Julie Worley Member of Women's Basketball Team at Ashland University

2017 Feb 24

Julie Worley of North Canton, OH, is a member of the undefeated Ashland University Eagles Women's Basketball team, which has been ranked No. 1 for 10 consecutive NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Top 25 Coaches' Polls.

Worley, a junior, is a forward and a center for the Eagles.

The Eagles concluded their historic regular season with a win Thursday, Feb. 23, giving the Lady Eagles a perfect 28-0 regular season and the first 20-0 conference regular season in the history of AU as well as the history of GLIAC women's basketball.

The Eagles will now host GLIAC Tournament play beginning on Feb. 28 and the GLIAC Final Four will be held on March 4-5. The Midwest Regional Quarterfinal play will begin on March 10.

Worley is majoring in exercise science.

She is the daughter of Erik and Joan Worley of North Canton. Worley is a 2014 graduate of Hoover High School.

The Ashland University women's basketball team competes in NCAA Division II in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) and is led by head coach Robin Fralick. She earned both GLIAC and Columbus Dispatch Ohio Women's Basketball Coach of the Year awards in 2015-16. Fralick has recently set an unofficial NCAA Division II women's basketball record for consecutive wins to start a head coaching career. The Eagles finished 22nd in the nation in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division II poll for the 2014-15 season, ending with an impressive 25-9 overall record. In 2012-13, the Eagles won the NCAA Division II national championship. For more information, please visit the Ashland University athletics webpage at: http://goashlandeagles.com.

Ashland University, ranked in the top tier of colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report's National Universities category for 2017, is a mid-sized, private university conveniently located a short distance from Akron, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Ashland University (www.ashland.edu) deeply values the individual student and offers a unique educational experience that combines the challenge of strong, applied academic programs with a faculty and staff who build nurturing relationships with their students.