East Tennessee State University

Awards & Honors

• 2024 All-SoCon Second Team
• 2023 SoCon Defensive Player of the Year
• 2023 All-SoCon First Team 

2024 Season - Blair was the backbone of ETSU's defense in 2024 playing and starting all 16 matches for the Blue and Gold...Blair only came out of the net for a little over 10 minutes of the entire season and that was on August 29 at Davidson...In over 1,400 minutes in goal, Blair saw 214 shot attempts, made 71 saves and allowed 22 goals...Blair had a save percentage of .763 on the season and went 4-8-4 with four shutouts...Tallied clean sheets in wins over Eastern Kentucky (August 18), The Citadel (September 19), at Wofford (October 10), and at Western Carolina (October 17)...Became ETSU's all-time shutout leader with 15 during her time as a Buc...Made a season-high 12 saves at Duke on September 8...Her wins came against Eastern Kentucky, The Citadel, Wofford and VMI...At the conclusion of the regular season, Blair was named to the All-SoCon Second Team.

2023 Season - Academic All-SoCon... one of the top 'keepers in the nation, finishing 28th in goals against average (0.620) and 38th in save percentage (0.836), leading the SoCon in both categories... set the ETSU single-season records for goals against average and shutouts (8)... integral to ETSU's program-record 640 minute shutout streak from August 31st to October 1st... made four or more saves six times in 18 appearances, including 10 at Tennessee on August 24th and six at Mercer on October 1st.

2022 Season - Earned SoCon Commissioner's Medal ... Named to SoCon Fall All-Academic Team and SoCon Honor Roll ... Made eight appearances while starting seven games… Posted three clean sheets, recorded 33 saves… Averaged a (.717) save percentage … Set a season-high nine saves in the 4-0 loss at Liberty on Aug. 21 … Allowed 13 goals on the year.

Fall 2021 - Named to SoCon Honor Roll ... Did not make any appearances on the pitch. 

2020-21 - Only Buccaneer to feature in every minute of the season…made a career-best nine saves in the home loss to Lipscomb (2/21/21)…recorded her first win against UNCG (3/5/21) with a four save effort…averaged 5.4 saves per game, finished with a .717 save percentage and a 2.01 GAA in her freshman season...named to the SoCon Honor Roll.

Prior to ETSU - A graduate of Knox Central HS, Blair was a four year varsity player in both soccer and basketball. Made both the Tennessee Coaches and Writers Association All-State Team while selected as a nominee for Prep Extra Soccer Player of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year. Blair was also selected as 2-AA District and 4-AA Region MVP. She compiled 117 saves and seven shutouts her senior year, as well as collecting 1,237 points, 971 rebounds and 561 blocks over her four-year basketball career. Ashton helped her team to a Region 4-AA Championship in both 2017 and 2019, while earning a District 2-AA title in 2019 to be part of the first team to reach the state tournament in program history. 

Personal: Majoring in Special Education.