Mead has several excellent players in all the right places, a senior setter with great hands and experience, a senior libero to quarterback the defense and talented defenders and attackers on the pins. Durgan gave the Panthers a dominant force that few team could match up with in the middle. The 6’3 2025 University of San Diego commit loves to hammer the zero tempo set, and this season swings that may have paint brushed or just missed found the court for booming kills. She is a force as a blocker as well, and in the final versus Lake Washington slowed down a front line that had been rolling through the tournament. As the defense and serving of the Panthers became rock solid late season, Durgan posted monster numbers attacking off free balls and in controlled transition.

Durgan is a verbal commit to The University of San Diego, the dominant program in the West Coast Conference and a Final Four tournament team last season. The 6’3 Mead Panther led her team to a victory over an undefeated Gonzaga Prep squad Tuesday, handling the Bullpups in a 5 set battle. Durgan runs the quick attack at a furious tempo, and can hammer over or down the front of opposing blockers. She worked extremely hard closing the block pin to pin versus G-Prep, and tallied 6 blocks on the night. Mead is tough to stop when they are in system and Durgan is pounding down kills opening up lanes for the rest of her team.

The middle from Renovators and Mead High School is drawing looks from excellent college programs with her combination of size and quickness. At six-foot three inches tall, Durgan fits right in with a long and skilled group of top middle prospects in the 2025 rankings. The junior has the ability to run a fast tempo offense with smart and quick transitions, and she always puts up a big block defensively. Her overall game is growing as well, this club season she took swings from the pins, showed a nice serve and ran down balls in the back row as a defender.

Durgan is a terrific rising junior from Mead High School. At 6’3 she has the length high level Division 1 schools love to work with, and her ability to set a strong block and terminate have her receiving serious looks from great programs. Offensively she will be leading the middle attack for Renovators 17 Kari at the AAU Championships. The RVC team will; be competing in the 17 Open and features players from the 16, 17 and 18 RVC regular season squads.

The Mead sophomore plays up with RVC 17 Trent, her team will compete in the Open Division in Spokane this weekend. She was hammering balls from the pins at the last NWPL when RVC was shorthanded, and the 6’3 Durgan delivered. Her strength is her combination of quick bounce off the floor and a fast arm. In system running a quick set, Durgan will pound the ball down for easy points.

The middle blocker for RVC 17 is playing up a year, and it’s been a smooth transition for her after an outstanding sophomore season for Mead. She is elbows above the tape as a blocker, and she gets off her feet quickly to attack at a fast tempo. Her work in transition makes her a consistent threat, she is excellent at making herself available as an option.

Ava Durgan Ava Durgan 6'3" | MB Mead | 2025 State WA Highlights

The Mead High School standout was part of a twin towers rotation with senior Danikah Johnson this season. Durgan is powerful offensively, especially on quick tempo sets. She has a hard approach and a fast arm, she moves quickly on the court and her suddenness surprises the opposing blockers. She will be part of an excellent Renovators U17 team, where she will be paired once again with her Mead setter Brielle Wilson. Durgan should be the first and best option on offense.

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