Congrats to OT 17 Aaron for capturing the AAU 17 Open gold medal after defeating Top Select 17 Elite in the final. The four days of action saw many impressive standout individual efforts as players went all-out in hopes of ending the tournament on top. Below, we present vballrecruiter.com’s 17 Open 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 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 team ahead of time as we know in advance who many of the talented players are competing.
Congrats to those named to this year’s AAU 17 Open All-Tournament Team as awarded by vballrecruiter.com.
OUTSIDES
Navea Gauthier Far Out 17 Black
Hannah Benjamin A5 17 Jing
Alaleh Tolliver Academy 17 Tsunami
Fallon Stewart OT 17 Felix
MIDDLES
Logan Wiley A5 17 Jing
Izabela Molina Miami Hype 17 Emilio
Reese Ptacek Northern Lights
Faith Young Tri-State Elite 17 Blue
RIGHT SIDES
Madison Loiselle OT 17 Aaron
Sarah Schnell Miami Hype 17 Emilio
Nayelis Cabello Top Select 17 Elite (S/RS)
SETTERS
Taylor Parks OT 17 Aaron
Abbigail Pickard Far Out 17 Black
Maria Drapp Tri-State Elite 17 Blue
LIBEROS
Maggie Meister Kairos 17 Alpha
Luca Bredenberg Northern Lights 17-1
Carley Piercefield Far Out 17 Black
