Ashley Wright named to the 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-District® First Team
February 3, 2011
2010-11 Capital One Academic All-District Women's Basketball Teams
Ashley Wright (Merrimack, N.H.), a senior guard on the Endicott women’s basketball, was named a First Team member of the 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-District ® Women’s Basketball Teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Wright and the fellow honorees are being recognized as the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performance on the floor and in the classroom. The Academic All-District ® teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada according to University Division (NCAA Division I) and College Division (NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools).
First Team Academic All-District ® honorees, including Wright, advance to the national Capital One Academic All-America ® Team ballot where First, Second, and Third Team All-America winners will be selected later this month.
Ashley Wright, a Criminal Justice major and a basketball and softball standout for Endicott, has maintained a 3.77 GPA over the course of her collegiate career while balancing the demands of the student-athlete life. Wright has been in the Endicott Academic Varsity Club for the past three years, a member of the Criminal Justice academic honor society Phi Alpha Sigma, the Mortar Board Honor Society, and Endicott’s Dean List.
Athletically, Wright has averaged 11.4 ppg and recently became the seventh Endicott women’s basketball’s player to reach 1,000 career points. This season, the senior has led the Gulls to a 13-4 (7-0 TCCC) record by averaging 19.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.1 steals, 2.6 and assists per game. In 2010, Wright was named a Third Team All-TCCC selection.
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had \$122.2 billion in deposits and \$197.5 billion in total assets outstanding as of December 31, 2010. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. Capital One, N.A. has approximately 1,000 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.
Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the 2001 Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (now the Capital One Bowl) and ESPN’s Capital One Bowl Week. In 2010, Capital One launched the Capital One Cup, a prestigious new program rewarding NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men’s and women’s sports. In addition, Capital One sponsors the ABC College Football Halftime Report, Capital One All-America Mascot Team, all 88 NCAA Championships including the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, and numerous other collegiate athletics programs.
Ashley Wright (Merrimack, N.H.), a senior guard on the Endicott women’s basketball, was named a First Team member of the 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-District ® Women’s Basketball Teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Wright and the fellow honorees are being recognized as the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performance on the floor and in the classroom. The Academic All-District ® teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada according to University Division (NCAA Division I) and College Division (NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools).
First Team Academic All-District ® honorees, including Wright, advance to the national Capital One Academic All-America ® Team ballot where First, Second, and Third Team All-America winners will be selected later this month.
Ashley Wright, a Criminal Justice major and a basketball and softball standout for Endicott, has maintained a 3.77 GPA over the course of her collegiate career while balancing the demands of the student-athlete life. Wright has been in the Endicott Academic Varsity Club for the past three years, a member of the Criminal Justice academic honor society Phi Alpha Sigma, the Mortar Board Honor Society, and Endicott’s Dean List.
Athletically, Wright has averaged 11.4 ppg and recently became the seventh Endicott women’s basketball’s player to reach 1,000 career points. This season, the senior has led the Gulls to a 13-4 (7-0 TCCC) record by averaging 19.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.1 steals, 2.6 and assists per game. In 2010, Wright was named a Third Team All-TCCC selection.
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had \$122.2 billion in deposits and \$197.5 billion in total assets outstanding as of December 31, 2010. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. Capital One, N.A. has approximately 1,000 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.
Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the 2001 Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (now the Capital One Bowl) and ESPN’s Capital One Bowl Week. In 2010, Capital One launched the Capital One Cup, a prestigious new program rewarding NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men’s and women’s sports. In addition, Capital One sponsors the ABC College Football Halftime Report, Capital One All-America Mascot Team, all 88 NCAA Championships including the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, and numerous other collegiate athletics programs.