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Jersey Number 8
Ava Martin
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Deals:
Awards & Honors
2022 All-BIG EAST Conference
2022 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2022 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
2022 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/26
2022 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/3
2022 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/17
2022 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 11/14
2022 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023 All-BIG EAST Conference
2023 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2023 AVCA All-East Region
2023 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2023 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 8/28
2023 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/18
2023 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team, OH
2023 Diet Coke Classic MVP
2023 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2023 Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier All-Tournament Team
2023 Volleyball Magazine Honorable Mention All-American
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023-24 Dean’s List
2024 All-BIG EAST Conference
2024 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2024 AVCA All-West Region
2024 AVCA Player of the Year Watch List (36)
2024 AVCA Third Team All-American
2024 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 11/4
2024 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 11/25
2024 Creighton Classic All-Tournament Team
2024 Penn State Regional All-Tournament Team
2024 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2024 VolleyballMag.com Third Team All-American
2024-25 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2024-25 Dean’s List
2025 All-BIG EAST
2025 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2025 AVCA All-West Region First Team
2025 AVCA Preseason Player of the Year Watch List (36)
2025 AVCA Second Team All-American
2025 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/22
2025 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/6
2025 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/27
2025 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 11/3
2025 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 11/10
2025 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2025 BIG EAST Tournament MVP
2025 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-American Second Team
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025 Creighton Classic All-Tournament Team
2025 Creighton Classic MVP
2025 Lexington Regional All-Tournament Team
2025 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2025 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2025 Trojan Invitational All-Tournament Team
2025: Senior at Creighton
• AVCA Second Team All-American and College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-American.
• Named to Lexington Regional All-Tournament Team, becoming CU’s first player to ever earn two All-Tournament Team honors at the Regional Round ever.
• First Round pick of the Atlanta Vibe in the 2025 Major League Volleyball draft, second overall.
• BIG EAST Player of the Year and the BIG EAST Tournament MVP.
• Four-time All-BIG EAST selection who was the only BIG EAST rep on the AVCA’s Preseason National Player of the Year Watch List in 2025.
• Became the sixth person in CU Athletics history (all sports) to be a four-time First Team All-Conference pick.
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District choice.
• AVCA National Player of the Week on Nov. 24th after hitting .438 with 6.83 kills per set at the BIG EAST Tournament.
• NCAA ranks: 12th in points, 15th in kills, 19th in points per set, 22nd in kills per set, 42nd in aces, 43rd in attacks, 77th in aces per set and 84th in attacks per set.
• BIG EAST ranks (all matches): 2nd in kills per set; 2nd in points per set; 6th in aces per set; 7th in hitting percentage.
• BIG EAST ranks (league matches): 1st in kills per set; 1st in points per set; 4th in hitting percentage; 6th in aces per set.
• Finished third in program history with 1,638 career kills and third with (128)career aces.
• Tied CU single-season record for points (595.5) and second in kills (529).
• Holds Creighton’s career records in NCAA Tournament play for kills (184), aces (16) and points (207.0) and is tied for the record in wins (8).
• Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2025 who was on league’s Preseason All-Conference Team for the third time.
• Played on USA Volleyball’s U23 team at Pan American Cup this summer, serving match point in Gold Medal match victory.
• Owns nine career BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors, including five times this fall (Sept. 22, Oct. 6, Oct. 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 10).
• Has 10+ kills in 27 straight matches from Sept. 12-Dec. 11.
• Topped (or shared) the team lead in kills each of her final 27 matches.
• One of two players in CU history (Leah Ratzlaff) with three straight seasons of 400 or more kills.
• Had match-high 19 kills to go with nine digs on .357 hitting in season-opening match vs. No. 2 Penn State (Aug. 23), leading Brian Rosen to call her the “best player on the floor today”.
• Led CU with 17 kills and two aces in win vs. No. 14 Kansas (Aug. 31), her 80th straight match with five or more kills.
• Pounded 24 kills and served four aces in five-set win over UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 6).
• Had 20 kills and four aces in 3-0 win vs. Rice (Sept. 13).
• Hit .480 and had 13 kills in 3-0 win vs. South Florida (Sept. 20).
• Owned 18 kills in 3-0 sweep vs. No. 17 Kansas (Sept. 21).
• Had 12 kills, nine digs and hit .435 vs. Butler (Sept. 27).
• Owned first double-double of 2025 with 14 kills, 10 digs and six aces at DePaul (Oct. 4).
• Named to All-Tournament Team at Trojan Invitational (Sept. 7), Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 14), Creighton Classic (Sept. 21) and BIG EAST Tourney (Nov. 23), the last two of which saw her earn MVP honors, and now owns 12 career All-Tourney Team accolades.
• Slammed 20 kills in 3-0 win at Marquette (Oct. 2), hitting .514.
• Hit .414 and had 13 kills in 3-0 win at Villanova (Oct. 11).
• Had match-high 16 kills at Providence and ended the sweep with back-to-back aces (Oct. 24).
• Had 100th straight match with 5+ kills on Oct. 31 vs. DePaul.
