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Ashley Hutchcraft

<p>Coach Ashley Hutchcraft grew up in Conway, Arkansas, and played basketball for her father, John Hutchcraft, at Guy-Perkins High School. &#160;As a player, Hutchcraft led Guy-Perkins to state basketball titles in 2001, 2002, 2003&#8212;earning MVP honors all three years. &#160;After high school Hutchcraft was a member of the University of Central Arkansas Lady Sugar Bears basketball team. In 2008, Coach Hutchcraft became the head girl&#8217;s basketball coach at Conway Christian High School. &#160; She led the Lady Eagles to the 2A State Finals and the school&#8217;s first state championship in 2010. &#160; With this victory she became the youngest coach to win a basketball state championship in the state of Arkansas. Coach Hutchcraft is in her tenth season as the head coach of the Conway Lady Wampus Cats, a team she led to win the 7A State Championship in 2014. In 2016, Coach Hutchcraft was selected by the Women&#8217;s Basketball Coaches Association as one of the top 30 coaches under 30 years old in women&#8217;s basketball.</p>