SPARKS, Md. – USA Lacrosse announced its Division I Women's Preseason All-America list and Navy sophomore midfielder Ava Yovino was named to the list as an honorable mention selection. Yovino is the Mids' top returner after leading the team with 92 points on 42 goals and a team-best 50 assists during the 2023 season.
 
She finished the season ranked in the top 15 in the NCAA in assists (5th), assists per game (6th), points per game (10th), and points (11th) – leading the Patriot League in all four categories. Additionally, the freshman finished her inaugural season with 51 draw controls, 25 ground balls, and 20 caused turnovers.
 
Yovino has earned several accolades throughout the course of her rookie season in 2023, being named to the Tewaaraton Watch List (first freshman in Navy history to be named to the list), USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (Honorable Mention), Inside Lacrosse All-American (Honorable Mention), Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American (Third Team), IWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region (Second Team – first freshman in Navy history to be named to the list), Inside Lacrosse Power 100 Freshman Preseason Watchlist, All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), and First Team All-Patriot League.
 
Despite playing just one season of collegiate lacrosse, Yovino has already entered into some of Navy's career records. Her 50 assists are the 10th most in a career in program history, while her 92 total points rank 21st and her 51 draw controls are tied for 22nd all-time.
 
In the Midshipmen's single-season records, Yovino ranked second in assists per game, fifth in assists, and 10th in points.
 
She etched her name into the Navy freshman record book finishing the top 5 of the rookie annals in points per game (1st), assists per game (1st), points (2nd), assists (2nd), caused turnovers (2nd), caused turnovers per game (3rd), shots (4th), draw controls (4th), draw controls per game (4th), goals (5th), and shots on goal (5th).
 
Navy begins the 2024 campaign at home against ACC foe Duke. The Midshipmen and Blue Devils will take the field against one another on Friday, Feb. 9 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at 4:00 p.m.
 
 
USA Lacrosse Division I Women's Preseason All-Americans
FIRST TEAM
A – Erin Coykendall, Northwestern
A – Isabella Peterson, James Madison
A – Izzy Scane, Northwestern
A – Jackie Wolak, Notre Dame
M – Kasey Choma, Notre Dame
M – Ellie Masera, Stony Brook
M – Belle Smith, Boston College
M – Brigid Duffy, Army
D – Meghan Ball, Maryland
D – Sammy White, Northwestern
D – Brooklyn Walker-Welch, North Carolina
D – Sam Thacker, Denver
GK – Delaney Sweitzer, Syracuse
 
SECOND TEAM
A – Mckenna Davis, Boston College
A – Emma Ward, Syracuse
A – Rachel Clark, Boston College
A – Emma LoPinto, Boston College
M – Shaylan Ahearn, Maryland
M – Emma Tyrrell, Syracuse
M – Madison Taylor, Northwestern
M – Cassidy Weeks, Boston College
D – Trinity McPherson, Denver
D – Sydney Scales, Boston College
D – Emily Nalls, North Carolina
D – Becky Browndorf, Boston College
GK – Lauren Spence, Loyola
 
THIRD TEAM
A – Sydni Black, Loyola
A – Caitlyn Wurzburger, North Carolina
A – Eloise Clevenger, Maryland
A – Georgia Latch, Loyola
M – Kristin O'Neill, Penn State
M – Cassidy Spilis, Rutgers
M – Samantha Smith, Northwestern
M – Anna Brandt, Penn
D – Clare Levy, Stony Brook
D – Izzy Rohr, Penn
D – Maddie Burns, Michigan
D – Bryn McCaughey, Denver
GK – Emilia Bohi
 
HONORABLE MENTION
A – Jenna Collignon, Yale
A – Julia Gilbert, Denver
A – Jill Smith, Michigan
A – Kailyn Hart, Stony Brook
A – Madison Ahern, Notre Dame
A – Libby May, Maryland
A – Danielle Pavinelli, Florida
A – Niki Miles, Penn
A – Isabelle Vitale, USC
A – Mary Schumar, Northwestern
A – Morgan Schwab, Virginia
A – Arden Tierney, Notre Dame
A – Marissa White, North Carolina
A – Reilly Casey, North Carolina
M – Fiona McGowan, UMass
M – Lindsey Frank, Northwestern
M – Alyssa Long, North Carolina
M – Emily Heller, Florida
M – Claudia Shevitz, USC
M – Ava Yovino, Navy
D – Hunter Roman, Boston College
D – Olivia Dooley, Notre Dame
D – Brianna Lamoureux, Maryland
D – Catherine Lord, USC
D – Kelly Denes, Notre Dame
D – Audra Tosone, UMass
D – Kendall Halpern, Northwestern
GK – Lilly Callahan, Notre Dame
GK – Madison Doucette, Johns Hopkins
GK – Shea Dolce, Boston College
GK – Alecia Nicholas, North Carolina
GK – Molly Laliberty, Northwestern
GK – Emily Sterling, Maryland
GK – Landyn White, UConn