Ava Catanzarite

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
Prev School:
UCLA
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.

CAREER
TCU Jae Foundation Invitational Singles Champion (2024)
Big 12 Fall Doubles Champion (2024)
Big 12 No. 3 Doubles Position Champion (2024)
3-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
3-time CSC Academic All-District Team member (2023, 2024, 2025)
SEC Academic Honor Roll member (2025)
Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2023)
6-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member
Career-high ITA singles ranking No. 42 (Nov. 16, 2022)
Career-high ITA doubles ranking No. 23 (March 9, 2022)

2024-25 (Senior)
29-10 overall singles record ... 13-7 combined doubles record ... (Spring) member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... SEC Academic Honor Roll member ... Went 16-6 in singles between courts four, five and six ... Posted two match-clinching points, including a 7-6(5), 6-1 decision over UCLA’s Olivia Center at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship (2/7) ... Reached as high as No. 68 in the ITA singles rankings ... Tallied a 10-4 doubles record, primarily with Gloriana Nahum on court three ... (Fall) logged a 13-4 singles record with one ranked win ... Earned a 3-3 record in doubles ... Went 4-0 and claimed the singles title at the TCU Jae Foundation Invitational (11/3).

2023-24 (Junior)
17-11 overall singles record ... 15-5 combined doubles record ... (Spring) named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... Went 5-6 in singles between courts three, four, five and six ... Posted two match-clinching points, including a 7-5, 6-1 decision over Anique Kattenburg of UCF (Jan. 27) ... Reached as high as No. 100 in the ITA singles rankings ... Tallied a 9-3 doubles record, mainly with Chloé Noël on court three to be named the Big 12’s No. 3 Doubles Position Champions... (Fall) logged a 12-5 singles record with wins against two nationally-ranked opponents ... Earned a 6-2 record in doubles ... Claimed the doubles title at the Big 12 Fall Individual Championships with partner Romana Cisovska ... Defeated teammates Dana Guzman and Zdena Safarova, 6-1, to claim the title.

2022-23 (Sophomore at UCLA)
15-16 singles record (8-11 in dual matches) … 7-12 doubles mark (6-9 in dual matches) … reached season-high No. 42 in ITA singles rankings (Nov. 16) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... (Spring) earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted two match-clinching points, including 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 decision over Midori Castillo-Meza of Arizona (April 7) … clinched two doubles points, including 6-3 result over Samantha Horwood/Katya Townsend of Utah (April 1) … totaled five wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-3 result over No. 80 Anna Supapitch Kuearum of Iowa State in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 28) … (Fall) logged wins against three nationally-ranked singles opponents at ITA All-American Championships: No. 116 Malkia Ngounoue of Kansas (Oct. 2 – 6-4, 5-7, 7-5), No. 76 Anessa Lee of Vanderbilt (Oct. 3 – 3-6, 6-2, 6-4) and No. 86 Casie Wooten of Wake Forest (Oct. 3 – 6-1, 6-4) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Spring 2023.

2021-22 (Freshman at UCLA)
9-6 singles record (6-4 in dual matches) … 12-11 doubles mark (8-7 in dual matches) … reached season-high No. 23 in ITA doubles rankings (March 9) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... (Spring) went 3-1 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-3 result over No. 75 Mananchaya Sawangkaew/Martina Zerulo of Oklahoma State in NCAA Championships second round (May 8) … clinched five doubles points, including 6-2 decision over took down No. 19 Salma Ewing/Snow Han of USC (Feb. 25) … defeated No. 99 Hannah Viller Moeller of California 6-2, 6-3 (Feb. 21) …posted 6-3 winner-take-all result over No. 11 Victoria Flores/Lisa Zaar of Pepperdine (Feb. 5) … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-1, 6-4 decision over Peyton Dunkle of Cal Poly in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 28) … (Fall) earned first career singles victory with 6-1, 6-2 decision over Belen Nevenhoven of Arizona at Women of Troy Invitational (Oct. 8) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022 and Spring 2022.

JUNIOR CAREER
Graduated from Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 11 in 2021 … career-high ITF junior ranking at No. 125 … trained at Gomez Tennis Academy in Naples, Fla. … took women’s singles title at 2020 Casely 10K Clay Court Championships in Hollywood, Fla. … won Girls’ 16 doubles Gold Balls at 2019 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif. and 2018 National Winter Championships in Orlando, Fla. … swept ITF junior singles and doubles championships at J4 Kingston, J4 Nassau, J5 Le Diamant and J5 Saint-Francois tournaments in 2019 … with partner Sasha Wood, seized doubles title at ITF J3 Monterrey tournament in 2019; also captured ITF junior doubles crown with partner Gianna Pielet at J4 Delray Beach event in 2019 … with partner Allie Gretkowski, reached Girls’ 16 doubles final round at 2018 Orange Bowl International Championships in Plantation, Fla. … with partner Sydni Ratliff, earned Girls’ 16 singles Silver Ball at 2018 USTA National Clay Court Championships in Memphis, Tenn.; reached Girls’ 16 singles quarterfinal round … collected Girls’ 16 Bronze Balls at 2017 National Indoor Championships (with Ratliff) in Minneapolis and National Winter Championships (with partner Lana Mavor) in Orlando, Fla. … named USTA Net Generation Ambassador in 2018 and 2019.