Ashanti Bush

Ashanti Bush (born 18 August 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

Ashanti Bush
Personal information
Full name Ashanti Bush
Date of birth (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002
Place of birth Wugularr, Northern Territory
Original team(s) NT Thunder / Hawthorn FC (VFLW)
Draft No. 8, 2021 AFL Women's draft
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 19
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2022 (S6)– Gold Coast 7 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 (S7) season.
Career highlights
  • Goal of the Year: 2022 (S7)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Bush was born and raised in Wugularr, Northern Territory of indigenous descent, from a Jawoyn (Bagala) regions descended from the Maiawali, Iwaidja and Yolngu people and is from a family of Indigenous Australian artists.[1] She attended primary school there before moving to Darwin to attend boarding school.[2] Bush began playing Australian rules from a young age following her older sister and relative David Wirrpanda and Stephanie Williams, always aspiring to play AFLW. Proving a talent she joined the NT Thunder Academy and later moving to the Gold Coast to join the Gold Coast Suns Academy. To improve her chances of being drafted she followed a proven pathway moving to Melbourne to play games with Hawthorn Football Club’s VFLW team before being drafted by the Gold Coast Suns.[3]

Bush was picked by the Gold Coast at number 8 in the 2021 AFL Women's draft.[4] She debuted in 2022 (S6) and won the Goal of the Year in her second season for her Round 10 goal.[5]

References
  1. "My culture - Ashanti Bush". hawthornfc.com.au. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  2. "An interview with AFLW player Ashanti Bush - The Memo". MECCA. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  3. "Ashanti Bush | AFL". goldcoastfc.com.au. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  4. High praise for new AFLW draft Ashanti Bush By Teisha Cloos 4 August 2021
  5. Bush brilliance wins Crypto.com AFLW Goal of the Year By SUNS Media 22 November 2022
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