The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Women's Golf
Ashburn, Ryan
Ryan Ashburn
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- ashburn1@uab.edu
- Phone:
- 254-652-0600
Ryan Ashburn became the ninth head coach of the UAB women's golf program on June 8, 2018, and is in her third season leading the Blazers.
Ashburn has made an immediate impact since her arrival in Birmingham. In Ashburn’s second year, she led UAB to two tournament victories, including its first tournament win since 2007. This marked only the second time in program history that the Blazers have won two tournaments in the same season.
Under Ashburn’s guidance, Tia Teiniketo earned the 2019-20 Conference USA Most Improved Golfer of the Year, as well as Second Team All-Conference USA accolades. Teiniketo dropped her stroke average by three shots for an average of 72.9, which was the lowest in school history.
The Blazers have also experienced tremendous success in the classroom under Ashburn’s watch. In 2020, seven of her student-athletes earned a spot on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, while Karlee Allen, Stephenie Fowler and Caroline Waldrop earned WGCA Scholar All-America accolades. For Fowler, it was her second-consecutive year receiving that distinction.
Ashburn came to UAB after having spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Baylor. In her time in Waco, Ashburn helped the Bears to three consecutive NCAA Championship appearances, including making it to the quarterfinals of match play in 2017.
Under Ashburn, two Baylor players earned All-America honors with Laura Lonardi recognized in 2016 and Amy Lee honored in 2017. Lee was named 2017 Big 12 Player of the Year, while Dylan Kim won the 2017 Big 12 individual title, and both Lee and Kim picked up All-Big 12 recognition.
In the classroom, 10 Bears were named to the Big 12 All-Academic Team with eight earning Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-America Scholar Honorees.
Prior to Baylor, Ashburn was an assistant at Campbell for the 2014-15 season where she helped the Camels to a 2015 NCAA Tournament At-Large Berth after placing sixth at the East Regional to earn one of the 24 spots in the championship field.
In addition to coaching four 2015 All-Big South Conference honorees, seven of the eight golfers on the Campbell roster earned Big South Presidential Honor Roll recognition.
Ashburn was a four-year letterwinner at Stetson University where she was a team captain her senior season and was twice named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team. Ashburn played in 98 competitive rounds for the Hatters and holds the seventh lowest stroke-average in program history.
A Seminole, Fla., native, Ashburn earned her undergraduate degree in sports management with a marketing minor from Stetson in 2014. She was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee all four years and served as Vice-President for two years.
Ashburn has made an immediate impact since her arrival in Birmingham. In Ashburn’s second year, she led UAB to two tournament victories, including its first tournament win since 2007. This marked only the second time in program history that the Blazers have won two tournaments in the same season.
Under Ashburn’s guidance, Tia Teiniketo earned the 2019-20 Conference USA Most Improved Golfer of the Year, as well as Second Team All-Conference USA accolades. Teiniketo dropped her stroke average by three shots for an average of 72.9, which was the lowest in school history.
The Blazers have also experienced tremendous success in the classroom under Ashburn’s watch. In 2020, seven of her student-athletes earned a spot on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, while Karlee Allen, Stephenie Fowler and Caroline Waldrop earned WGCA Scholar All-America accolades. For Fowler, it was her second-consecutive year receiving that distinction.
Ashburn came to UAB after having spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Baylor. In her time in Waco, Ashburn helped the Bears to three consecutive NCAA Championship appearances, including making it to the quarterfinals of match play in 2017.
Under Ashburn, two Baylor players earned All-America honors with Laura Lonardi recognized in 2016 and Amy Lee honored in 2017. Lee was named 2017 Big 12 Player of the Year, while Dylan Kim won the 2017 Big 12 individual title, and both Lee and Kim picked up All-Big 12 recognition.
In the classroom, 10 Bears were named to the Big 12 All-Academic Team with eight earning Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-America Scholar Honorees.
Prior to Baylor, Ashburn was an assistant at Campbell for the 2014-15 season where she helped the Camels to a 2015 NCAA Tournament At-Large Berth after placing sixth at the East Regional to earn one of the 24 spots in the championship field.
In addition to coaching four 2015 All-Big South Conference honorees, seven of the eight golfers on the Campbell roster earned Big South Presidential Honor Roll recognition.
Ashburn was a four-year letterwinner at Stetson University where she was a team captain her senior season and was twice named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team. Ashburn played in 98 competitive rounds for the Hatters and holds the seventh lowest stroke-average in program history.
A Seminole, Fla., native, Ashburn earned her undergraduate degree in sports management with a marketing minor from Stetson in 2014. She was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee all four years and served as Vice-President for two years.
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