Number of Teams: 36
vballrecruiter.com National Rankings:
1. 1st Alliance 17 Gold
2. Circle City 17 Purple
3. A5 Mizuno 17 Jing
4. Coast 17-1
5. Drive Nation 17 Red
6. Wave 17 Juliana
7. Hou Skyline 17 Royal
8. Club V 17 Ren Reed
9. TAV 17 Black
10. Legacy 17-1 Adidas
11. Premier Nebraska 17 Gold
12. AZ Rev 17 Premier
13. MN Select 17-1
14. MAVS KC 17-1
15. Dynasty 17 Black
16. HJV 17 Elite
17. OT 17 John
18. Skyline 17 Royal
19. Alamo 17 Premier
20. Sunshine 17 LA
21. Madfrog 17 Green
22. KC Power 17-1
23. Mintonette m.71
24. UPVBC 17 Open
25. Metro 17 Travel
26. Tstreet 17 Naseri
27. AJV 17 Adidas
28. ID Crush 17 Bower
29. CHAVC 17 Black
30. Top Select 17 Elite
31. CUVC 17 Premier
32. Mich Elite 17 Mizuno
33. Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite
34. SynergyForce 17 Jeff
39. Club V 17 Ren Matthew
42. Absolute Black 17-1
vballrecruiter.com 5-star recruits (22):
Calissa Minatee, MB, Dynasty 17 Black (Minnesota)
Grace Heaney, RS, Premier Nebraska 17 Gold (Purdue)
Sydney Schnichels, RS, MN Select 17-1 (Minnesota)
Leah Ford, MB, Drive Nation 17 Red (USC)
Reese Robins, MB, Drive Nation 17 Red (Louisville)
Ashley Mullen, S, Dynasty 17 Black (UCLA)
Eloise Brandewie, MB, Mintonette m.71 (Ohio State)
Ella Swindle, S, KC Power 17-1 (Texas)
Jurnee Robinson, OH, A5 Mizuno 17 Jing (LSU)
Blaire Bayless, OH, Madfrog 17 Green (Pitt)
Olivia Babcock, RS, Sunshine 17 LA (Pitt)
Torrey Stafford, OH, Sunshine 17 LA (Pitt)
Jordyn Harvey, OH, Club V 17 Ren Reed
Harper Murray, OH, Legacy 17-1 Adidas (Nebraska)
Julia Blyashov, OH, Wave 17 Juliana (Stanford)
Chloe Chicoine, OH, Circle City 17 Purple (Purdue)
Olivia Mauch, L, Premier Nebraska 17 Gold (2024)
Alex Acevedo, OH, ID Crush 17 Bower (2024)
Stella Swenson, S, MN Select 17-1 (2024)
Alex Bower, S, ID Crush 17 Bower (2024)
Cy Rae Campbell, MB, Dynasty 17 Black (2024)
Taylor Harvey, MB, Club V 17 Ren Reed (2025)
vballrecruiter.com 4-star recruits (39):
Noemie Glover, RS, Coast 17-1 (Oregon)
Lois Hansen, S/RS, Tstreet 17 Naseri (UCSB)
Eva Travis, OH, Tstreet 17 Naseri (UCSB)
Milan Rex, S, Metro 17 Travel (UCSB)
Laurece Abraham, MB, Legacy 17-1 Adidas (Yale)
Ceci Gooch, OH, Drive Nation 17 Red (Michigan)
Auburn Tomkinson, RS, Wave 17 Juliana (Texas)
Gigi Navarrete, L, 1st Alliance 17 Gold (Northwestern)
Sarah Vellucci, L, Legacy 17-1 Adidas (Long Beach State)
Alyssa Manitzas, L, Alamo 17 Premier (Notre Dame)
Arya Jue, L, A5 Mizuno 17 Jing (Yale)
Jordyn Dailey, MB, CHAVC 17 Black (Kentucky)
Eva Rohrbach, MB, Wave 17 Juliana (Maryland)
Brielle Kemavor, MB, Metro 17 Travel (BYU)
Hannah Pfiffner, MB, TAV 17 Black (Oklahoma)
Taylor Anderson, S, Alamo 17 Premier (Purdue)
Juliette Myrick, S, Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite (Army)
Audrey Clark, S, TAV 17 Black (Creighton)
Lily Nicholson, S, Drive Nation 17 Red (TCU)
