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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

23 Ava Shields

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Sophomore
  • Position G/F
  • Major Biology/Pre-Health
  • Hometown Hammond, La.
  • Prev School Southern Miss

Biography

2025-26 (Sophomore):
Averaged 3.3 points and 2.7 rebounds in 21 games ... No. 4 on the team with 15 made 3-pointers ... Named to Southern States Athletic Conference All-Academic team ... Career-high eight points twice, including on the road Feb. 14 at NAIA nationals qualifier Faulkner ... Career-high six assists in 72-64 home victory Feb. 21 against NAIA nationals qualifier Tennessee Southern ... Helped Loyola finish 25-5, win SSAC regular-season championship (17-1), rank 16th in final NAIA coaches poll, set school record with 17-game winning streak and reach second round of NAIA nationals ... Career (including Southern Miss): 36 games, 410 minutes, 84 points, 59 rebounds, 25 assists.

Pre-Loyola:
A native of Hammond, Louisiana, she graduated from Albany High School, where she played for coach Stacy Darouse... Shields spent her freshman season at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she maintained a 3.5 GPA... She graduated from high school with a 4.0 GPA.

Personal:
Majoring in biology with a pre-health concentration... Born June 6, 2006... Daughter of Sean and Celeste Shields... Favorite athletes are Michael Jordan and Stephen Curry... Enjoys church, sports, and food... Something that might surprise people is that she used to be a highly competitive swimmer.

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