There was so much to digest – including a fanatical Day 4 four finish – from the 15 Open division at the USAV Girls Junior National Championships in Chicago. It saw Skyline 15 Royal narrowly sweep Mintonette Sports m.51 in the championship showdown in a rematch from the AAU 15 Open featuring our top two teams in the country. Picking vballrecruiter.com’s All-Tournament Team is the last item of business in terms of our immediate coverage of the age group.
This is not to be confused with the honors awarded by USAV 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 the Top 16 finishers, or the teams which advanced as far as the challenge rounds. We want to keep a team element to the award and making the challenge round 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 vballrecruiter.com 15 Open All-Tournament Team.
OUTSIDES
Halle Thompson Hou Skyline 15 Royal
Layla Hoying Mintonnete Sports m.51
Audrey Flanagan SCVC 15 Roxy
Grace Martin Pohaku 15-1
Finley Krystkowiak Wave 15 Brennan
Gabby Divita Legacy 15-1 Adidas
MIDDLES
Keoni Williams Skyline 15 Royal
LeVariya Pinder Skyline 15 Royal
Lacy Tinnell Hou Skyline 15 Royal
Jaycee Mack Wave 15 Brennan
Kayla Nwabueze Legacy 15-1 Adidas
Brooke Harwood Arizona Storm 15 Thunder
RIGHT SIDES
Abby Zimmerman SCVC 15 Roxy
Taylor Clarke Skyline 15 Royal
Bella Lopez Madfrog 15 Green
Danielle Whitmire TAV 15 Black (S/RS)
SETTERS
Sophia Gisslen Team Pineapple 15 Black
Blair Thiebaud Hou Skyline 15 Royal
Genevieve Harris Academy 15 Diamond
Milly McGee SCVC 15 Roxy
LIBEROS
Emma Cugino Mintonette Sports m.51
Cala Haffner Team Pineapple 15 Black
Gabi Rodriguez Madfrog 15 Green
Henlee Moszkowicz Hou Skyline 15 Royal