Kennedy Wagner, OH, 1st Alliance 17 Gold (Ole Miss)
Ava Sarafa, S, Mich Elite 17 Mizuno (Kentucky)
Erin Kline, S, Legacy 17-1 Adidas (Miss State)
Callie Kieffer, S, Drive Nation 17 Red (Alabama)
Harley Kreck, S, Skyline 17 Royal (Baylor)
Sydney Breon, OH, TAV 17 Black (UCLA)
Becca Kelley, OH, Skyline 17 Royal (Oregon)
Cindy Tchouangwa, OH, HJV 17 Elite (Rice)
Nayeli Gonzalez, OH, Alamo 17 Premier (Iowa State)
Alanna Bankston, OH, Premier Nebraska 17 Gold (Louisville)
Destiny Ndam-Simpson, OH, Premier Nebraska 17 Gold (Creighton)
Bianna Muoneke, OH, HJV 17 Elite (Texas AM)
Halle Schroder, OH, Drive Nation 17 Red (Boston College)
Claire Little, OH, Coast 17-1 (BYU)
Kendal Murphy, OH, AZ Rev 17 Premier (Baylor)
Levani Key-Powell, OH, Club V 17 Ren Reed (2024)
Olivia Swenson, OH, MN Select 17-1 (2024)
Macy Hinshaw, S, Circle City 17 Purple (2024)
Evan Hendrix, OH, AZ Rev 17 Premier (2024)
Kaia Caffee, MB, MN Select 17-1 (2024)
Outlook: This division is set up to perhaps be the most entertaining and unpredictable one in Indy. For starters, there is no clear-cut favorite but rather a group of teams that could walk away with the gold medal. 1st Alliance 17 Gold, Circle City 17 Purple, A5 Mizuno 17 Jing, Coast 17-1, Wave 17 Juliana, Drive Nation 17 Red, Hou Skyline 17 Royal, Club V 17 Ren Reed, Legacy 17-1 Adidas and Premier Nebraska 17 Gold are all squads where a case could be made for them winning it all. That’s really incredible. Add to that the number of teams in the field that are capable of producing upsets over those top teams and the excitement is real. Sunshine 17 LA took second at the JVA West Coast Cup, topping Coast and Drive Nation before falling to Wave. We’ve seen a team like SynergyForce 17 Jeff upset Club V in Reno. KC Power 17-1 upset TAV 17 Black at Lone Star. 1st Alliance starts off as the No. 1 seed. The rest of the top six looks like No. 2 Circle City, No. 3 Drive Nation, No. 4 Club V 17, No. 5 Legacy 17-1 and No. 6 A5. Coast is the No. 2 team in Pool 6, the No. 7 seed. Wave is the No. 2 team in Pool 5, the No. 8 seed. Two of the toughest pools appear to be Pool 1 and Pool 4. In Pool 1 with 1st Alliance are Dynasty 17 Black and OT 17 John. In Pool 4 with Club V is Premier Nebraska and Sunshine, as well as AZ Rev 17 Premier. Pool 6 is right there as well, with A5, Coast and Hou Skyline. Once the dust settles on the first round of pool play, the three-team pools are going to be ridiculous. Not to mention the challenge matches to reach the top eight. About the only thing we can know for sure is there is no way this division can disappoint.
Prediction: Picking the winner is like winning this division, there’s going to be an element of luck involved. The choice is Circle City standing on top after downing Premier Nebraska in the final. Wave and Drive Nation collect bronzes.
