Bears hire Ashton Washington as first female scout

The Bears promoted Ashton Washington into their scouting department.The Bears have hired their first full-time female scout.

They’ve promoted former intern Ashton Washington to a full-time scouting role, NFL senior director of diversity, equity and inclusion Sam Rapoport said Sunday afternoon. Washington is now listed as a scouting assistant in the Bears’ player personnel department.

She began training camp as a player personnel intern as part of the Nunn Wooten Scouting Fellowship. Washington became Texas Tech’s director of recruiting operations and creative content in March after one year at Illinois, where she was the director of high school relations under former Bears coach Lovie Smith.…