That we limit our daily All Red Hat Team to 10 players is a blessing and a curse. We want to keep the selections exclusive, and thus keep the picks to just 10. But, on a day like Day 3 of 15 Open the USAV Girls Junior Nationals Championships, many, many more deserved to be featured because there were more than 10 players who were our favorite. Still, we needed to trim it to 10, which we did below with our Day 3 All Red Hat Team.
The goal is to highlight a daily team consisting of two players from each position – outside, middle, right side, setter and libero who – were our absolute favorite players of the day. Favorite doesn’t mean only a 5-star recruit or a familiar name. These are players who stood out to us for a variety of reasons, from amazing play to great energy or attitude or making key hustle plays. These are daily all-stars who really stood out the most to us for one reason or another.
DAY 3 ALL RED HAT TEAM
Aubree Deshetsky OH Legacy 15-1 Adidas: It’s almost impossible to reach the gold bracket of a divison this deep and competitive without everyone contributing. Deshetsky was filling her role to a tee. She’s a bit undersized but isn’t afraid to go at bigger blockers. She was taking aggressive, smart swings and with it providing Legacy yet another scoring punch and keeping it moving along.
MaryKate Scheumann OH Team Pineapple 15 Black: Scheumann is a perfect All Red Hat Team selection but she’s another outside who keeps coming at you and won’t back down for anything. She’s a bit undersized but carries a big arm and hits a heavy ball. She takes a lot of swings and helped Team Pineapple reach the challenge rounds before falling to Legacy in three.
Jaycee Mack MB Wave 15 Brennan: We featured Mack as a Day 3 Show Stopper. She’s part of the Class of 2027 and with her growth and development from last season through this season has been remarkable. She always had big, powerful arm but she’s added an inch or two as well as more strength and is becoming a force at the net. She hits with tons of power and is a big reason why Wave is in the gold bracket.
Hannah Lee MB Madfrog 15 Green: Madfrog battled but came up a victory short of reaching the gold bracket. Lee played her part well. She’s a competitive, no-nonsense middle who takes big, aggressive swings. She has a strong arm and is a key part of the Madfrog attack when in system.
Willow Weninger RS Pohaku 15-1: Weninger was a part of the reason why Pohaku reached the gold bracket and remains in contention for a medal. She’s a key ingredient on the right side with her scoring and blocking ability. She has a lively arm and can really connect with it. She also was coming through with timely blocks in challenge play to help her team advance.
Sophia Davis RS Elevation 15 Tony: Davis was strong on Day 3 with her efforts from the right side. She’s a six-rotation right side who swings front and back row. She’s a capable attacker, with a big arm who blasts balls from side to side.
Elle Mottola S WPVC 15 Armour Black: Winter Park wasn’t able to advance from the second round of pool play but Mottola’s skills were on full display. She has great on-court presence and command of the offense. She connects well with all her hitters and does things others setters aren’t doing, like running the middle outside the 10-foot line.
Lily Rolfes S Arizona Storm 15 Thunder: We love what we saw from Rolfes. She’s a fiery competitor who helped lift her team into medal contention by reaching the gold bracket. She does well mixing up her sets and can really fire her team up with a timely block.
Gabi Rodriguez L Madfrog 15 Green: Rodriguez was flying around the back row making plays. She’s a high-energy libero who passes well out of serve receive and covers well with her speed.
Mya Capistrano L Forza1 North 15 One: Forza North fought on Day 3 but couldn’t quite get into the gold bracket with a tight loss to Arizona Storm. Capistrano was amazing in her role. She stood in against big hitters and did well picking off shots and extending rallies. She’s also quick and moves around the court with ease.
