Team Finals ... won the all-around and the balance beam with a career-high 9.95 at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships ... earned Second Team All-SEC and Freshman All-SEC honors ... became the first gymnast to earn SEC Freshman of the Week honors (the award was in its first season during 2009), earning the honor after the Tide's meet at Auburn ... was named SEC Freshman of the Week five times, as much as all the other honorees combined, including the last three weeks of the regular season ... won 15 events during the season ... scored 9.9 or better 22 times during the season, including six routines at the NCAA Championships ... scored career-highs of 9.9 on the vault and 9.95 on the floor exercise against Stanford ... matched her career high of 9.9 on the vault against Oklahoma/UNC, at the SEC Championships and during the NCAA Super Six Team Finals ... went in the all-around the last 10 meets in a row after making her debut against LSU, scoring 39.250 or better seven times ... scored a career-high 9.925 on the uneven bars against Kentucky, a score she matched against Denver ... competed in 57 events during the season, the second highest total on the team, including the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise in every meet ... earned Dean's List (3.5 or better GPA) honors for the fall semester.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS:
Coached by Mary Lee Tracy at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy ... seven-year member of the USA National team ... a Senior International Elite, she was a member of the 2006 USA World Championship team, finishing 10th in the all-around and helping the U.S. to the silver medal ... took second in the all-around at the 2008 International Exchange ... competed with current Alabama All-American Kassi Price on the 2006 U.S. World Cup team in Lyon, France, winning the balance beam and uneven bars ... earned a silver and bronze medal in the balance beam and floor exercise respectively at the 2006 World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium ... earned a silver medal on balance beam and was seventh in the all-around at the 2005 Massilia Gym Cup in Marseilles, France ... finished fifth on the balance beam and sixth in the all-around and on the uneven bars and floor exercise at the 2006 USA Championships ... 2004, 2005 and 2006 U.S. Classic all-around champion.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Full Name: Ashley Priess ... daughter of Mel and Linda Priess ... her sister, Courtney, is a former Alabama gymnast ... Spanish major ... born March 8, 1990.

PREISS' TOP SCORES:
All-Around: 39.575 | Vault: 9.900 | Bars: 9.925 | Beam: 9.950 | Floor: 9.950