Ava Francis Season 2022

2023 ACC All-Academic Team
2022 ACC All-Academic Team

2023: Appeared in 25 matches, starting in 18 of them ... Recorded 214 kills, third-most on the team ... Averaged 2.71 kills per set, most on the team ... Registered 86 digs ... Had 23 total blocks ... Tallied 230.5 points ... Had a career-high 20 kills and 20.5 points vs. Florida State (9/22) ... Had 16 kills vs. Notre Dame (10/20) ... Had 15 kills vs. East Carolina (9/16) ... Recorded 14 kills vs. Delaware State (9/8), vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (9/9) and vs. Queens (9/15) ... Recorded a career-high 15 digs at Virginia (10/29).

2022: Played in 25 games … Appeared in 86 sets … Recorded 179 kills, tied for third-most on the team … Averaged 2.08 kills per set, second-most on the team … Had 48 digs … Had 23 total blocks … Totaled 191 points … Had 17 kills at Clemson (9/23) to lead the Hokies to the five-set victory … Had 13 kills vs. Davidson (8/27) … Had 10 kills at DePaul (9/9), vs. Norfolk State (9/15), and at Notre Dame (10/16) … Member of 2022 ACC All-Academic Team.

Prior to Virginia Tech: Spent the 2021 fall season at Arizona … Four-year varsity starter at Jonathan Alder High School … Three-time first team All-Central Buckeye Conference … Two-time Central Buckeye Conference Player of the Year … Ohio Central District Player of the Year and two-time first team All-Ohioan … Named to the Prep Volleyball Phenom List and the Top 100 Senior Aces … AVCA All-Region Team member and AVCA All-American Honorable Mention … Ranked the No. 2 recruit in the state of Ohio and ranked in the top 100 Prep Volleyball recruits … Under Armour All-American … All-time kills and digs leader at Jonathan Alder.
 
Personal: Daughter of Garrin Francis and Kim and Clint Hayes … Mother, Kim played a season of volleyball at Ohio State … Step-father, Clint played four years of basketball at Cedarville University … Has four siblings, Breckin, Ali, Anna and Adri … Currently studying Sociology ...