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This has allowed Ava to switch her focus to helping the next generation of aspiring female football players figure out their own place in the game.
“Now I realize my role is to speak up and to be included and to help others find their place, too,” Ava explained.
And Ava’s coach, Justin Friske, believes that the high school senior has really come into her own and grown into a vocal team leader. He also shared how Ava’s participation is slowly changing the typical perception of girls on boys’ football teams.
“Ava’s just Ava, and I think a lot of people are just like, ‘Well, that’s what Ava does.’ And it’s kind of a regular thing,” Friske began.
“So, to be honest, that might be the most powerful thing of all. It’s not a novelty, and it’s not some kind of fad that she is on the football team.”
With Ava leading the charge last week, the Pewaukee football team won its homecoming game with a landslide sixty-six to six lead. She contributed multiple scoring drives, and her mother, Reva Matz, was overjoyed.
“I cannot be prouder. I love her to death. She will remember this forever, and I will remember this forever,” Reva said.
To keep up with Ava this football season, you can visit her TikTok account linked here. You might even catch her doing a pregame dance trend in the locker room.
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