Ashley Orkus

Photo by: Joshua McCoy / Ole Miss Athletics

Class:
Senior*
Position:
GK
Height:
5-11
Experience:
2L
Hometown:
Vestavia Hills, Ala.
High School:
Vestavia Hills
Prev. School:
Tennessee
Major:
Certificate in Intercollegiate Athletic Administration

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team
• 2022 SEC Goalkeeper of the Year
• 2022 All-SEC First Team
• 2021 Mac Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
• 2021 United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American
• 2021 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Third Team Honors
• 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team
• 2021 SEC Goalkeeper of the Year
• 2021 All-SEC First Team
• 2020 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team Honors
• 2020 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American
• 2020 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team
• 2020 SEC Goalkeeper of the Year
• 2020 All-SEC First Team

2022 (SENIOR): Named to the SEC Preseason Watch list ... Recognized on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List ... Added to the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI First Team ... Named the SEC Goalkeeper of the Year for third consecutive season, adding to her own record, being the only player to win the award multiple times ... Received First Team All-SEC honors ... Selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team ... Started all 20 games in goal and played all 1,820 minutes ... Recorded 67 saves, ranking fourth in the SEC ... Ranked top-five in the SEC in shutouts, saves save percentage and goals-against average ... Broke all-time shutout record at Ole Miss in a 5-0 victory over Louisiana Tech (9/1) … Landing second all-time for goalkeeper wins in program history ... Set school record for saves against Texas A&M (10/9) … Tallied 10 shutouts on the season, which sits second all time in Ole Miss Soccer history … Recorded a .769 save percentage, placing sixth all time in Ole Miss history … Began the season with five straight clean sheets ... Season-high seven saves against Tennessee (9/30) ... Shutout LSU in first round of SEC Tournament and saved three straight penalty kicks to help the Rebels advance ... Scored a goal off a free kick for the first goal in the SEC opener against Kentucky (9/16).

2021 (SENIOR*): Named the SEC Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive season, becoming the first player ever to win the award multiple times … Also earned First Team All-SEC honors … Started all 21 matches in goal … Ranked second in the league and 18^th in the country in goalkeeper minutes played during the regular season at 1,680 … Five clean sheets during the regular season ranked fourth in the league and 95^th in the nation … Tied for fourth in the SEC during the regular season with 65 saves … Registered at least five stops seven times … Made six saves in the season opener at Memphis (8/22), allowing one goal on 25 shots faced … Garnered a clean sheet at WKU (9/12) … Made six saves with one goal allowed against Alabama (9/16) … Became the first keeper to shutout then-No. 5 LSU (9/23), recording four saves as Ole Miss captured its highest ranked win ever … Stopped five shots in the clean sheet victory at Florida (10/3) … Named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week after guiding the Rebels to wins over South Carolina (10/7) and Texas A&M (10/10) … Registered back-to-back clean sheets against the Aggies (10/10) and Vanderbilt (10/17), totaling nine saves … Tied her season-high with seven saves against Auburn (10/24) … shut out Alabama (11/2) in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals, collecting five saves.

2020 (JUNIOR): Garnered TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team honors as the top goalkeeper in the country … Tabbed to the United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team, becoming just the fourth Rebel ever to receive All-America status from the coaches organization … Also Selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team … Unanimous selection as the SEC Goalkeeper of the Year … Also garnered First Team All-SEC recognition … Selected to the SEC Preseason Watch List … Started all 18 matches between the posts … Played every second of the fall campaign, logging 1692:43 on the pitch … Led the SEC in saves (85) and clean sheets (7) … Ranked second in the league in saves per game (4.72), third in save percentage (.825) and fourth in goals against average (0.957) … Made at least five saves in seven of nine matches during the fall SEC season … Tied for seventh in the SEC with three assists during conference play … Posted a shutout, making four saves, at LSU (9/27) … Surrendered one goal in 109:57 at Auburn (10/13) … Tallied her second clean sheet of the season at Alabama (10/18), making three stops … Became the first goalkeeper in SEC history to register two assists in a match in the 4-3 win over No. 14 Georgia (10/31) … Named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week for her heroics in the 2-1 overtime win at No. 13 Vanderbilt (11/7) … Allowed one goal with nine saves made in 92:54 against the Commodores … Also assisted on the golden goal against Vanderbilt … Surrendered just two goals in six matches during non-conference play in the spring … Led Ole Miss to back-to-back penalty shootout victories in the NCAA Tournament against Bowling Green (4/27) and No. 8 national seed USC (4/30), making seven shootout saves … Made eight stops during the match with the Trojans, including a penalty save during the first overtime period.

2019 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Started all 20 matches between the posts, playing every second of the season … Registered a 1.28 goals against average with a .769 save percentage … Ranked second in the SEC during the regular season with 86 saves … Recorded six shutouts … Made seven stops at Memphis (8/26) … Made at least five saves in six straight matches from 9/1 to 9/20 … Kept a clean sheet with five saves at Western Kentucky (9/5) … Made eight stops in the shutout against Long Beach State (9/12), including a penalty save … Kept a clean sheet in the overtime victory over Auburn (9/29) … Registered a career-high 10 saves in the 1-1 draw with Alabama (10/17) … Matched the 10 stops at Texas A&M (10/31).

2018 (SOPHOMORE): Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules … Redshirted.

TENNESSEE: Appeared in four games as a reserve goalkeeper for the Vols … did not allow a goal in the 62 minutes played … Played 28 minutes in collegiate debut vs. ETSU (8/24) … Recorded first and only save of the season in a 6-4 victory over Ole Miss (10/5).

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Vestavia Hills High School in Vestavia Hills, Alabama … was named to the IMG Top 150 for Class of 2017 … attended the U15, U17, and U18 U.S. National Team Camps.

CLUB/ODP: ECNL PDP Participant - Greer, SC … ENCL Southeast Conference Player to Watch … PUMA Women's Showcase Participant.

PERSONAL: Full name is Ashley Brown Orkus … Born October 9, 1998 ... Majoring in Accounting … Wishes to one day work as a CFO within a firm … Biggest influences are her parents … Models her game after Petr Cech, Manuel Neuer, and Joe Hart.