Ashley Harich returns to the University of Northwestern in 2023 as an Athletic Trainer.

Harich is a Northwestern alumna and former softball student-athlete. She played four years for the Eagles and served on two mission trips to Haiti with her team.

In 2015, Harich graduated from UNW with a Bachelors in Kinesiology. She went on to further her education at Pacific University in Hillsboro, Oregon where she earned her Master of Athletic Training degree in 2020.

After earning her graduate degree, Harich joined Sanford Health; working with Worthington High School and Minnesota West Community and Technical College as an athletic trainer for the past three years.

This past year, the Minnesota Athletic Trainers Association honored Harich with a 2023 MATA Outstanding Athletic Trainer Recognition Award, which is given to athletic trainers that have achieved one or more outstanding accomplishments in areas such as responding in a critical situation, active in the advancement of the profession of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, or promoted Athletic Training through public speaking and/or related events outside of Athletic Training profession.

Harich and her husband, Craig, live in White Bear Lake with their plethora of animals.