Lily Assini

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Photo by: Casey Paul

Photo by: Casey Paul

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Englewood, Colo.
High School:
Cherry Creek High School
Major:
Finance

Career Honors:

2025 All-Big 12 Team
2025 Big 12 Lacrosse All-Tournament Team
2025 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
2X Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2023)
2024 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2023 CUSPY’s Female Freshman Athlete of the Year Award (Co-Winner)

Career Highs:
Goals: 4 vs Cincinnati (4/26/2025)
Assists: 3 x2 last against Michigan (3/8/2025)
Points: 5 vs SDSU (3/29/3025)
Ground Balls: 4 vs SDSU (3/8/2025)
Draw Controls: 6 x2 last against Florida (4/12/2025)
Caused Turnovers: 2 x2 last against Denver (4/17/2025)

2026 (SENIOR):

Lily Assini is a senior midfielder for the Buffs.

2025 (JUNIOR):

Started and played in all 16 games for the Buffs
Twice scored a career-high four goals at SDSU (Mar. 29) and at Cincinnati (April 26)
Career-high five points and four ground balls against San Diego State (Mar. 29)
Recorded three hat tricks, including her first career hat trick at SDSU (Mar. 29)
Tallied 39 points, 23 goals, 16 assists, 34 draw controls, 20 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers
Recorded at least one point in all 16 games
Scored two or more goals in eight games

2024 (SOPHOMORE):

Played and started in all 19 games of the season
Tallied 12 goals, 10 assists, 22 points, 23 ground balls, 12 caused turnovers and 36 draw controls
Recorded four points against SDSU (April 3)
Had a career-high six draw controls against Louisville (Feb. 11)
Reached a season-high three assists against Northwestern (Feb. 22) and SDSU (Mar. 30)
Had season-high three ground balls in three games this season

2023 (FRESHMAN):

Made first CU career appearance at Vanderbilt (Feb. 20)
Played in each game of the season.
Scored first career goal against Stanford in a 17-15 victory for the program’s 100th win. (Mar. 17)
Had career high of four draw controls against California (April 23)

HIGH SCHOOL:

Graduated from Cherry Creek H.S. in 2022.
Earned four letters in lacrosse and three in field hockey.
Conference Player of the Year as a junior and senior.
Two-time First Team All-State
US Lacrosse All-American as a junior and senior.
Scored 55 goals with 31 assists, helping the Bruins to a 14-4 record in 2022.
Was also High Honor Roll and All-Academic All-State in both lacrosse and field hockey.

PERSONAL:

Daughter of Laurie and Matt
Has two younger siblings, Izzy and Blake
Her great grandfather ran track at Harvard and her uncle and dad both played collegiate tennis
Favorite hobbies include hiking, reading, cycling and hanging out with friends and family
Is ambidextrous