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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Girls Cross Country - Missouri

Gatorade Player of the year

Ava Doll

Runner
JOPLIN HS
JOPLIN, MISSOURI
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st

Class 5 state championships

9th

El Caliente Race at the Chile Pepper XCD Festival

1st - 17:46.01

Class 5 District 2 meet
“Ava Doll won the first girls cross country individual state title in Joplin High history last fall and became the first girl from southwest Missouri to win in the largest classification in 31 years. She ran the fastest all-class time of the day at states and turned in an impressive showing at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival.”
Rich Gonzalez
Editor - PrepCalTrack

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-2 senior won the Class 5 state championship this past season, marking the first time in history an Eagles’ girls competitor captured the title. Doll also took ninth in the El Caliente Race at the prestigious Chile Pepper XC Festival, clocking one of her two sub-18 times of the fall. She broke the tape at November’s Class 5 District 2 meet in a personal-best 17:46.01.

Academic Achievement

Doll has maintained a weighted 4.14 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to run at Missouri State University this fall.

Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society and the National Technical Honor Society, Doll is pursuing her CNA certification and has worked with local nursing home residents daily as part of that process. Also a barista at The Human Bean in Joplin, she has worked as a lifeguard at the Twin Hills Country Club. She has volunteered locally on behalf of Watered Gardens, the Cecil Floyd Craft Show and the Salvation Army. In addition, she has donated her time with Joplin middle schools, as a peer tutor, as a track meet official and as a youth running mentor.