Ava Butterfield

Position:
Butterfly, Backstroke
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Castle
Hometown:
Newburgh, Ind.

Career Honors
- 1x Academic All-MAC (2026)
15 Appearances in the Top 10 Times in Ball State S&D History
- No. 1 in program history in the 200 backstroke (1:56.93), 200 medley relay (1:37.58), 400 medley relay (3:37.07), 200 freestyle relay (1:30.42) and 400 freestyle relay (3:19.59)
- No. 2 in program history in the 100 backstroke (53.54), 400 medley relay (3:39.79) and 400 freestyle relay (3:20.82)
- No. 3 in program history in the 200 freestyle relay (1:31.68), 400 freestyle relay (3:20.89) and 800 freestyle relay (7:22.82)
- No. 6 in program history in the 100 butterfly (55.30)
- No. 7 in program history in the 200 medley relay (1:40.37) and 400 medley relay (3:42.94)
- No. 9 in program history in the 400 freestyle relay (3:24.72)

2025-26: Sophomore
- 2026 Academic All-MAC
- Captured nine individual wins and nine relay wins.
- Part of the 200 medley relay team that claimed silver (1:37.58) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 25), setting a program record.
- Part of the 200 freestyle relay team that took bronze (1:30.42) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 27), combining for the fastest time in Ball State history.
- Member of the 400 medley relay team that took bronze (3:37.07) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 26), setting a program record.
- Swam the fastest time in Ball State history in the 200 backstroke (1:56.93) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28), placing fourth.
- Earned the second-best time in program history in the 100 backstroke (53.54) during prelims at the MAC Championships (Feb. 27), qualifying for the A Final.
- Member of the 400 freestyle relay team that earned the fastest time in program history relay (3:19.59) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28), placing fourth.
- Part of the 200 medley relay team that combined for the seventh-best time in Ball State history (1:40.37) at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship (March 13).
- Member of the 400 freestyle relay team that set the ninth-best time in program history (3:24.72) at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship (March 14).
- Member of the 800 freestyle relay team that combined for the third-fastest time in program history (7:22.82) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 25), placing sixth.
- Qualified for individual events at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship (March 13-14), competing in the 500 freestyle as well as the 50, 100 and 200 backstrokes.

2024-25: Freshman
- Captured one relay win (3:31.08) versus Bowling Green (Jan. 18).
- Earned the sixth-fastest time in program history in the 100 butterfly (55.30) during prelims at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28) to qualify for the B Final.
- Swam the eighth-fastest time in program history in the 100 backstroke (55.14) as lead-off in the 400 medley relay the MAC Championships (Feb. 28).
- Member of the 800 relay team that combined for the 10th-fastest time in program history (7:28.47) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 26).
- Swam anchor for the 200 freestyle relay team that captured the second-fastest time in program history (1:31.68) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28), placing fourth.
- Qualified for the CSCAA National Invitational Championships (March 13-15), capturing a program record as a member of the 400 freestyle relay (3:20.82), placing sixth.