Towson University Athletics

Ashley Adams White’s interest in track began in elementary school. As a fourth grader she could only stare up at a hurdle but as soon as her athletic prowess allowed, she started clearing them in championship form.

Records and accolades piled up for her at Plainfield (N.J.) High School. She dominated the 60m indoor hurdles and the 100m and 400m outdoor hurdles at the conference, sectional and state levels. She was a three-time outdoor conference champion, state sectional and state group champion, three-time All-Area, All-County and All-Conference first team indoor and outdoor pick in the hurdles, and as a senior, first team All-State.

Ashley began her college career at Morgan State but transferred to Towson after her sophomore year. While working on a degree in Family Science, she found time to break seven program records (three outdoors, four indoors) and was a member of the Tigers’ record-setting 4x100 relay team as a junior. She became the first Tiger to be named CAA Female Athlete of the Year in track and field after recording the top marks of any 2011 CAA athlete in the 100 hurdles (13.55), 400 hurdles (59.60) and the heptathlon with 4,910 points, which remained a program record at the time of her induction.

She broke the conference meet record in the 100 hurdles (13.66) and was just .04 seconds shy of the record in the 400 hurdles. She qualified for the NCAA Regionals in both events. In her senior year she ran away with the coveted pentathlon title symbolic of the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s best all-around female indoor track athlete, compiling a school record 3,858 points to become the first Tiger to capture the honor. Her pentathlon record was still the program’s best as of her induction, Ashley will remain among the top hurdlers of all-time at Towson with her 8.43 for the 60 meter indoors and her 13.48 for the 100 meter outdoors. She also held the school record in the indoor long jump at 5.93m. As of 2025 six of Ashley’s program records were still intact.

After she exhausted her eligibility Ashley served as a Tigers’ volunteer assistant coach while completing her undergraduate degree. Later, after returning to New Jersey, she helped coach an AAU track and field team, eventually becoming a certified level one coach.