[CrabMan]

Foster sure likes transfers....

Former Parade All-American transferring to OSU

OSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Former high-school All-American transferring to OSU
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH


Ashlee Trebilcock, a Parade All-American high-school guard from Santa Clarita, Calif., who left UCLA four games into her freshman season in November, telephoned Ohio State coach Jim Foster yesterday to say she planned to play for the Buckeyes next season.

Trebilcock, 18, made her official visit to OSU on Dec. 18-19 and chose the Buckeyes over Connecticut and Oklahoma. She intends to enroll for classes this week and will be eligible to play after the fall quarter of next season as a sophomore. She can begin practicing with the team when winter quarter classes begin.

"I called coach Foster this morning to commit to the Buckeyes," Trebilcock said in a telephone interview from her new home in Boise, Idaho. "I’m going to fly out Monday and get ready for school.

"I’m really excited to play for coach Foster. During my visit, all the girls really hung together and interacted with each other. I really like the coaching staff and what they’re trying to accomplish. I think it’s going to be exciting to be a part of that."

While playing for Hart High School in Santa Clarita, Trebilcock became one of the most highly recruited guards in the country. She scored 2,353 points in her high-school career with 575 rebounds, 469 assists and 361 steals and tried out for the USA Basketball junior team. She committed to UCLA after her junior season but opted to leave four games into the season.

"It happened," she said. "It’s over. The program I just didn’t feel like it was for me."

Trebilcock was born in Nampa, Idaho, near Boise and spotted there as an aspiring child actor. She has appeared in television commercials and opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in the series McKenna and in Three’s Company: Hawaiian Style. She also acted in a threestory arc on E.R. with George Clooney and Anthony Edwards.

NCAA rules prohibited Foster from commenting on the transfer.


jmassie@dispatch.com