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14 Ava Tortorello

  • Position Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Latin School of Chicago
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
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Biography

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As a Senior (2024)
  • Played in 46 sets across 18 matches as a senior
  • Recorded 22 digs, four aces, and one assist
  • Tallied a career best seven digs against Cincinnati (11/14)
  • Served one ace in four matches

As a Junior (2023)
  • Played in 60 sets across 23 matches during the season
  • Totaled 39 digs, 20 assists, and four aces
  • Recorded a career high five digs in two matches (vs. Iowa State (9/1) and at Colorado (10/20))
  • Had a season best eight assists at Colorado (10/20)
 
As a Sophomore (2022)
  • Saw action in 16 sets across 11 matches
  • Totaled 27 assists, nine digs, and one kill
  • Recorded a season best seven assists twice (vs. LIU (8/26) and vs. Oregon (10/28))
 
As a Freshman (2021)
  • Saw action in 21 sets across 14 matches as Arizona’s backup setter
  • Tallied 34 assists, seven digs, and one block
  • Recorded 10 assists against Notre Dame (9/11)
 
Prep
  • Four-time letterwinner at the Latin School of Chicago under head coach Tim Falknor
  • Also played basketball for one year at the Latin School of Chicago
  • Top 150 players in the Class of 2021
  • Ranked as the No. 115 recruit in the country by Prep Volleyball
  • An AVCA All-America honorable mention in 2020
  • Named to the AVCA Phenom List in 2018 and 2020
  • A member of the USAHP Continental Team and the USAHP Holiday Camp
  • Four-time first-team all-conference performer
  • Finished third in the conference in assists
 
Personal
  • Born Apr. 22, 2003 to Bryan Nelson and Elizabeth Tortorello-Nelson in Chicago, Ill.
  • Her mother and two aunts played collegiate volleyball, her father played collegiate tennis, and her uncle played basketball at Stanford
  • In her free time, enjoys long distance running and stocks
  • Chose Arizona because “of its positive environment and high-level volleyball. I am super pumped to be able to work with the amazing coaching staff, as well as my new teammates.”
Career Awards
2024
Fall Academic All-Big 12
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2021Freshman

    Setter/Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2022Sophomore

    Setter/Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2023Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2024Senior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    14
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