Ava Fountain
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- Birth Date:
- Dec. 21, 2003
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- Height:
- 5-3
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- Hometown:
- Lake Placid, FL
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- The King's Academy
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- Major:
- Nursing
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
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball had four pairs earn American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top Flight Awards for the 2025 season.
GULF SHORES, Ala. – Carson-Newman's beach volleyball season came to a close following a loss to Florida Southern in the semifinal round of the AVCA Small College Championship Tournament on Saturday.
GULF SHORES, Ala. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball splits matches on day two of the AVCA Small Colleges Championship Tournament.
GULF SHORES, Ala. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball opened the AVCA Small College Championship Tournament by splitting matches with No. 16 Erskine and No. 4 Colorado Mesa.
DALLAS, N.C. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball captured the first-ever South Atlantic/Conference Carolinas Championship Tournament title after defeating rival Tusculum in a down-to-the-wire match this Saturday.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Head beach volleyball coach Cat Collins was named the South Atlantic/Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year in the season awards released Thursday morning.
DALLAS, N.C. – Carson-Newman brought the brooms to the first-ever South Atlantic/Conference Carolinas Championships Tournament, sweeping both Erskine and Catawba in Friday’s matches.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The South Atlantic Conference/Conference Carolinas released the All-Conference and Major Awards list Thursday morning. Carson-Newman beach volleyball earned three All-Conference honors following the conclusion of the regular season.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball wrapped up the first day of conference weekend with dominant wins over Catawba and Erskine, going 2-0.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball swept all four SAC/CC teams that came to the second conference weekend at Mossy Creek.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman Beach Volleyball sweeps the Spartanburg Methodist Pioneers 5-0 in both matches on Senior Day.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball won 3-2 in a last-match thriller over rival Tusculum this Wednesday.
TUSCULUM, Tenn. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball takes care of business on the road in the head-to-head with rival Tusculum for a mid-week matchup.
SALISBURY, N.C. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball puts on a clinic going 4-0 at the first SAC/CC conference weekend of the 2025 season.
CONWAY S.C. – Carson-Newman wraps up trip to South Carolina splitting the day 1-1 with a win over Erskine.
CONWAY, S.C. – Carson-Newman beach volleyball wrapped up day one of the weekend trip to Coastal Carolina which saw the Eagles go winless against two division I programs.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman sweeps both Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) and Southern Virginia on day two of the opening weekend for the 2025 beach volleyball season.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn – Carson-Newman opens up the 2025 beach volleyball season with a sweep of the Florida State College of Jacksonville Manta Rays (FSCJ) of 5-0 and 4-1 victory over Lynchburg.