Bowling Green State University Athletics
Ashlee Orr Named Assistant Women's Soccer Coach
August 30, 2000 | Women's Soccer
Aug. 30, 2000
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Bowling Green State University has hired Ashlee Orr as its new assistant women's soccer coach, BGSU Director of Athletics Paul Krebs has announced. Orr, 23, will begin her duties immediately.
Orr comes to BGSU after spending a year as an assistant coach at Thomas Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio. She also served as the head coach of the junior varsity squad there, leading that team to an undefeated season last fall. Orr also has coached the Worthington United Soccer Club for several seasons.
"I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to join the up-and-coming program here at Bowling Green," Orr said. "I am very excited to get started."
Orr began her collegiate tenure at the United States Naval Academy, where she was a two-year starter on the women's soccer team. Orr played in a total of 37 matches at Navy, starting 35. She scored a pair of goals each season from her defender spot.
After transferring to Ohio State, she earned a letter as a junior in 1997. That year, she saw action in 21 matches, starting all but one. She was elected team captain in the spring of 1998, but was force to sit out the season as a redshirt, then was unable to play in 1999 due to a recurring injury.
A native of Brecksville, Ohio, Orr attended Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, where she graduated with academic honors and earned All-Pioneer Conference accolades on the soccer field. She earned four letters for the Bees, and also started four years in club ball, playing for the Internationals Soccer Club.
Orr has gained additional coaching experience by working at a plethora of camps, including the Ohio State Soccer Camps, the Worthington United Camp and the Brian McBride Elite Soccer Camp.
Orr earned her degree in political science from Ohio State in December of 1999. She joins a BGSU program that began the season with a pair of wins last weekend under first-year head coach Andy Richards.
"I am delighted to have Ashlee on board," said Richards. "She has a rich playing experience at the Division-I level. She is well-regarded by the people who have worked with her, and she will be a real asset to our program."
The Falcon women's soccer program continues a season-opening stretch of eight matches away from Bowling Green by heading to Detroit next Wednesday (Sept. 6). The Brown and Orange will open the home portion of the 2000 season Sept. 29, taking on Northern Illinois at Cochrane Field.
