Ashlee Unie has been named as a Training Partner of Sunshine Coast Lightning in three of their four seasons to date (opting to focus on university studies in Brisbane in 2018). The Physiotherapist and Sunshine Coast local has impressed at Wing Defence and Goal Defence throughout the years. Unie was last year Captain of the Lightning affiliated Territory Storm in the Australian Netball League, as well as captaining the USC Thunder in the QLD Sapphire Series. She has been elevated to the main squad both as injury cover in 2017 as well as part of an extended squad post the Netball World Cup in 2019.