The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025-26 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Ava Patton
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Regents School
- Prev School:
- TCU
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- Major:
- Management
- 2025 CCSA All-Academic Team
- 2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2025, Spring 2026)
2026 (Junior)
Ended the season with a 2-3 overall record (2-2 at No. 1, 0-1 at No. 5) ... Went 0-2 at the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic on No. 1 with Katie Hashman, falling to Cal and LMU ... Lost to UCLA at the East Meets West Invitational on court five with Vivian Johnson ... Topped Houston Christian with Vivian Johnson on court one at the Longhorn Showdown ... Teamed with Katie Hashman to defeat UTEP on court one at the Lone Star Classic.
2025 (Sophomore)
- Went 13-8 overall (2-0 at No. 3, 6-3 at No. 4, 5-5 at No. 5)
Went undefeated with Kylie Wickley at the Third Coast College Classic with wins against Central Arkansas and UTEP at No. 3 and McNeese, Sam Houston, and Houston Christian at No. 4…Went 2-2 with Wickley at the No. 4 position at the Longhorn Invitational with wins against Coastal Carolina and Stephen F. Austin, falling to Tulane and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi...Went 0-2 at the TCU Invitational with Wickley falling to #7 FSU and #12 FAU...Competed in one match with Wickley at the No. 5 position at the East vs. West Invitational with a win against #11 ASU...Went 0-3 with Wickley at the No. 5 position at the Death Volley Invitational falling to #5 Stanford, #9 LBSU, and #4 USC...Went undefeated with Vivian Johnson at the Lone Star Invitational with wins against #17 North Florida and #6 Cal Poly at the No. 5 position and Southern Mississippi at the No. 4 position…Went undefeated with Johnson at the No. 5 position at the CCSA Championships with wins against South Carolina and #8 FSU…Fell to #10 California with Johnson at the No. 5 position in the first round of the NCAA Championships.
2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Went 9-6 overall.
- Went 6-2 with Presley Wright (2-0 on court three, 4-2 on court four)
Ended the season with an overall record of 9-6 (1-2 court one, 1-2 on court two, 3-0 on court three, and 4-2 on court four)...had five different partners during the season…went 6-2 (2-0 on court three, 4-2 on court four) with Presley Wright…played in one match with Macey Butler on court three with a 2-0 win over Houston Christian…also played in one match with Auburn Tomkinson on court two with a 2-1 win over Houston Christian…went 1-2 with Emma Grace Robertson on court one...played in two matches with Devin Kahahawai on court two against Washington.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
2023 (Freshman - TCU)
Did not compete as a freshman in 2023…member of conference championship winning team in 2023.
HIGH SCHOOL
Champion of the 2022 Texas Cup…USA National Team Development program…a member of the National Juniors Honor Society…earned the Apostle Paul Award for Calculus.
PERSONAL
Daughter of James and Cara Patton…has two siblings, Carys and Porter…father, James, was a First Team All-SWC defensive lineman at Texas from 1988-91 and in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills.
