Also during her junior career, she won the 17 & Under provincial championship in 2002 and skipped Prince Edward Island to a sixth place finish at the 2003 Canada Winter Games.

[5] Hughes skipped her team of Stefanie Clark, Jackie Reid and Tricia Affleck at the 2012 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts where they finished the round robin in first place with a 4–1 record, earning them the bye to the final where they would play Kim Dolan.

They finished undefeated throughout the round robin of the 2014 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts but were defeated in the final by Dolan.

They had a strong start to the 2014–15 season, winning the Curl Atlantic Championship and finishing second at the Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel and the Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel.

Despite their strong season, they once again lost in the semifinal of the 2015 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, this time to Suzanne Birt.

Hughes was able to defend her title as the provincial champion as well, defeating Veronica Smith in the semifinal of the 2017 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

The team won five straight sudden-death elimination games at the 2019 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts to claim the provincial title.

Team Birt played in nine tour events the following season and qualified in eight of them, only missing the playoffs at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic.

This year, they won the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel and were finalists at the Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge and the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic.

[20] The team had two more tour stops during the season, which included winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic and reaching the semifinal of the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel.

[21] The 2022 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts was cancelled due to the pandemic and Team Birt were selected to represent their province at the national women's championship.

In October, they won the Superstore Monctonian Challenge with spares Colleen Jones and Sinead Dolan filling in for Marie Christianson and Michelle Shea.