Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor commits to St. Louis

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Monday, August 23, 2021 | 4:48 PM


Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor, one of the top scorers in WPIAL girls basketball, announced a commitment to St. Louis on Monday.

The senior guard averaged 21 points and guided Mt. Lebanon to the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals last season.

Connor, a 5-foot-10 guard, also had offers from Xavier, Cleveland State, Kennesaw State, South Carolina Upstate, Evansville, Purdue Fort Wayne, Northeastern, LaSalle and Oakland.

She is a two-time Trib 10 selection and two-time all-state honoree.

The three-year starter surpassed 1,000 career points in February.

St. Louis competes in the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference.

Bill Hartlep is the TribLive sports editor. A Pittsburgh native and Point Park graduate, he joined the Trib in 2004, covering high school sports. He held various editing roles before assuming his current position in 2019. He can be reached at bhartlep@triblive.com.

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