Ashley Blythen Class: Senior Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand High School: Westlake Boys High School Last College: Golden West JC Height / Weight: 6-5 / 210 Position: C Birthdate: 01/11/1985 Experience: 1V

2008: Named to All-MPSF third-team ... Appeared in all 32 LBSU games and was the 49ers' second-leading scorer on the season with 47 goals scored ... scored a career-high 5 goals in MPSF first-round matchup vs. Stanford ... scored in 25 of 32 games ... tallied four-goal games against UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara and scored three against both Pepperdine and Cal

2007: Appeared in 26 games on the season and finished sixth on the squad with 24 goals ... had nine multiple-goal games on the season ... season-high 3 goals on October 19 at UC Irvine ... tallied 2 goals against UCSB, Cal, UCI, Pacific, Pomona-Pitzer, LMU, Cal and UCLA ... scored 4 goals at the MPSF Tournament, registering two goals against both California and UCLA ... scored at least one goal in 11 of the final 16 games ... finished the season strong scoring 20 goals in the last 16 games.

GOLDEN WEST JC: Lettered two years in water polo for coach Scott Taylor ... led team to the Southern California Regional titles in 2005 and 2006 ... Rustlers lost in the 2005 state title game to Long Beach City College, 5-3 ... was named to the 2005 All-State Tournament Team ... in 2006 Golden West lost in the third place game at the state tournament, 9-8 in overtime to Cuesta College ... was a two-time All-Orange Empire Conference selection ... team defeated LBCC in 2005 regional title game 11-10 in overtime.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Westlake Boys High School in 2002 • lettered four years in water polo and one year in rugby • helped lead his water polo team to three prep national championships.

PERSONAL: Born January 11, 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand • competed for the New Zealand National Team in 2005 • was a 49er Academic All-Star in Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 • is undecided on his major at Long Beach State.