Marietta College Athletics

Ashley (Bault) Williams, the 2012 Cleland-Lazorik Award winner, earned four varsity letters in indoor track and four in outdoor track. She was named the Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year on three occasions and twice earned Ohio Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Year.

Williams qualified for the NCAA national championship 14 times in her career including twice for the indoor high jump, long jump, and pentathlon, once for indoor triple jump, three times for outdoor long jump, and twice for outdoor triple jump and heptathlon. Her senior year she finished as the National Runner-Up in the pentathlon and took third place in the heptathlon.

The most decorated athlete in the program history, Williams earned All-America honors seven times in her career including three times for the long jump, twice in the pentathlon and twice in the heptathlon. She left her mark on the Marietta College record book breaking 12 school marks in her career.

Williams graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Middle Childhood Education. She completed a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology at the American College of Education. She is currently a sixth grade math teacher and track/cross country coach in the Ravenna School District. Williams and her husband T.J. have two children, Aria and Tristan.