2027 Softball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 24
Ava Johnson
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Rogers, Ark.
- High school:
- Rogers H.S.
- Position:
- P
- B/T:
- L/L
AWARDS
• 2025 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2026
Started two of 22 games played with 13 appearances in the circle to help the Terriers claim the Patriot League regular season title and four-peat as conference tournament champions ... Posted a 1-1 record with 4.05 ERA and 10 combined strikeouts in 19.0 innings of work while holding opponents to .312 batting average ... Scored seven runs as a pinch-runner ... Touched home plate against South Carolina, Yale, Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, Providence and lastly in the NCAA regional win over Marist ... Pitched a season-high five innings of relief with three strikeouts against two runs allowed in 11-6 come-from-behind win at Harvard ... Tallied two strikeouts in 3.1 innings of relief vs. Jacksonville and 2.0 innings against New Haven ... Pitched 3.1 scoreless innings with one strikeout and three hits allowed during the NCAA opener against Ole Miss.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2025
Appeared in 17 games in the circle and in seven others as a pinch runner plus one as pinch hitter to help the Terriers three-peat as Patriot League tournament champions ... Posted a 4-3 record and 3.21 ERA with three solo shutouts and work in two combined shutouts ... Besides scoring three runs, totaled 30 strikeouts in 32.2 innings while holding batters to .295 average ... Made her pitching debut with a start against Indiana State, totaling two strikeouts against two hits in 3.0 innings for a combined shutout ... Earned first win at Bucknell with four strikeouts and one run allowed in 4.2 innings of relief for an 8-4 victory ... Totaled season-high seven strikeouts against two walks and three hits in an 8-0 (5) win at Merrimack while adding a run scored as a pinch runner ... Tallied five strikeouts in a five-inning run-rule shutout win vs. Colgate ... Totaled four strikeouts against five hits for another run-rule shutout victory vs. Stonehill ... Pitched 1/3 of an inning in the NCAA Regional opener at Oklahoma ... Made first career appearance at the plate in the second game vs. Omaha.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Earned 6A All-State and 6A West All-Conference honors her senior year after helping Rogers H.S. claim the West Conference title ... Claimed All-State recognition as a junior and All-Conference accolades her sophomore year ... Also named to the All-State Tournament and Alliance Fastpitch All-Tournament teams ... Tabbed Co-Newcomer of the Year as a freshman ... Three-year letterman in basketball and two-year letterman in volleyball ... Played for the softball club, Iowa Premier ... Member of the National Honor Society and recipient of the Chamber of Commerce award with a 4.0 GPA.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Bethany and Travis Johnson ... Has two siblings, Makenna and Cooper ... Enrolled in the College of Engineering, majoring in biomedical engineering.
• 2025 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2026
Started two of 22 games played with 13 appearances in the circle to help the Terriers claim the Patriot League regular season title and four-peat as conference tournament champions ... Posted a 1-1 record with 4.05 ERA and 10 combined strikeouts in 19.0 innings of work while holding opponents to .312 batting average ... Scored seven runs as a pinch-runner ... Touched home plate against South Carolina, Yale, Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, Providence and lastly in the NCAA regional win over Marist ... Pitched a season-high five innings of relief with three strikeouts against two runs allowed in 11-6 come-from-behind win at Harvard ... Tallied two strikeouts in 3.1 innings of relief vs. Jacksonville and 2.0 innings against New Haven ... Pitched 3.1 scoreless innings with one strikeout and three hits allowed during the NCAA opener against Ole Miss.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2025
Appeared in 17 games in the circle and in seven others as a pinch runner plus one as pinch hitter to help the Terriers three-peat as Patriot League tournament champions ... Posted a 4-3 record and 3.21 ERA with three solo shutouts and work in two combined shutouts ... Besides scoring three runs, totaled 30 strikeouts in 32.2 innings while holding batters to .295 average ... Made her pitching debut with a start against Indiana State, totaling two strikeouts against two hits in 3.0 innings for a combined shutout ... Earned first win at Bucknell with four strikeouts and one run allowed in 4.2 innings of relief for an 8-4 victory ... Totaled season-high seven strikeouts against two walks and three hits in an 8-0 (5) win at Merrimack while adding a run scored as a pinch runner ... Tallied five strikeouts in a five-inning run-rule shutout win vs. Colgate ... Totaled four strikeouts against five hits for another run-rule shutout victory vs. Stonehill ... Pitched 1/3 of an inning in the NCAA Regional opener at Oklahoma ... Made first career appearance at the plate in the second game vs. Omaha.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Earned 6A All-State and 6A West All-Conference honors her senior year after helping Rogers H.S. claim the West Conference title ... Claimed All-State recognition as a junior and All-Conference accolades her sophomore year ... Also named to the All-State Tournament and Alliance Fastpitch All-Tournament teams ... Tabbed Co-Newcomer of the Year as a freshman ... Three-year letterman in basketball and two-year letterman in volleyball ... Played for the softball club, Iowa Premier ... Member of the National Honor Society and recipient of the Chamber of Commerce award with a 4.0 GPA.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Bethany and Travis Johnson ... Has two siblings, Makenna and Cooper ... Enrolled in the College of Engineering, majoring in biomedical engineering.
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