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Ava Esposito Season 2025-26

Ava Esposito Season 2025-26

Height5-11
ClassJunior
HometownBranford, CT
Instagram@avaaesposito_

ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024)
First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (2024)

 

As a Sophomore
Spring 2025:
Recorded 24-16 overall singles record, 16-9 dual match record and 7-5 SEC record ... Played primarily at the No. 5 singles position ... Recorded an 18-11 doubles dual match record with partner Maria Garcia ... Played exclusively at the No. 3 doubles position ... Earned two ranked singles victories ... Picked up career-high ranked singles victory over No. 31 Tatum Evans of North Carolina during the ITA National Team Indoor Championships ... Provided singles victories in the Tigers' top 15 wins over No. 3 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Stanford, No. 8 North Carolina, No. 9 Texas and No. 15 Vanderbilt ... Recorded career-high ranked doubles victory over No. 35 Tilwith Di Girolami and Gaby Rivera of LSU ... Clinched team victories over Western Carolina, Kansas State, Florida, Arkansas and Ole Miss ... Achieved career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 116 on Feb. 20


Fall 2024: 
Posted 8-7 singles record and 8-4 doubles record ... Reached doubles quarterfinals of ITA Southern Regional Championships with partner Alice Battesti ... Won all three doubles matches at Roberta Alison Fall Classic with partner Julie Bedard

As a Freshman
Spring 2024:
Posted a 11-16 overall singles record, 4-7 dual match record and 1-1 in SEC matches ... Recorded a 13-9 overall doubles record, 5-2 in dual matches and 1-0 in SEC matches ... Provided key doubles victories in Tigers' top-25 wins over No. 15 Duke with Selin Ovunc and No. 24 Alabama with Ali DeSpain

Fall 2023: Went 5-8 in singles and 6-6 in doubles during the fall ... Picked up three singles victories over SEC opponents ... Won respective singles flight at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic

Prior to Auburn: Rated as a five-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting ... 52nd ranked recruit in the class nationwide and the highest recruit in the state of Connecticut ... Winner of the New England Championship in both the 12-and-under division and 18-and-under division ... ranked No. 50 in doubles and No. 60 in singles for girls 18-and-under by the USTA ... Three-year member of the National Honor Society ... member of the USTA New England Players Council

Personal: Full name is Ava Marie Cogan ... Parents are Michael Cogan and Eva Esposito ... Mother played college basketball at University of Hartford ... Born in New Haven, Connecticut

Esposito's Career Stats
SINGLES                             DOUBLES          
Year Overall Dual SEC No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5  No. 6 Overall Dual SEC No. 1 No. 2 No. 3
2023-24 11-16 4-7 1-1 -- -- -- -- 4-0 0-7 13-9 5-2 1-0 -- 2-0 3-2
2024-25 24-16 16-9 7-5 -- -- -- 3-0 12-9 -- 26-15 18-11 9-5 -- -- 18-11
Career 35-32 20-16 8-6 -- -- -- 3-0 16-9 0-7 37-24 21-13 10-5 -- 2-0 21-13
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Freshman
2023-24

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Sophomore
2024-25

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