#55 Ava Coon Height: 5'2 Weight: 115 Year of Birth: 2005 Shot: Left Position: Forward Hometown: Delta
Ava Coon is a 5’2” defensewoman for the Rideau St. Lawrence Thunder U18AA team. Ava is in twelth grade, graduating in 2023, at Rideau District High School. Ava uses her strength to help in the defensive zone and to get the puck up to the wingers to clear out the zone. Ava makes hard breakout passes and creates heads up plays. Ava is a team player and is committed to the team on and off the ice. Ava has achieved honour roll each year (90% and 95% average). Ava has taken part in many volunteering activities such as working at the Brockville Food Bank with her hockey team and coaching soccer teams. Ava started playing hockey when she was 3 for the Leeds Chargers, then made the move to play for the Smiths Falls Cubs PeeWee BB team which made it to provincials in 2018. After playing in Smiths Falls for a few years Ava started to play for the Rideau St. Lawrence Thunder where her team qualified for Provincials, but it was unfortunately canceled due to COVID-19. Ava enjoys studying social sciences and physical education, and her goal is to attend university to study concurrent education in Physical and Health Education and pursue a career as a high school gym teacher.