Lily Assini

Photo by: Tony Harman

Photo by: Casey Paul

Photo by: Casey Paul

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

Awards:

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)

Cumulative Career Statistics:
Goals: 42
Assists: 30
Points: 72
Caused Turnovers: 30
Ground Balls: 58
Draw Controls: 103
Shots: 114 (.368)
Shots on Goal: 83 (.728)

2026 (SENIOR):

Lily Assini is a senior midfielder for the Buffs.

2025 (JUNIOR):

Named to the All-Big 12 Team, Big 12 Lacrosse All-Tournament Team and Preseason All-Big 12 Team
Started and played in all 16 games for the Buffs
Reached a career-high five points and four ground balls against San Diego State (3/29/2025)
Reached a career-high four goals against Cincinnati (4/26/2025)
Matched a career-high three assist against Michigan (3/8/2025)
Matched a career-high six draw controls against Florida (4/12/2025)
Matched a career-high two caused turnovers against Denver (4/17/2025)
Recorded three hat tricks this season, including her first career hat trick
Tallied 39 points, 23 goals, 16 assists, 34 draw controls, 20 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers
Scored at least one point in all 16 games
Scored at least two goals in eight games

2024 (SOPHOMORE):

Played and started in all 19 games of the season
Tallied 12 goals, 10 assists, 22 points, 23 groundballs, 12 caused turnovers and 36 draw controls
Reached a career-high four points against SDSU (4/3/2024)
Had a career-high six draw controls against Louisville (2/11/2024)
Reached a career-high three assists against Northwestern (2/22/24) and SDSU (3/30/24)
Had three ground balls against Louisville (2/11/2024), at Central Michigan (2/29/2024) and again at UC Davis (4/6/2024)

2023 (FRESHMAN):

Made first CU career appearance at Vanderbilt (2/10/23)
Played in each game of the season.
Scored first career goal against Stanford in a 17-15 victory for the program’s 100th win. (3/17/23)
Had career high of four draw controls against California (4/23/2023)

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.
Graduated with a yellow chord (3.75 GPA and above in all four years).
Was also High Honor Roll and All-Academic All-State in both lacrosse and field hockey.
Earned four letters in lacrosse and three in field hockey

PERSONAL:

Favorite hobbies include hiking, reading, cycling and hanging out with friends and family
Chose CU because of the balance between school, lacrosse, and time spent with friends, as well as the campus and academics
Wants to visit Italy and Greece
Favorite foods are anything Italian, fruit and sushi
Favorite music artist is Zach Bryan
After graduation Lily wants to travel around the world
Biggest sports hero is Roger Federer and is inspired by his humility
Fun fact: Lily is ambidextrous
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.