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Ava Carney

position

Outside Hitter

Height

6-2

Class

Junior

Hometown

Butler, Pa.

High School

Commonwealth Charter Academy

Previous School

Wake Forest

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Bio

2024 UNT Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 ACC All-Freshman Team

2024 (Sophomore)

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

2023 (Freshman)

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

Prep

Ranked No. 57 in the Class of 2023 on PrepVolleyball.com
Received an invitation to the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program
Listed on VBallrecruiter.com 2023 National Player Rankings & Players to Watch
Member of Pittsburgh Elite Volleyball Club
Qualified for 2022 USAV Nationals

Personal

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