Career Accolades:
2024 Liberty League All-Academic Team
2025: Rao made her collegiate debut at THE Spring Games where she notched two starts and had four plate appearances driving in an RBI...In the second game of the double header she went 1 for 2 with a walk, and an RBI in the 5-2 win over St. John Fisher (3/28)... She went 1 for 1 with 2 walks, and 2 RBIs in the 6-1 victory over Oneonta (3/29)... She went 2 for 2 with runs in the 14-0 victory over SUNY Geneseo (4/2)... She went 2 for 3 with 2 runs in the 10-0 victory over Union College (4/4)... She went 2 for 3 with a home run in the 2-1 loss to Union College (4/4)... Went 2 for 7 with a double in the doubleheader against Skidmore (4/13)... Went 1 for 3 with a run in Game 1 of the doubleheader against RPI (4/14)... Went 1 for 3 with an RBI in the loss to Clarkson (4/18)... Scored a run and walked twice in the doubleheader against RIT (5/3)... Went 1 for 3 with a double in the Liberty League tournament game against Clarkson (5/8)... Started the Liberty League tournament game against Rochester, going 0 for 4 on the day (5/9)... Went 2 for 3 with a double and a run in the Liberty League championship game against RPI (5/10)... Started all 4 NCAA tournament games... Went 0 for 3 and was hit by pitch once over the first two games... Went 1 for 3 with a double, a walk, and 2 runs in the NCAA tournament win over UMass Boston (5/16)...Went 0 for 2 with a walk in the final game of the season against Texas Lutheran (5/17)... Appeared in 24 games on the season and started 23, batting .281 with an OPS of .803, 6 extra base hits, and 6 RBI.
2024: Recorded two hits, one walk, and one run in a 13-1 win over Scranton (3/3)... She played 6 of the 10 games played during spring break, she went 5-for-14 from the plate, she also has 2 RBIs. The team went 7-3 over those ten games (03/19)...Recorded two hits and an RBI against Union College (4/7)...Had two hits against Alfred University (4/9)...Recorded one run against RPI (4/12)...Had one hit against Cornell (4/16)...Had one walk against St. Lawrence (4/19)...Recorded two hits and a run against Clarkson Universtiy (4/20)...Had one hit and one run in game one of the doubleheader against Cortland...Recorded one run and a walk in game two (4/23)...Recorded two hits against Rochester (4/26)...Had one hit, one walk and a stolen base against Skidmore (4/28)...Recorded one hit, an RBI and one run in the Liberty League Championship Tournament win over RIT (5/10)...Made 28 appearances, which included 27 starts at third base for the Bombers...Had her best season to-date with a .288 batting average where she collected 21 hits on the season...Also totaled four RBI and scored eight runs. |
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2023:Â Made three appearances for the Bombers during her debut campaign where she went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored. |
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High School: A 2022 graduate of Chariho High School, Rao was a named a team captain her senior season...She was a two-sport athlete for the Chargers also playing volleyball...Earned Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division I Honorble Mention her junior season...During her senior year she was Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division I Second Team, Providence Journal All-State Second Team and earned Rhode Island Interscholastic League All-Academic honors.
Personal: Currently majoring in Athletic Training, Ava is the daughter of Lori and Frank Rao.
