Christopher Newport University

2025 - Sophomore Season - Appeared in all but one set during her second season while playing in 34 matches with 24 starts ... Vital piece of the Captains' rotation and ranked third on the team in total sets played with 115 ... Logged 130 kills while ranking second on the team in digs with 259 ... Among the team leaders in aces (44) and blocks (34) ... Posted back-to-back double digit kill performances with a season-high 13 against Coast Guard on August 30 and 12 versus Bridgewater on September 5 ... Hit a season-high .727 with 8 kills on 11 attempts versus Salisbury in the C2C Championship on November 15 ... Finished season with 406 total attempts ... Posted 24 assists, 34 blocks, and 44 service aces during the year ... Among the team leaders with 193.0 total points ... Registered a double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs against Salisbury on October 18 ... Posted a season-high 24 digs against Cortland in the NCAA Tournament on November 20 ... Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection

2024 - Freshman Season - Saw action in 23 games with 19 starts during her first year with the Captains ... Appeared in 80 sets ... Logged 170 kills and 117 digs ... Added 14 assists and eight aces ... Finished season with 36 blocks including five solo terminations ... Recorded four double-digit kill performances including a season-high 13 against William Paterson in the season opener ... Added 12 kills against Johns Hopkins (Aug 31) and 11 in matches at Eastern (Sep 20) and versus Scranton (Oct 5) ... Finished with a season-high 14 digs against Washington and Lee (Oct 16) ... Notched a season-high five blocks at Eastern ... Earned spot on the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

At Kellam - Earned varsity letters all four years...Named AVCA First Team All-Region and All-State in 2023 and received the AVCA Best and Brightest award...Also served as team captain and was recognized as Offensive MVP...Led her team to state runner-up in 2020 and won regional championships in 2020, 2021, and 2022...Played for Beach Elite 17 & 18 Black from 2022 to 2023.

Personal - Avery Ann Hanly is the daughter of Scott and Marsha Hanly...Has a younger brother, Mason...Is pursuing a major in Environmental Science....Favorite athlete is Jared McCain and dreams of visiting Greece...Favorite food is sushi, and she enjoys the movie Grownups, the TV show Gilmore Girls, and music by Daniel Caesar...Says her goal in life is to be happy and successful.