Ava Derbes

4 SOPHIA ERVANIAN

JUNIOR | LIBERO | 5-6 Ponte Vedra, Fla. | Ponte Vedra HS

2021: Appeared in 120 sets while seeing action in 32 matches after battling for the Green Wave’s starting libero spot…Led Tulane in digs for the second year in a row with 365 digs to average 3.04 per set, also adding 51 assists and 14 service aces… Earned double-digit digs in 16 matches, recording 20 or more digs in four matches… Notched a season high 27 digs in August against Sam Houston State…Finished the season with nine consecutive double-digit dig matches between 10/31 and 11/26… Collected her first three kills of her career in the tail end of 2021.

2020: Appeared in 63 sets while seeing action in 18 matches after taking over as the Green Wave’s starting libero in the spring of 2021…Led Tulane in her first year Uptown with 274 digs to average 4.35 per set, also adding 17 assists and eight service aces…Became the program record-holder for digs in a three-set match with 30 against Memphis (2/13) after totaling a career-high 34 digs against the Tigers to take the fourth all-time spot in program history in a single match (2/12)…Named to the American Athletic Conference honor roll for the first time in her career (Feb. 15)…Earned doubledigit digs in 15 matches, recording 20 or more digs in five matches… Finished the season with two aces in back-to-back matches at Tulsa (3/27) and against RV UCF (4/2) in the first round of the AAC Tournament.

High School: Three-year letterwinner on Ponte Vedra High School’s volleyball team, competing as a libero/defensive specialist… Helped the Sharks to two state championship titles, in 2017 and 2019…Voted the best defensive player in 2016 and 2019…Part of the first Northeast Florida public school to win multiple FSHAA volleyball state championships…Totaled 469 digs as a senior in 2019, averaging 5.7 digs per set in 83 sets played…Played club for Jacksonville Juniors Volleyball Association (JJVA) 18N Austin…Was also a four-year letterwinner on Ponte Vedra’s varsity lacrosse team, competing for North Florida’s national team.

Personal: Intended major is pre-med or business...Daughter of Jim and Pam Ervanian.