DALLAS — Ava Hunt, the youngest daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, moved into her SMU dorm on Friday. With that move came a touching social media post from her mother Tavia -- and some viral media attention, too. Earlier this year, the 19-year-old Ava announced she would be attending SMU to be part of the university's cheer team.
She's a clear legacy on The Hilltop, too. Her father Clark attended SMU in the '80s. Her uncle, FC Dallas owner Dan Hunt, graduated from the school in 2000.
Her grandfather Lamar Hunt, who founded the Dallas Texans (now Kansas City Chiefs) and Dallas Burn (now FC Dallas) and coined the term "The Super Bowl", played football for the Mustangs before graduating in 1956. Naturally, plenty of her cousins have attended SMU as well. But it's safe to safe few members of her family have moved onto campus, as Ava did this past weekend, with as much hoopla as she received.
After Tavia posted to social media pictures of Ava's dorm room -- lavishly decorated in pink fabrics, custom bedding, vanity lighting and neon signs (bearing both Ava's name and that of her roommate, also named Ava) -- the set-up quickly went viral, earning attention from both Page Six and The Daily Mail . It's easy to see why: A post shared by Tavia Hunt (@taviahunt) This is not Ava's first time in the spotlight in recent memory, either. Last December, she went viral for posing for a photo alongside Taylor Swift after giving the performer a surprise birthday gift during a Chi.