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Georgia Southern University Athletics

2025-26 Track & Field/XC Roster

Ava Schmitt

  • Position XC/Distance
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Wesley Chapel, Fla.
  • High School Wiregrass Ranch

Biography

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for four years for coaches John Ackerman and Donald Demellio at Wiregrass Ranch High School • Earned varsity letters from 2021–2025 • Two-time first team all-state selection, placing 10th in 2023 and 13th in 2023 • Senior season personal bests included 18:44 (5K) and 5:15 (1600m) • Former school record holder in the 800m (2:22).


PERSONAL: Born Ava Elle Schmitt on May 27, 2007, in Butler, Pa.

MAJOR: Psychology