Online Reputation

By Mikala Lindhardt

            Have you ever tried to Google a friend or a classmate or even an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend to see what they are up to? With the number of social media sites and “friends” someone can have, it is not hard for people to find out about you—both good and bad.

            This week I googled one of my classmates, Ashton Henderson Crump. (Don’t worry, she knew I was going to do it.) There are some patterns I found as I used Google to learn more about Crump such as, Bingham High School basketball, Snow College basketball and she was recently married in the past year. Everything I know about her is from the internet. We actually didn’t even speak before this assignment.

            Let’s begin. First, there were a number of basketball states for this girl. However, I learned quickly when googling and looking up things on the internet you need to be very specific. Apparently there is an Ashton Henderson (male) who plays football for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions. Ashton Henderson Crump is female and graduated from Bingham High School in 2013 and had a career of 444 total points, according to the Deseret News. She also awarded, by the Deseret News, to be on the first team for All-Region girls basketball for the State of Utah. Click on the link to see an interview she did after a basketball game. 

 Crump, then a Henderson, not only excelled in high school basketball, but was offered to play for Snow College in Ephraim, Utah and shined for two years as she played for the Badgers from 2013-2015. Crump was respected by her peers and teammates at Snow College. In an article written by Snow College’s newspaper Crump had a player profile written about her. It said, “Teammate Jill Powell describes Ashton as a leader and someone who cares about everyone. “I guarantee if anyone has a problem on the team, they would go to her. She’s the mom of the team. She is a leader and is always full of energy,” said Powell.”

            According to her statistics during her Snow College career, Crump was not only a leader off the court, but on the court. In an article written December 5, 2014 by the Scenic West Athletic Conference, Crump, along with her teammates were ranked No. 16 in the country with statistics and wins for Snow College.

            “Ashton lives by the motto ‘don’t be beat’. She explained that this involves working hard at everything and never giving up or letting anyone down,” an article written by Snow College stated.

            Crump met her husband and they were married on August 14, 2015. Her and her husband, Kolten, were registered at myregistry.com and target for their wedding (not that that is relevant to anything), but that is information

She is currently studying at Utah State University in Logan, Utah and in a social media class. That is how we know each other. According to her LinkedIn profile she is a communication and marketing major at USU and is working on earning her bachelors. She has already graduated with her Associates degree from Snow College.