General: Completed her second season in the Pitt State program in 2025 ... A two-time All-MIAA performer and All-Region selection in 2024 ... MIAA Freshman of the Year and first-team All-MIAA pitcher in 2024 ... Pitched a No-Hitter in 2024 and 2025 ... Named MIAA and NFCA Pitcher of the Week once in her career, in 2024 ... Owns a 35-9 overall record in 62 appearances with 365 strikeouts in 317.2 innings.
PSU Career Top 10 Ranks: 2nd in strikeout per seven inning ratio (8.04), 4th in strikeouts and T-9th in wins.
PSU Season Top 10 Ranks: 1st in winning percentage (.950, 19-1) in 2024, 4th in strikeout per seven inning ratio (8.32) in 2024, T-4th in strikeouts (201) in 2024 and 8th in strikeout per seven inning ratio (7.74) in 2025.
2025: Finished the season 16-8 with a 2.88 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and .206 opponent batting average in 148.1 innings from 29 appearances, 27 starts ... Recorded 164 strikeouts with seven complete games and four shutouts pitched ... Second-team All-MIAA pitcher ... Threw a no-hitter against Minnesota State - Mankato (Feb. 23) with 11 strikeouts in seven innings against the Mavericks ... Pitched a season-high 12 strikeouts on the road against Central Missouri (Apr. 12) ... Collected 10 or more strikeouts in four games ... Named CSC Academic All-District.
2024: Had one of the best freshman campaigns in program history going 19-1 with a 1.98 ERA and 1.10 WHIP in 33 appearances (31 starts) for the nationally ranked and division II national tournament appearance Gorillas ... A second-team All-Region honoree by the D2CCA ... Became the seventh Gorilla and third pitcher to be named MIAA Freshman of the Year on her way to first-team All-MIAA honors by the league ... Was named onto the MIAA All-Tournament team ... Became the second Gorilla in program history to pitch a no-hitter as a freshman on Mar. 3 against Truman State (8-0, 5 Inn.) finishing with seven strikeouts in 64 pitches in her second game at the PSU Softball Complex ... Named the NFCA Pitcher of the Week (
Mar. 12) and MIAA Pitcher of the Week (
Mar. 11) ... Set the freshman game strikeout record with 15 against Minot State (Feb. 23) in Topeka, Kan., her strikeout tally is tied for the fourth best in program history ... Recorded back-to-back 14 strikeout games (T-5th in PSU history) against Central Missouri (Mar. 9) and Lincoln (Mar. 10) to begin MIAA play ... Registered 15 complete games with seven shutouts and one save, in 169.1 innings she struck out 201 batters (8.32 strikeouts per 7 Inn.) while holding opponents to a .203 average ... Among freshman ranks at PSU she finished first in winning percentage (.950, 19-1), second in strikeouts and strikeouts per 7 innings ratio, third in opposing batting average, tied for third in shutouts, fourth in innings, tied for fourth in wins, tied for fifth in complete games, sixth in ERA, seventh in WHIP ... Overall in season ranks she finished first in winning percentage, fourth in strikeout per 7 innings ratio and tied for fourth in strikeouts.
HS: Posted a 28-1 record with a 1.00 ERA and 324 strikeouts while leading Grand Island Northwest to a 33-3 overall record and the Nebraska Class B state championship in 2023 ... Earned All-State, All-Class honors in 2023 and she garnered All-State recognition three times during her decorated prep career.
Personal: Ava is the Daughter of Kent and Kristen Laurent ... A two-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and MIAA Scholar Athlete ... MIAA Academic Excellence Award Winner in 2024 ... Named to the CSC Academic All-District team in 2025 with a 3.96 GPA as an exercise science major.
