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Ashley Sharp (born 11 June 1997) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the
Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of Fr ...
in the
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competition. Sharp was drafted by Fremantle with their third selection and twentieth overall in the
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. She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season. After the round three match against , in which she recorded nine disposals and three goals, she was announced as the round nominee for the AFL Women's Rising Star. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven matches. In December 2022, Sharp decided to step away from football to focus on her family. Off the field, Sharp plays in the State Basketball League, having played for the
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in 2016 and 2017 before joining the
Kalamunda Eastern Suns Kalamunda Eastern Suns is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Kalamunda & Districts Basketball Association (KDBA), the major administrative ...
in 2018. September 2022, Sharp was appointed the Head Coach of the WAFLW Development programme.


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* * 1997 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Australian women's basketball players Fremantle Football Club (AFLW) players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub