Hall of Fame
Ashley Watt Cush is a three-time All-American and three-time All-PSAC First Team field hockey player from 2003-2006 who graduated with school records in single-season goals (30), single-season points (72), career goals (79) and career points (190).
Cush ranks among the top forwards in program history. She was a part of SU teams that combined for a 71-19 record, three NCAA National Tournament appearances and four PSAC Tournament appearances, including a 2005 PSAC Championship at which she was named the Most Valuable Player.
During Cush’s senior season, she scored 20 goals in 22 games and recorded 10 assists for a total of 50 points. Included was two game-winners. She achieved her third and final All-PSAC First Team selection, a feat that had not been achieved by a Raider since 1994 when Melissa Nash Mertz earned her fourth and final All-PSAC First Team selection. To this day, Watt is one of just eight players in school history to earn three or more All-PSAC First Team honors.
By her junior year, Cush was the top goal scorer in Shippensburg field hockey history and emerged into the top offensive performer in the nation. She started in all 23 games, totaling 30 goals, 12 assists, 72 points. She broke the Shippensburg record for career goals in just her third season and broke her own Shippensburg single-season record for goals that she had previously set the year before. Cush also set the school record for points in a season while leading all of Division II in goals scored and total points. She finished her season tied for fifth in Division II in assists. Her 72 points ranked second all-time in Division II for points in a season. She produced nine multi-goal games.
Cush scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in the 2005 PSAC Championship win over Bloomsburg and recorded a team-best seven game-winning goals on the season. After being named the Most Valuable Player of the PSAC Tournament she was also named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team.
As a sophomore, Cush scored a school-record 21 goals and recorded six assists, tallying 48 points and four game-winning goals. Cush led the team in goals and points and was ranked second in the PSAC in total goals. She was named a NFHCA First Team All-American and to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team.
In her freshman year, Cush made an immediate impact as a forward, scoring eight goals and recording four assists to total 20 points. She played 22 of the team’s 23 games.
On campus, Cush was a member and president of Tau Kappa, the women’s athletic honors sorority.
Cush earned her undergraduate degree in communication from Shippensburg in 2007. After graduation, Cush played in an adult field hockey league. She is an active member in her community, serving as a travel soccer coach for five years, and as the Marketing Director for Harleysville Football Club and PA Dominion Soccer Club.
She currently works as a forms and fulfillment manager at Penn Mutual Life Insurance based out of Horsham.
Cush and her husband, Bill, are the proud parents of three children: daughters Cailee and Dani, and son CJ.
YEAR GP G A P GWG DS
2003 22 8 4 20 0 0
2004 22 21 6 48 4 0
2005 23 30 12 72 7 0
2006 22 20 10 50 2 0
Career 89 79 32 190 13 0