• Posted career-high 30 kills with 10 digs and hit .464 in 3-2 win vs. Marquette (Nov. 1). The 30 kills tied a D.J. Sokol Arena record.
• Had 23 kills and season-high 14 digs in 3-1 win vs. Villanova (Nov. 7).
• Recorded 13 kills and hit .370 in Senior Day sweep vs. Georgetown (Nov. 9).
• Surpassed 1,500 career kills when she had 13 kills on .458 hitting in win at St. John’s (Nov. 14).
• Had 24 kills in BIG EAST Tourney semifinal win at Marquette (Nov. 22), one off CU’s three-set record and most ever in any league tournament contest.
• Owned 17 kills and hit .444 in BIG EAST Tournament title match win vs. Xavier (Nov. 23) to earn MVP accolades.
• Her 41 kills over two matches set a program-record for a single BIG EAST Tournament, averaging 6.83 kills per set while hitting .438.
• Tied career-high and D.J. Sokol Arena record with 30 kills in NCAA Tourney win vs. Northern Colorado (Dec. 4), also setting a CU record with 34.5 points.
• Had 16 kills and season-high 14 digs in 3-1 win vs. UNI to return to Sweet 16 (Dec. 5), breaking D.J. Sokol Arena record for career kills in the process.
• Had 23 kills and hit .388 in Sweet 16 win vs. No. 8 Arizona State (Dec. 11).
Summer 2025: USA Volleyball
• Helped U.S. Volleyball’s U23 team to a 5-0 record and the Gold Medal at the NORCECA Pan American Cup championship.
• In five matches, had 10 kills, 10 digs, two aces and a block and hit .250.
• Served match point in the Gold Medal win vs. Canada.
2024: Junior at Creighton
• Named a Third Team All-American by the AVCA as well as by VolleyballMag.com.
• Named All-BIG EAST for the third time and AVCA All-Region for the second straight fall.
• Started 33-of-35 appearances, averaging 3.66 kills, 1.92 digs and 0.48 aces per set, while hitting .312 and helping Creighton to the Elite Eight.
• Ranked second in the BIG EAST in aces per set, fourth in kills per set, fourth in points per set and eighth in hitting percentage.
• In BIG EAST play only, ranked first in aces per set, second in hitting percentage, second in points per set and second in kills per set.
• Her 56 aces were second-most in the BIG EAST, second-most in Creighton single-season history, and ranked 20th nationally.
• Extended her streak of having five or more kills to 77 consecutive matches (Nov. 4, 2022-Pres.).
• Hit .250 or better during all but two matches of CU’s 25-match winning streak.
• Creighton went 20-0 when she hit .300 or better in 2024.
• Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 4 and Nov. 25.
• Pounded 16 kills vs. No. 20 USC (Sept. 5).
• Had 17 kills and career-high 17 digs at No. 5 Nebraska (Sept. 10).
• Had 15 kills and nine digs in win against No. 6 Purdue (Sept. 20).
• Finished with 12 kills and eight digs in 3-0 win at No. 10 Kansas (Sept. 21).
• Led Creighton with 15 kills, added 10 digs and had three aces vs. Marquette (Oct. 1).
• Had 13 kills with four aces on .480 hitting in 3-0 win at Villanova (Oct. 11).
• Hit .467 and had 15 kills in 3-0 win vs. Xavier (Oct. 18).
• Had 13 kills and hit .387 vs. St. John’s (Nov. 1).
• Finished with 13 kills and hit .478 in 3-0 win against Villanova (Nov. 3), then hit .478 on 12 kills five days later vs. Butler (Nov. 8).
• Had 16 kills, 11 digs and hit .424 in 3-1 win at Marquette (Nov. 10).
• Approached a triple-double in 3-0 win vs. Seton Hall, finishing with 11 kills, 13 digs and tying a school-record with eight aces (Nov. 15).
• Surpassed 1,000 career kills in her 93rd career match at DePaul (Nov. 22), part of a night she had a season-high 20 kills and hit .400.
• Hit a season-best .522 and had 12 errorless kills in BIG EAST Tournament semifinals vs. DePaul (Nov. 29).
• Procured a double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs in BIG EAST Tournament finals sweep vs. Marquette, helping her earn All-Tournament Team honors (Nov. 30).
• Shared team-high honors with 15 kills in Sweet 16 win against No. 13 Texas (Dec. 13), including eight in the first set against the two-time defending national champions.
• Led the Bluejays with 17 kills in Elite Eight match at No. 2 Penn State (Dec. 15), helping her earn All-Regional Team honors.
2023: Sophomore at Creighton
• Honorable Mention All-American pick by Volleyball Magazine after she averaged 3.59 kills and 1.98 digs per set on .280 hitting.
• Unanimous All-BIG EAST pick.
• Preseason All-BIG EAST selection.
• Named to All-Tournament Team at BIG EAST Tournament (Nov. 25).
• Averaged 17.4 kills in CU’s nine matches to last four sets or more.
• Fourth in the BIG EAST and 75th nationally with 417 kills.
• Fourth in the BIG EAST and 98th nationally with 3.59 kills per set.
• Fifth in the BIG EAST with 3.95 points per set.
• Ranked 11th in the BIG EAST with a .280 hitting percentage.
