Ava Goodno

Class:
Junior
High School:
Franklin HS
Hometown:
Muskego, Wis.

Career Notes

Ranks T-8th in team history for the 100 breast

Career Honors and Awards

2025 Academic All-Big Ten honoree
Won the Iron Fish Award at 2025 team banquet

2024-25 Sophomore Season: Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... won the Iron Fish Award at team banquet ... Big Tens: placed fifth in the 400 medley (3:32.94), seventh in the 200 medley relay (1:37.33) and 18th in the 100 breast (1:00.84) ... Purdue/Northwestern Tri-Dual: member of the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:37.21) and placed third in the 100 breast (1:01.86) ... Arizona Dual: placed sixth in the 100 breast (1:04.11) ... Arizona State Dual: member of second-place 200 medley relay team (1:40.36) and seventh in the 100 breast (1:03.92) ...Minnesota Invite: member of second-place finishing 200 medley relay team (1:37.24), placed 11th in 100 breast (1:02.52) and 19th in 200 breast (2:19.39) ... Iowa Dual: second leg in the first-place 400 medley relay team (3:45.23), and third in 100 breast (1:05.29) ... Wisconsin Dual: third-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:38.60), fifth in the 100 breast (1:02.32), and seventh in the 200 breast (2:18.74) ... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: placed first in the 200 medley relay (1:43.43) and third in 200 breast (2:23.92) ... Army Dual: finished first in the 200 medley relay (1:39.70), and third in the 100 breast (1:03.01) ... South Dakota/Nebraska Tri-Dual: finished first in the 200 medley relay (1:42.65), fourth in the 100 breast (1:04.47) and fourth in the 400 free relay (3:32.87)

2023-24 Freshman Season: Big Tens: set personal bests in two events, finished 17th in the 100 breast (1:01.67), 28th in the 200 breast (2:19.08) and was part of the 200 medley relay team that placed sixth with a season-best time of 1:38.06... First Chance Meet: finished second in the 100 free (52.50)... Purdue/Iowa/Northwestern Quad-Dual: captured sixth in the 100 breast (1:02.75) and eighth in the 200 breast (2:20.09)... Pitt Dual: got sixth in the 100 breast (1:06.00) and eighth in the 200 breast (2:24.51)... Tampa Dual: won the 100 breast (1:06.17) and got third in the 200 breast (2:24.32)... Minnesota Invite: placed 16th in the 100 breast (1:02.88) and 18th in the 200 breast (2:19.30)... Wisconsin Dual: captured fifth in the 100 breast (1:05.66) and eighth in the 200 breast (2:25.97)... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: finished second in the 200 breast (2:23.92) and fourth in the 50 free (24.80)... SMU Dual: placed second in the 100 breast (1:04.57) and third in the 200 breast (2:23.28) and also swam the 50 free (24.96)... Nebraska/South Dakota Tri-Dual: made her collegiate debut with a fourth-place finish in the 100 breast (1:05.78) and sixth-place finish in the 200 breast (2:24.91)

High School: Attended Franklin High School · broke four school records and was named team MVP · set the EBSC-Wisconsin swimming relay record in 2020 · four-year academic high honor roll.

Personal: Daughter of Ryan and Nicole Goodno · father, Ryan, and mother, Nicole, both were dual sport athletes at UW-La Crosse · has one younger brother, Braylon, who is a member of the Minnesota men's swim and dive team · hobbies include wake surfing and boating, walking with her dogs and napping.

Why Minnesota? The team felt like family, everyone was very welcoming and it felt like the right place. The academics are great as well and the campus is beautiful.