Ashley Carter - Softball Coach - University of Washington Athletics

Ashley Carter

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Volunteer Assistant

Ashley Carter brings over a decade of softball coaching experience to the Washington program. A 2008 graduate of Grambling State, Carter got her start in the coaching game in 2011 as the head coach at La Cueva High School in New Mexico. In 2015, she joined Menlo College as an assistant softball coach before being named the head coach at Notre Dame de Namur University in 2016.

She returned to Menlo College in 2018 as an assistant coach for two seasons before being named the head coach at nearby Shoreline Community college.

In addition to her scholastic coaching experience, Davis Carter is the owner of LeadHership Athletics, where she teaches high school female athletes how to become confident leaders through sport. She has also served as a softball coach at BASE by Pros in Snohomish County.

“I am very honored to be a part of a program that strives for excellence,” Carter said. “I look forward to helping our women compete on and off the field. My passion lies in developing female athletes to own their power in the world. There is no greater program I’d feel more blessed to be part of than Washington Softball.”

In her role at Washington, Carter will assist with the team’s offensive development and the catchers.

“Coach Carter brings years of experience coaching at all levels to our program,” head coach Heather Tarr said. “She is devoted to developing young women into becoming the most durable and competitive versions of themselves.”