Ashley Hatch

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As a junior in 2015, Hatch started in 10 of the 13 games she played. She suffered an injury that prevented her from playing for the majority of the season. She scored four goals—including three game-winning goals— and recorded two assists. Hatch was ranked best player in the West Coast Conference by Top Drawer Soccer in 2015 and 2016. During her senior season, Hatch scored a hat-trick against Penn State in August and was named Player of the Week by ESPNW for a second time. She was also named NCAA and WCC Player of the Week. Hatch started in all twenty matches, scored 19 goals and recorded six assists during the season. She was named a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy and was ranked the seventh best player in the country by Top Drawer Soccer.

The Courage finished the regular season in first place with a record winning the NWSL Shield and was the first team to secure a spot in the NWSL Playoffs after a 4–0 win over the Houston Dash where Hatch scored the fourth goal. Hatch scored seven goals in her 24 appearances for the Courage. After defeating the Chicago Red Stars 1–0 in the semi-finals and advancing to the NWSL Championship Final, the Courage lost 1–0 to the Portland Thorns FC.

Hatch was named NWSL Rookie of the Year after recording seven goals (including three game-winning goals) and one assist in her first professional season, which helped the Courage win the 2017 NWSL Shield.

Hatch started all 24 games in the 2019 season, matching her rookie output with 7 goals and 2 assists. Washington came in 5th place, missing the playoffs.

The NWSL cancelled the 2020 regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and instead held two competitions, the Challenge Cup and Fall Series. Hatch appeared in all 5 games (4 starts) for the Spirit in the Challenge Cup, scoring 1 goal with 1 assist. She made her penalty kick in a shootout loss to Sky Blue FC in the quarterfinals.

Hatch scored a brace for the Spirit in a 2–0 win against her former team North Carolina Courage on July 10, 2021. She finished the 2021 regular season as the NWSL's top scorer, winning the Golden Boot with 10 goals in 20 games (18 starts). She helped the Spirit place third in the league. In the playoffs, she scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win against North Carolina in extra time in the quarterfinals, finishing off the rebound of Trinity Rodman's shot. Washington went on to win the NWSL Championship, defeating the Chicago Red Stars 2–1 in extra time. She was named to the NWSL Best XI at the end of the season.

Ahead of the 2022 regular season, Hatch led the Spirit to the final of the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup, scoring 6 goals in 8 games. She made her penalty kick in a shootout win against OL Reign in the Challenge Cup semifinals and scored in a 2–1 loss to the North Carolina Courage in the final. She led Washington in scoring with 9 goals (of which 3 were penalties) in 18 games (16 starts) in the 2022 regular season. However, the Spirit dropped to 11th place of 12 teams.

Hatch scored 11 goals (including 5 penalties) with 2 assists in 22 games (all starts) in the 2023 regular season. Washington finished 8th of 12 teams. She also scored 2 goals in 4 games of the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup. She was named in the NWSL Second XI after the season.

Hatch appeared in 24 games (16 starts) in the 2024 regular season, scoring 7 goals (including 3 penalties) with 3 assists. Washington finished second in the league behind the Orlando Pride. She started all 3 playoff games, converted the first penalty in a shootout win against NJ/NY Gotham FC in the semifinals, before losing 1–0 to Orlando in the title game.

Washington got some revenge for their championship loss by defeating Orlando in the 2025 NWSL Challenge Cup in penalties. Hatch converted the Spirit's opening penalty kick in the shootout.

On August 23, 2018, Hatch was named to the United States U-23 team for the 2018 Nordic tournament.

On November 9, 2021, Hatch was named to the USWNT for 2 friendlies in Australia. In the first of the two against Australia, Hatch scored 24 seconds into the game to record her first International goal.