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

Bush was born and raised in Wugularr, Northern Territory of indigenous descent, from a Jawoyn (Bagala) regions descended from the Mayali, 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 22 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "An interview with AFLW player Ashanti Bush - The Memo". MECCA. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ashanti Bush | AFL". goldcoastfc.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  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
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Bush