Fontainebleau outside hitter Ava Frerman always dreamed of being a college athlete.

Both her parents competed at Spring Hill College, so the young athlete went to work.

First, she thought her future was on the soccer field.

“I was pretty good at soccer, and I usually like things that I’m good at,” Frerman said. “Volleyball wasn’t my strong suit at first. After I improved in club and school volleyball, I discovered that I really liked it.”

That improvement on the court caught the eyes of college coaches, and the rest is history.

Frerman signed to play Division I volleyball at the University of New Orleans on Dec. 5.

“This means a lot,” she said. “This is something that I said I wanted to do since I was little. Both of my parents were college athletes, so I knew that was something I wa

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