Ashley Renée Ayers (née McElhiney; born July 16, 1981) is an American basketball coach and former college player.

McElhiney was honored for her high school performance in 1999 as the Tennessee State 1A Miss Basketball.

She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1999 to 2003 and was awarded the Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2001, 2002, and 2003 at the position of guard.

McElhiney was selected to be a member of the team representing the USA at the 2001 World University Games held in Beijing, China.

China would stay close early, but the USA team prevailed and won the gold medal with a score of 87–67.

"[6] The Rhythm's season was marred by an incident in which one of the team's co-owners, Sally Anthony, fired McElhiney in the middle of a game on January 29, 2005, on the grounds that McElhiney was playing Matt Freije after Anthony insisted that Freije be benched.

[9] In June 2005, McElhiney joined the athletic department staff at the University of Alabama as the director of women's basketball operations.

Her former Vanderbilt University teammate Ashley Earley also joined as the graduate assistant coach.