Ava Carney Season 2025-26

PositionOutside Hitter

Height6-2

ClassJunior

HometownButler, Pa.

Previous SchoolWake Forest

Played in 14 out of 33 matches and started in 13 of them; missed 19 matches due to injury
Finished with 136 kills (4th most on team), 174.0 points, 94 digs, 43 blocks, 15 service aces
Earned a career-high 11 digs vs Ole Miss (9/10/25); seven blocks and four aces vs FGCU (9/19/25)

Played in 19 out of 33 matches and started in 15 of them; missed 14 matches due to injury
Finished with 127 kills (5th most on team), 145 points, 61 digs, 28 blocks, three service aces
Earned a career-high hitting percentage of .542 against Colorado (8/31/24), while also notching a season-high 14 kills
Named to the UNT Invitational All-Tournament Team after 29 kills and 10 digs

Played in all 29 of the team’s matches while making 16 starts, Carney ended second on the roster in kills (332)
Finished third in blocks among the team (57.0) while being one of three players to total 50 or more for the year
Registered 10 or more kills on 20 separate occasions
Season-best marks of 19 kills and seven blocks against No. 11 Georgia Tech
Season highs of nine digs twice, happening in consecutive outings versus App State (Sept. 15) and Davidson (Sept. 16) in the latter’s 2023 fall invitational

Daughter of Shelton and Renee Carney
Has two siblings, Devin and Donovan
Father Shelton is a former men’s basketball player at Robert Morris while Devin plays for the Duquesne Dukes’ men’s basketball team
Currently plans to major in Marketing/Business but also holds interest in Sports Management

Outside Hitter

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