Hall of Fame
The walking embodiment of Radford Highlanders knowledge and pride, Mike Ashley is a true connection between the past and present. He came to Radford University as a student in 1980 and immediately began writing for The Tartan, eventually becoming its sports editor. A column he wrote launched the first RU baseball club in 1982, for which he served as the initial president. Two years later, the club became a varsity team. Ashley would graduate in 1983 and return to his alma mater as a Sports Information Director across multiple stints that spanned more than a decade. He was a member of the staff that ushered the Highlanders into the Division I era, he helped mount a national campaign that helped the women's basketball program earn a spot in the 1989 Women's NIT and he was a founding member of the Radford University Sports Hall of Fame Committee in 1995.