• Named to the Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier All-Tournament Team to open the season at Purdue after posting a team-high 49 kills in three matches, earning her BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 28) honors.
• Had 14 or more kills in each of the first six matches, including 16 kills and six digs in a 3-0 win at No. 16 Purdue (Aug. 26) and 18 kills and eight digs vs. Duke (Aug. 27), and dating to end of 2022 was first player in team history with eight straight matches of 14+ kills.
• Owned 16 kills in wins vs. both Ball State (Sept. 1) and LSU (Sept. 2).
• Tied career-high with 22 kills on .396 hitting in 3-1 win vs. UNI, landing her on the Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 3).
• Earned first double-double of the fall with 17 kills and 11 digs in 3-1 win vs. Iowa State (Sept. 10).
• Named MVP of Diet Coke Classic (Sept. 16) after leading CU to wins vs. High Point and No. 9 Minnesota, helping her earn BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors for a second time.
• Hit .542 in 3-0 win vs. High Point (Sept. 15).
• Tied career-high with 22 kills and added 11 digs in 3-2 win at No. 9 Minnesota (Sept. 16).
• Had 21 kills and season-high 16 digs at Xavier (Sept. 23).
• Finished with 18 kills and hit .405 in 3-1 win at St. John’s (Nov. 11).
• Hit .500 with nine kills in BIG EAST Tournament finals win vs. St. John’s (Nov. 25).
• Hit .344 and had 13 kills with eight digs in Regional Semifinal against No. 7 Louisville (Dec. 7).
2022: Freshman at Creighton
• BIG EAST Freshman of the Year also named All-BIG EAST and to the BIG EAST’s All-Freshman Team.
• Selected as BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Sept. 26, Oct. 3, Oct. 17th and Nov. 14th.
• Named to All-BIG EAST Tournament Team (Nov. 26).
• In league play, ranked ninth in hitting percentage (.309).
• Creighton was 13-1 when she had eight or more kills.
• Had seven kills vs. No. 25 USC (Sept. 2) and No. 2 Nebraska (Sept. 7).
• Had 11 kills and three blocks in 3-2 win vs. Florida State (Sept. 9), then finished with 13 kills in 3-2 win at Omaha the next day.
• Creighton’s third freshman ever (and first since 2007) with 10+ kills in each of her first four career conference matches.
• Made BIG EAST debut on Sept. 23 vs. Georgetown, slamming kills on her first six swings and finishing with 10 kills on .533 hitting.
• Two days later vs. Villanova, had 11 kills on .368 hitting (Sept. 25), helping her win BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors (Sept. 26).
• Had 14 kills while hitting .684 in a 3-0 win vs. Xavier (Sept. 28), then had 14 kills on .500 hitting two nights later vs. Butler, adding six digs and her first career ace.
• Produced first career double-double when she had 18 kills and season-high 12 digs in 3-2 win vs. No. 16 Marquette (Oct. 14).
• Hit .526 and had 13 kills in 19 swings vs. Providence (Nov. 4).
• Posted career-high 22 kills on .333 hitting in BIG EAST Tournament finals victory vs. No. 14 Marquette (Nov. 26), the most kills by a freshman in the BIG EAST Tournament final since Louisville’s Lola Arslanbekova had 25 vs. Cincinnati in 2009.
• Owned 14 kills and three digs in NCAA Tournament debut vs. Auburn (Dec. 2).
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
• Nation’s No. 47 recruit, per PrepVolleyball.
• Collected 1,362 kills (second in school history), 472 digs, 134 blocks and 70 aces on .309 hitting in her prep career.
• A 2021 AVCA Girls High School First Team All-American.
• Her 461 kills and 4.66 kills per set as a senior both ranked second-most in team history.
• Her 2021 team finished 38-4 overall, third at state, and was ranked as high as No. 16 nationally.
• Named to Class 5A All-State Tournament Team as both a sophomore and senior.
• Recognized as Eastern Kansas League Player of the Year as a senior.
• Named First Team All-State by the Kansas Volleyball Association in 2020, helping the Saints to the state title by averaging 4.50 kills per set.
• Was a finalist for PrepVolleyball.com National Sophomore of the Year in 2019, when she was a state champion and named Honorable Mention All-State in Class 5A.
• Coached by Kristi Lutman (club) and Sarah Ikenberry (high school).
• Verbally committed to Creighton in June of 2020.
Personal
• Daughter of Chris and Lacey Martin.
• Has siblings Sophia, Grace, Jude, Henry and Francesca.
• Dad played basketball at Kansas and mom played volleyball at Johnson County Community College.
• Is a marketing major.
• NIL deal she wants is with a car dealership.
• Dream vacation destination is Greece.
• Best sports memory is going to the Elite Eight.
Creighton vs. Kentucky Volleyball Press Conference - 12/13/25
Sunday, December 14
Creighton Volleyball NCAA Tournament Highlights vs. Kentucky, 12/13/25
Saturday, December 13
Kentucky Volleyball Media Availability - 12/12/25
Friday, December 12
Arizona State Volleyball Press Conference After Creighton Match - 12/11/25
Thursday, December 11
