Ashley Lenser named Second Team All-Region by National Fastpitch Coaches Association

By Tim Glon

| 2024 AFCA All-Region Softball Teams |

ADA — Ohio Northern junior Ashley Lenser (Brookville) was named Second Team All-District VII in softball for the 2024 season in voting conducted by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Lenser is also a three-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection, being named OAC Freshman of the Year and OAC Pitcher of the Year in 2022 and 2023 and Second Team All-OAC this season.

Twice named the OAC Pitcher of the Week this spring, Lenser finished the season 13-5 with a 2.18 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 125.1 innings. She is now ranked 8th at ONU for single-season strikeouts.

She also contributed offensively, batting .306 with 48 hits, including seven doubles, a triple, and three home runs, and 23 RBIs on the year.

In her career, Lenser is 35-17 with a 1.94 ERA and 240 strikeouts. She ranks 9th all-time at Ohio Northern in wins, 6th in ERA, and 6th in strikeouts.

The Polar Bears posted a 24-20 record, was fourth in the OAC with a 10-8 mark and finished runner-up at the OAC Tournament in 2024 under seventh-year head coach Jackie Price.