Get to know your Dons!
#21 Maggie MacLachlan
What's the best piece of advice you've been given? Don't sweat the small stuff
Who is your inspiration? Steph Cain
What junior sporting club did you attend? Whitfords Junior Football Club
What junior sports did you play? AFL & Basketball
What's one of your favourite pump up songs? Daisies, Justin Bieber
#10 Holly Ridewood
How are you preparing yourself for life after sport? I'm studying to become a high school PE teacher
What's one of your favourite pump up songs? Happiness, Alexis Jordan
My sporting superstition is... I must have a tropical gatorade before every game
When people see me, I hope they think... That I'm bubbly and approachable
If I wasn't in sport I would be... A Paramedic
#32 Grace Brooker
What junior sports did you play? Rugby Sevens
If I wasn't in sport I would be... A stunt double
What phrase do you use too much? Ya know what I mean?
Who is your sporting hero? Lisa Carrington
What's your coffee order? Vanilla flat white
#29 Jess Verbrugge
My sporting superstition is... The second year in my pair of footy boots is always better than my first year in them
When people see me, I hope they think... I'm tall
Something you may not know about me... I love making Macrame Pieces
Who is the funniest teammate? Mia Busch
What's your coffee order? Cappuccino
#26 Amelie Gladman
One piece of advice I'd give my teenage self... Believe you belong
What's one of your favourite pump up songs? Clarity, Zedd
What is your earliest sporting memory? Playing Milo Cricket on the MCG
What High School did you attend? Siena College
Who is your sporting hero? Ellyse Perry
#33 Courtney Murphy
What high school did you attend? Mountain Creek State High
Away from sport, I'm most passionate about... Photography, surfing and adventuring to new places
What phrase do you use too much? Slay
My earliest sporting memory... Playing basketball as a little 5 year old
Who are your sporting heroes? Erin Phillips and Kobe Bryant
#8 Bonnie Toogood
Do you have a side hustle? Running my own podcast - Toogood Talks
Something people may not know about me? That I am a HUGE Swiftie
What's the best piece of advice you've been given? Actions speak louder than words, but consistency is louder than both
What's your career highlight to date? Essendon's first game at Marvel and seeing young girls kicking the footy at the park/local oval
My sporting hero is... Steph Curry
#19 Mia Van Dyke
What junior sports did you play? AFL, athletics, cricket and basketball
Who is the funniest teammate? Sophie Alexander
Away from sport, I'm most passionate about... Sport, surfing, adventuring and travel
Something not many people know about me is... My nickname is Rat, I'm the youngest person to play AFLW
If I wasn't in sport I would be... An archaeologist
#14 Ellyse Gamble
How are you preparing yourself for life after sport? By building a career in teaching
What phrase do you use too much? Alrighty
My sporting superstition is... I must clean my boots before every training session and game
What's your career highlight to date? First ever game for Essendon at Marvel Stadium and singing the song
Away from sport, I'm passionate about... Travelling as it allows me to experience new cultures, grow personally, and have fun along the way
#13 Taya Chambers
Something you may not know about me... I was school captian
Away from sport, I'm passionate about... The outdoors, work-life balance and dogs
What's the best piece of advice you've been given? You can't control everything, you can always control effort
What is your career highlight to date? Being drafted
Who is the funniest teammate? Sophie Alexander
#18 Sophie Strong
One piece of advice I'd give my teenage self... Live in the present and enjoy every moment because life moves very fast
Who is your sporting hero? Simone Biles, super athlete and promotes mental health battles
What was your job before footy? Disability support worker
If I wasn't in sport, I would be... Studying to become a doctor
Who is your inspiration? My Mum! I hope to be as strong and selfless as her one day
#7 Grace Belloni
If I wasn't in sport, I would be... Travelling and studying occupational therapy
Who is the funniest teammate? Steph Wales
What is your career highlight to date? My last game of footy with Eastern Ranges
My sporting superstition is... Having to write three goals in my journal every morning of my game
What was your job before footy? Disability support worker
