CAREER: Entered the top-10 in all-time wins in the circle, currently ninth all-time, needing just seven more to vault up four spots and encroach on the top-five all-time.
2021: Two-time All-American, earning Third Team distinction from the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and Honorable Mention honors from the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) … Earned First Team All-Region honors from both the NFCA and D2CCA … Named Northeast-10 Southwest Division Player of the Year and two-time All-Conference First Team as both a pitcher and utility … Earned Academic Distinction (Fall 2020 and Academic Honors (Fall 2021) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean's List following the Fall semester ... Started every game, batting second in the lineup as either the center fielder or starting pitcher … made 32 total appearances in the circle, starting 22 games and threw a complete outing in 21 of those 22 starts … At the plate, led the team with a .371 batting average, scattering a team-high 43 hits across 116 at bats, including 13 extra base knocks on seven doubles, a triple and a team- and career-high five home runs … Her .378 batting average is seventh best in the NE10, while her 43 hits is second in the league and her five home runs is tied for fifth in the conference … Led the team with 12 multi-hit games and strung together the longest hitting streak of the year at 11 games … Also strung together an eight game streak that all combined she had 14 hits in that stretch … In the circle, led the team and was third in the NE10 with a 1.06 earned run average, combing for a 21-5 record and five saves … Her 21 wins led the NE10 and ranks T-fourth most in a single season at UNH … her five saves was tied for third most in all of NCAA Division II … Threw a total of 179.1 innings and allowed just 27 earned runs while striking out 98 batters and walking just 19 … added 30 putouts and 68 assists to her credit, with her 68 assists third most on the team.
2020: Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the Spring semester … Started all six games, including three appearances in the circle, before the season was suspended due to CoVID19 … Finished with a team-high six hits and a .300 batting average in the shortened season … Finished with at least one hit in all but one of the six games… Drove in a team-high six runs, including three on a home run which was her only hit in four at bats against Florida Southern (Feb. 8) … Made two appearance in the teams trip to Vierra, Fla. against Palm Beach Atlantic (Feb. 7) and Florida Southern (Feb. 8) … Finished the season with a perfect 3-0 record, earning the victory in each of those starts, while also pitching 7.2 innings of relief in the only home game of the season, a 6-5 extra-inning win over Southern Connecticut (Mar. 5) … Threw a total of 21.2 innings, while allowing just six runs, three of them earned, and struck out a team-high 12 batters … Closed out her three games in the circle with an impressive 0.97 ERA.
2019: Named to the Northeast-10 Third Team All-Conference and All-Rookie Team … Named to the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the fall semester … Appeared in 32 games in the circle, tied for ninth most in a single season at New Haven … Led a three-person rotation with a 2.47 earned run average, hurling a team-high 159.0 innings … Allowed just 56 earned runs (68 total) on 157 hits … Started 23 games, throwing a complete game in 17 of those outings … Led the team with a 16-7 overall record while adding a pair of saves and threw a pair of shutout victories … Struck out 64 batters on the season, second most on the team … Threw a seven inning complete game allowing just one run and struck out four batters to earn the season-opening victory over Clarion (Feb. 15) … Named NE10 Rookie of the Week after opening the season with a 3-1 record over five appearances, allowing just six earned runs in 21 innings at the Snowbird Freeze Out in Myrtle Beach … Finished with at least one strikeout in 26 appearances, setting a career-high with seven in a seven inning complete game against Assumption (Mar. 23) … Followed that up adding four more in the second game of the day against the Greyhounds as she earned the victory in both ends of the doubleheader … Closed out a four-game weekend with a 3-0 record and added a save against Assumption and Merrimack (Mar. 24), earning NE10 Pitcher of the Week accolades (Mar. 25) for her weekend performance … Threw a series of five straight complete game appearances, that spanned Mar. 28 – Apr. 7 … Extended that complete game streak to a stretch of eight out of nine appearances that lasted through to Apr. 17 … Earned her second save of the season against Adelphi (Apr. 17), throwing a shutout inning against the Panthers.
High School: Played four years of softball at Greenville High School….Was captain for three years… Three-time Patroon Conference MVP…. Two-time Patroon Conference First Team All-star selection…. Three time First Team State All-star… Member of the two-time Conference Championship team… Member of the two-time Regional Championship team… Member of the three-time New York State Section 2 Championship team… Played four years varsity basketball…Was captain for two years… Broke school record with career points in basketball with 1527 points… Two-time Patroon Conference MVP and State All-star for basketball…. Also a member of the SADD Program.
Personal: Daughter of Jacquie and James Fitzmaurice… Has two younger sisters, Tess and Bryn… Ava is planning on pursuing a degree in hospitality and tourism management.
