When she was in fifth grade at Manchester Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was the only girl on the boys' basketball team.

[2] Battle was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.

Stanford wanted Ashley to come for her visit in the spring of her senior year in high school.

Ashley's mom really liked Duke – basketball was on the rise, the education was great, and it was driving distance from Pittsburgh.

Her AAU friends Maria Conlon and Diana Taurasi had already committed to UConn so she decided to follow them there.

[5] During the 2006 WNBA off-season, Battle played for the Spanish professional basketball team Universitario de Ferrol.

[7] She is now a first year head coach for the Chartiers Valley High School Girls' Basketball team of Pittsburgh, PA.

Her assistant coaches are Julius Page who played at Pitt but couldn't enter the NBA draft due to an injury and Joe D'Abruzzo.