Completed Event: Women's Lacrosse at #4 Florida on May 15, 2025 , Loss , 9, to, 11
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2023 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Thurston, Ainsley
Jersey Number 18
Ainsley Thurston
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Belle Isle, Fla.
Bio
Honors: ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
2022: Saw action in seven contests as an attacker … Connected on seven goals and an assist for eight points … Added one ground ball and one caused turnover … Tallied a season-high three points off of two goals and an assist in Duke’s victory at Elon (2/13/22) … Notched at least one point in six of the seven games she played in.
2021: Saw action in eight contests as an attacker … Notched five goals and one assist for six points … Posted a .556 shooting percentage … Went 1-for-1 on free-position goals … Grabbed one ground ball … Scored a goal and an assist in Duke’s victory over Mount St. Mary’s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2020: Appeared in six games during the shortened 2020 season ... Tallied four goals, three assists, two ground balls and two draw controls during her first year ... Put together a three-point performance on two goals and an assist in her collegiate debut against Gardner-Webb (2/7) ... Also added a ground ball and draw control in that game ... Matched her same stat line two games later with two goals, an assist, a ground ball and a draw control against Wofford (2/13) ... Dished an assist against George Washington (2/22) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Member of Canada's U19 national team ... Represented Canada at the 2019 Women's Lacrosse U19 World Championships, helping the team earn the silver medal ... Recorded one goal, one assist and one draw control for the South Team at the 2019 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Game ... Tabbed No. 38 on the 2019 ILWomen Power 100 Incoming Freshman List ... Two-time US Lacrosse All-American at Lake Highland Preparatory ... Led her team to a state title her senior year ... Registered 73 goals and 30 assists her final season en route to being named the Orlando Sentinel Player of the Year ... Rounded out her high school career with 257 goals and 78 assists ... Competed with the LaxManiax club team ... Lettered four years each in soccer and golf ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Chinese National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Rhonda and Jerrey Thurston ... Has one sister (Ashley) ... Father was a professional baseball player.
Last updated on 8/8/22
2022: Saw action in seven contests as an attacker … Connected on seven goals and an assist for eight points … Added one ground ball and one caused turnover … Tallied a season-high three points off of two goals and an assist in Duke’s victory at Elon (2/13/22) … Notched at least one point in six of the seven games she played in.
2021: Saw action in eight contests as an attacker … Notched five goals and one assist for six points … Posted a .556 shooting percentage … Went 1-for-1 on free-position goals … Grabbed one ground ball … Scored a goal and an assist in Duke’s victory over Mount St. Mary’s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2020: Appeared in six games during the shortened 2020 season ... Tallied four goals, three assists, two ground balls and two draw controls during her first year ... Put together a three-point performance on two goals and an assist in her collegiate debut against Gardner-Webb (2/7) ... Also added a ground ball and draw control in that game ... Matched her same stat line two games later with two goals, an assist, a ground ball and a draw control against Wofford (2/13) ... Dished an assist against George Washington (2/22) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Member of Canada's U19 national team ... Represented Canada at the 2019 Women's Lacrosse U19 World Championships, helping the team earn the silver medal ... Recorded one goal, one assist and one draw control for the South Team at the 2019 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Game ... Tabbed No. 38 on the 2019 ILWomen Power 100 Incoming Freshman List ... Two-time US Lacrosse All-American at Lake Highland Preparatory ... Led her team to a state title her senior year ... Registered 73 goals and 30 assists her final season en route to being named the Orlando Sentinel Player of the Year ... Rounded out her high school career with 257 goals and 78 assists ... Competed with the LaxManiax club team ... Lettered four years each in soccer and golf ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Chinese National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Rhonda and Jerrey Thurston ... Has one sister (Ashley) ... Father was a professional baseball player.
Last updated on 8/8/22
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