Ashley Thurk

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Midfielder/Defender
Height:
5-9
High School:
Edina High School
Hometown:
Edina, Minn.

PRONUNCIATION

2025 | SOPHOMORE
Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List
Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 List (No. 90)

2024 | FRESHMAN
All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Second Team
Top Drawer Soccer postseason top 100 Freshman (#21)
• Started all 22 matches for Minnesota in the backline
• Competed for a full 90 in every game except one, missing 11 minutes on the field
• Recorded her first assist at St. Thomas (Aug. 25)
• Dished out one shot at Milwaukee (Aug. 29)

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
• Led Edina High School to the MSHSL Class AAA State Championship, going 22-0-0, as a senior in 2023
• Junior and senior soccer captain for Edina High School
• Two-time ECNL Champions League Qualifier with Minnesota Thunder Academy
• Won the 2023 Gothia Cup in Sweden with Minnesota Thunder Academy
• 2AAA High School Soccer Section Champs (2021, 2022, 2023), finished third at state (2021), finished second at state (2022)
• 2023 High School All-Metro Soccer First Team and Class AAA All-State Soccer Team
• 2021, 2022, 2023 High School Soccer All-State Tournament Team
• 2021, 2022 Soccer Academic Excellence Award
• Junior track and field captain for Edina High School
• 2022, 2023 Track and Field academic all-state
• 2021, 2022 Track and Field all-conference award
• Lettered in soccer four years and track three years at Edina High School

PERSONAL
• The daughter of Catherine and Paul Thurk
• Has three brothers, Jack, Mikey, and Willy
• Mikey competes on the swim team at Villanova