Ava Hershberger

Year:
Freshman
Position:
Back
Hometown:
Harrison City, Pa.
Last School:
Penn Trafford
Major:
Nursing

Ohio State Overview
• Made her first collegiate appearance in a 5-2 win at Brown on September 22
• Signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Ohio State in November of 2023 during her senior year at Penn Trafford High School.
• Enrolled at Ohio State is January of 2024 and gray-shirted her first semester
• Intends to major in nursing

Prior to Ohio State
• Broke Penn Trafford’s single-season scoring record (44 goals and 103 points) as a senior in 2023
• Scored 140 career goals
• Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association First Team and NFHCA Pennsylvania Region Second Team honoree
• Second team All-Great Lakes Region
• Helped her team win the WPIAL AA championship in each of her four seasons at Penn-Trafford
• Was the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Field Hockey Player of the Year 2022
• Played club field hockey with the Pittsburgh Venom and Warhawks
• Is the daughter of Chad and Tina Hershberger
• Has an older sister, Gwen, who is a goalkeeper at Ohio University