2025-26 Women's Hockey Roster

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30 Ava McNaughton

  • Position Goaltender
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Seven Fields, Pa.
  • Prev School Bishop Kearney Selects

Biography

Awards: HCA Goaltender of the Year (2024-25) ... All-WCHA Second Team (2024-25) ... WCHA Goaltender of the Year Finalist (2024-25) ... WCHA Final Faceoff All-Tournament Team (2024-25) ... WCHA Goalie of the Month (Oct., Nov., Jan., Feb., 2024-25) ... HCA Goaltender of the Month (Nov., 2024) ... WCHA Goaltender of the Week (Jan. 6, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, 2025) ... WCHA Final Faceoff All-Tournament Team(2023-24) … WCHA Rookie of the Month (Oct. 2023, Feb. 2023) … National Goalie of the Year Watch List (2023-24) … HCA Rookie of the Year Watch List … USCHO All-Rookie team ... CSC Academic All-District (2024-25) ... Academic All-Big Ten (2024-25) ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024-25) ... WCHA Scholar Athlete (2024-25) ... WCHA All-Academic (2024-25)

2024-25: Started in 39 games for the Cardinal and White ... posted a 36-1-2, with her 36 wins being the most wins of a Wisconsin netminder in a single season ... posted a career-best .944 save percentage and 1.25 GAA ... earned 8 shutouts ... tallied a career-high 36 saves against Ohio State at Wrigley Field in the Frozen Confinsed on Jan. 4  ... did not allow more than three goals in any game this season ... recorded her only point of the season and second career point with a secondary assist on Nov. 2 at St. Cloud State ... made a critical 31 saves against Minnesota on March 8 in the WCHA Final Faceoff which Wisconsin would win by only a goal ... stopped 20 shots across 62:05 minutes to help Badgers to their eigth National Championship win

2023-24: Started and played in 23 games for the Badgers, including six of the seven postseason games … recorded a 20-3-0 record in her rookie season … posted a .936 save percentage and 1.45 GAA … recorded five shutouts … tallied an assist against Boston College on Oct. 6 … stopped a career-high 33 shots in the 4-2 over Ohio State on Feb. 24 … put a stop to 77 of the 79 shots she faced in the NCAA tournament

Prep: Represented the U.S. at the 2022 IIHF U-18 Women's World Championship at LaBahn Arena in Madison … started in a 5-0 win for Team USA against Finland as the U.S. earned silver at the tournament … attended the USA Hockey Women's Festival in 2021 … participated in the 2021 USA Hockey Girls U-18 Select Player Development Camp.

Personal: Parents are Robert and Gretchen McNaughton… has an older sister, Emily… role models are Carey Price, her sister Emily, and her trainer at home, James Lederach.

Why Wisconsin? "I chose Wisconsin because as soon as I stepped on campus I felt at home. I love living on the water, so being that Madison has two, it was like icing on the cake. I loved the lively college town of both students and residents of the area. On top of the incredible campus and academics, the legacy of elite division one hockey that Wisconsin has built over the years had me in love with the school from the start, and I am beyond excited to become a Badger."

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2023-24Freshman

    Goaltender
    6'0"
    30
  • 30

    2024-25Sophomore

    Goaltender
    6'0"
    30
  • 30

    2025-26Junior

    Goaltender
    6'0"
    30