In trying to put together the All-Tournament Team for 15 Open at AAUs the depth at each position becomes readily apparent. After spending four days covering the action, including Wednesday’s championship day that ended with Mintonette Sports m.51 celebrating a gold-medal performance, we present vballrecruiter.com’s All-Tournament Team. This is not to be confused with the honors awarded by AAU itself at the conclusion of the championship match. These picks are made from our observations and our observations alone.
It would be easy to add more players to each position or even include honorable mentions, but that’s something we do at the end of the year with our Club All-Americans. As for the All-Tournament Team selections, they are meant to be limited and difficult to make given all the talented players.
To narrow the selections, we honored players from teams which made the gold bracket. We want to keep a team element to the award and making the gold bracket is a strong indicator of team success. The process does leave amazing players off, even some of the best in the field. But if we were to pick solely based on talent, we could pick the All-Tournament Team ahead of time as we know in advance who many of the talented players already are competing.
Congrats to those named to this year’s AAU 15 Open All-Tournament Team as awarded by vballrecruiter.com.
OUTSIDES
Layla Hoying Mintonette Sports m.51
Gigi Artiles Tribe 15 Elite Cardinal
Mia Gold Tribe 15 Elite Cardinal
Gabby DiVita Legacy 15-1 Adidas
MIDDLES
Keoni Williams Skyline 15 Royal
LeVariya Pinder Skyline 15 Royal
Ella Andrews Legacy 15-1 Adidas
Kayla Nwabueze Legacy 15-1 Adidas
RIGHT SIDES
Caroline Ward Boiler Jrs 15 Gold
Taylor Clarke Skyline 15 Royal
Lyla Stewart Mintonette Sports m.51
SETTERS
Lexi Shondell Boiler Jrs 15 Gold
Mallory Matheny Mintonette Sports m.51
Elle Mottola WPVC 15 Armour Black
LIBEROS
Emma Cugino Mintonette Sports m.51
Mallory Johnson Far Out 15 Black
Meredith Martin Legacy 15-1 Adidas
