Ava Fountain
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- Height:
- 5-3
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- Hometown:
- Lake Placid, FL
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- The King's Academy
Bio
2023: Had a record breaking freshman season, paired with Abbey Hildenbrand at the no. 2 seed. The duo went 23-4 on the seaon, starting off with a 22 game winning streak. Recorded the largest win margin in school history against Bob Jones by defeating their opponent 21-1. Fountain and Hildenbrand as a pair earned an American Volleyball Association Top Flight award.
High School: Fountain finished her high school career with 246 sets played, 420 digs, 538 service receptions, 11 kills, and 29 aces. Her high school, The King's Academy, launched their beach program in 2022 and went undefeated earning the number two seed in post season play. Fountain earned national honor society, science national honor society, and social studies national honor society awards as well as serving in the Key Club and the Quill and Scroll honor society.
Personal: Daughter of Kara and Jeremy Fountain. Fountain's cousin, Drew Beno, plays baseball at Richmond University where he has six hits in just six starts. Fountain is a nursing major at Carson-Newman
News mentions
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Three pairs of Carson-Newman beach volleyball players have earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top Flight award, the AVCA announced Wednesday.
TAVARES Fl. - Carson-Newman's beach volleyball season comes to an end after day three at the AVCA Small College Championship. Carson-Newman dropped a pair of matches against Spring Hill College (16-13) and Texas A&M at Kingsville (12-18).
TAVARES, Fl. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (25-6) splits a pair of matches on day two of the AVCA Small College Championship. The Eagles defeated Eckerd College (4-14) in a nail-biting 3-2 victory before being shut out by the University of Tampa (18-13) 3-0.
TAVARES. Fl. -Carson-Newman beach volleyball (24-5) splits a pair of matches during day one of the AVCA Small College Beach Championship. The Eagles fell 3-0 to Tampa University (17-12) before defeating Tusculum (9-11) with a final score of 3-2.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (23-4) returns to the AVCA Small College Beach Championship in Tavares. Fl. starting on Friday. The Eagles will kick off the postseason with a matchup against Tampa University (16-12) at 8:00 A.M. The Eagles will move on to a rematch against Tusculum (9-10) at 11:15 A.M.
SALISBURY, N.C. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (23-4) closed out their regular season by splitting a pair of matches at the SAC Beach Challenge. The Eagles lost to Tusculum 3-2 but defeated Catawba 5-0.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (22-3) will travel to Salisbury, N.C., to compete in the SAC Beach Challenge. The Eagles will take on Tusculum University (7-10) on Friday at 12:30 P.M. before a matchup with Catawba College (13-11) at 2:00 P.M.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (22-3) drops a pair of matchups in day two’s action at the Scenic City Showdown on Apr. 1st. The Eagles lost 4-1 to Eastern Kentucky (13-9) and 3-2 to Chattanooga (10-7).
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - After splitting a pair of matches on day one of the Scenic City Showdown, Carson-Newman beach Volleyball (22-1) sees their 21-game winning streak end.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (21-0) heads to Chattanooga, Tenn., to compete in the Scenic City Showdown starting Friday, Mar. 31st.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (21-0) shuts out Tennessee Tech (3-7) in consecutive 5-0 matches on Wednesday, Mar. 29th.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (19-0) will play their final home matches of the season when they take on Tennessee Tech University (3-5) in a doubleheader on Wednesday, Mar. 29th.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - A large crowd gathered on the banks of Mossy Creek to watch Carson-Newman beach volleyball (19-0) celebrates senior day with a pair of wins over St. Andrews University (9-14) on Tuesday, Mar. 21st.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach Volleyball (17-0) will celebrate senior day on Mar. 21st when they take on St. Andrews University (9-12).
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (17-0) extends its unbeaten streak after defeating Erskine (1-3) and Division-I Morehead St (4-2) on Saturday, Mar. 11th.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (15-0) will look to break the program record for wins in a season after matchups with Erskine (1-1) and Morehead St. (3-1) on Saturday, Mar. 11th.
LAURINBURG, N.C. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (15-0) ties a program record for most wins in a season after a pair of victories over St. Andrews (3-9) and Bob Jones (0-4) on Saturday, Mar. 4th.
LAURINBURG, N.C. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (13-0) extends their longest winning streak in program history with wins over Lynchburg University and Bob Jones University on Friday, Mar. 3rd.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (11-0) will look to extend its winning streak when they head to Laurinburg, N.C., to compete against Lynchburg University (3-5) and Bob Jones University (0-0) on Friday, Mar. 3rd before seeing St. Andrews University (3-8) and Bob Jones University on Saturday, Mar. 4th.
MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball (11-0) close out February with a perfect record for the second time in program history after a 5-0 dub over Spartanburg Methodist on Saturday, Feb. 25th.
MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - Carson-Newman (10-0) breaks a program record for the most wins in a single month after a pair of victories against Tennessee Tech (1-1) and Berry College (4-1) on Friday, Feb. 24th.
- Carson-Newman (8-0) remains perfect after a pair of dubs against Huntingdon and Truett McConnell on Saturday, Feb. 11th.
Carson-Newman's beach volleyball program moves to 6-0 for the first time in program history after a pair of wins against LaGrange College and St. Andrews University on Friday, Feb. 10th.
Carson-Newman's beach volleyball (4-0) program has a chance to make history at the Truett McConnell Invite this weekend, starting Friday, Feb. 10th.
Carson-Newman picks up a pair of wins on Saturday against LaGrange College and Truett McConnell University. The Eagles are now 4-0 for the first time since the shortened 2020 season when the Eagles finished 6-1.
Carson-Newman begins its season with a pair of wins against LaGrange College and Truett McConnell University on Friday, Feb. 3rd. The Eagles swept LaGrange 5-0 and cruised over Truett McConnell with a score of 4-1.
The Carson-Newman beach volleyball kicks off the 2023 campaign with a trip to LaGrange, Ga., on Feb. 3rd.