Ashley Ivy Swift started her volleyball career in Arlington, Tx where she earned athlete of the year for the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex while playing for Lamar High School. She continued her career at Stanford University where she played in 3 NCAA National finals, winning the National Championship in 2001 and receiving all-tournament honors. After completing her Masters at Stanford University, she started playing beach volleyball on the AVP tour. In 2008 she made the USA Beach National Team and competed on the FIVB World Tour.
Her coaching career began while playing in college. She has won a gold medal coaching in 15 Open and a silver medal in 17 Open at the Junior National Championships. She is CAP I and BCAP certified in coaching and also a cadre specialized in instruction of teaching coaches the art of teaching beach volleyball for USA Volleyball.  From 2006-2016 she was a A1/A2 USA Beach HP Coach and in 2017 has been named the head coach of the USA Jr National Beach Team. In 2011 Austin Juniors hired her to start the sand program, which now runs year round with over 30 teams qualifying for various National Championships this past season. In 2019 she was inducted into the City of Arlington's Athletic Hall of Fame. She is also married to Patrick Swift and they have a 3 yr old son named Carson and almost 1 yr old daughter named Clarke.

• 2017 USA Beach Jr National Team Head Coach
• 2019 City of Arlington Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee