Coach Highlight - Ashley Pryor

Level 2 coach Ashley Pryor is the CEO and Founder of Relentless Rowing Academy and owns a gym, Relentless Fit Factory. Hailing from Westerville, Ohio, she is an alumna of The Ohiopryor 3 State University, where she earned a Bachelor's of Science in Human Development and Family Science in 2013 and a Masters of Art in Higher Education and Student Affairs in 2015. Additionally, she has spent the last three seasons as the Director of Operations for women's rowing.

pryor 2After playing basketball for Ohio State - Newark her freshmen year of college, Pryor transferred to the Main Campus and walked on to the women's rowing team. She was a part of the squad that won a Big Ten Championship in 2011 and went on to serve as Ohio State's Director of Social Change some years later. Her teammates gave her the nickname "AP", which has stuck to this day.

Since 2013, Pryor has traveled the country facilitating workshops on topics such as leadership, social change, holistic wellness and fitness. She published a documentary, "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Critical Race Theory Critique of Higher Education", in 2014 and co-authored an article, "Impact of College Athletics Involvement on African American Male Student-Athletes' Career Development" in 2015. March of 2018, she won the inaugural Integrity Leadership Award from NASPA andpryor 1 was selected for the prestigious Dr. Charles Whitcomb NCAA Leadership Institution Cohort for 2019-2021. In 2020, Pryor became the inaugural winner of the Steady State Network Change Maker Scholarship.

Currently, Pryor is excited as Relentless Rowing gears up for their first racing season with Central Ohio Rowing for youth and Greater Columbus Rowing Association for masters in Columbus, Ohio.