Ava Fasano Season 2025-26

2025-26 / AS A JUNIOR
• Academic All-Big Ten

2024-25 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed in a pair of October meets before an injury ended her season
• Raced in the 100 back at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate and the 50 free in the dual win at Missouri

2023-24 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Competed in the freestyle sprints and 100 backstroke
• Season-Best Times: 23.25 in the 50 free, 50.68 in the 100 free, 54.73 in the 100 back
• Moved into 14th place in program history via her career best in the 100 back
• Raced in all three of her events at the Big Ten Championships
• Accounted for 23 team points at the Purdue Invitational, posting her season bests in the 50 free and 100 back
• Scored in the A final of the 100 back and the B finals of the 50 and 100 free at the Purdue Invite, winning her prelim heat of the 100 free
• Also helped her 200 free relay team win its heat at the Purdue Invite
• Won heat 1 of both the 50 free and 100 back on the same day at the Big Ten Quad vs. Minnesota, Northwestern and Iowa

HIGH SCHOOL
• Swam for coaches Gina Proscia and Jonathan Zuchowski as an upperclassman at Kings Academy in West Palm Beach
• Won state titles in the 200 medley relay in both Florida and Connecticut
• Two-time All-American and all-state honoree as an upperclassman
• Helped Kings Academy win the FHSAA Class 1A state title in the 200 medley relay as a senior
• Kings Academy was runner-up at the 2022 FHSAA Class 1A state championships
• Team also won country, district and regional championships as a senior
• Team MVP as a junior
• ESPN Radio West Palm Athlete of the Week
• Two-time all-state and all-Fairfield County as an underclassman at Wilton High School in Connecticut before moving to Florida; also the team’s rookie of the year as a freshman
• Helped Wilton win the Class L state title in the 200 medley relay while finishing as the runner-up at state as a team in 2021
• Played JV golf in Connecticut as a sophomore
• Also competed for the Flood Aquatics Swim Team in Florida and Wilton Y Wahoos Swim Club in Connecticut

PERSONAL
• Major: Integrated Business & Engineering
• Full name is Ava Karen Fasano
• Born in Norwalk, Connecticut
• Parents are Edward & Kristin Fasano
• Family also includes siblings E.J., Sawyer & Deacon
• Mom is a Purdue alumna
• Dad played baseball at Bryant University in New York
• Grandfather Christopher Cooke is a Purdue alumnus and swam for the Boilermakers
• Aunts Diana Kretzman and Carolyn Picci as well as uncle Jeffrey Cook are also Purdue alumni