Club Divisions at President’s Day Classic Loaded With Nebraska Squads

OMAHA – Roughly 430 volleyball teams from across the Midwest are converging on the CenturyLink Center in Omaha this weekend for the annual Asics President’s Day Classic, hosted by Nebraska Elite.

We will have a serious of previews of the different divisions and players to watch leading up to the start of the event on Saturday morning. We start today with a look at the 15-18 Club divisions.

In the 18 Club division, Premier 18 Black enters the 30-team tournament as the #1 overall seed. Premier comes into the weekend with a pretty solid line-up of athletes, led by Ava Macke (Omaha Roncalli), Taylor Heinen (Elkhorn South), Claire Larson (Millard South) and Jada Key (Millard West).

Alpine Volleyball Academy 181 of Colorado comes in as the #2 overall seed followed by Iowa Power Plex 18U as the #3 seed and Midwest Juniors 181 of Kansas as the #4 seed.

Other teams from Nebraska taking part in the division are TeamMagic 181, Starlings 181, Nebraska Elite 18 Envy, Banzai 181, Nebraska ONE 18 Makai, Performance 18 NIKE and Club Legacy 18 ROX.

In the 48-team 17 Club division, Premier 17 Black is the #1 overall seed. Starlings 17s is the #2 seed while Banzai 171 is #4, Performance 17 NIKE is #6 and Omaha Volleyball Club 17s are #7, giving Nebraska a big chunk of the top seeds in the division.

Other teams from Nebraska competing in the division are VCNebraska 17 Black, Nebraska Elite 17 Razee, Club Legacy 17 ROX, Nebraska ONE 17 Chaos, Nebraska Top Flight 17 Gold, Nebraska ONE 17 Platinum and Nebraska Juniors 172.

In the 16 Club division, which features 69 teams, TeamMagic 161 comes in as the #6 overall seed while Omaha Volleyball Club 16s is the #8 seed and Nebraska Top Flight 16 Gold is the #14 overall seed.

Other teams from Nebraska competing in the 16 Club division are TeamMagic 162, VCNebraska 16 Black, Nebraska Elite 16 Apollo, Nebraska Juniors 162, Nebraska Elite 16 Havoc, Nebraska ONE 16 Xpress, Nebraska Elite 16 Alloy, Nebraska ONE 16 Mojo, VCNebraska 16 Blue, Premier 16 Red, Nebraska Juniors 163, Nebraska ONE 16 Power, Club Legacy 16 Shattered, Banzai 161, Club Legacy 16 Prism, Performance 16 NIKE and Nebraska Elite 16 Ohana.

In the 64-team 15 Club division, the top-seeded team from Nebraska is Nebraska Top Flight 15 Gold as the #8 overall seed while Omaha Volleyball Club 15s is #15.

Other teams from Nebraska competing in the 15 Club division are Nebraska Elite 15 Chaos, VCNebraska 15 Black, Nebraska Elite 15 Dauntless, Club Legacy 15 Prism, VCNebraska 15 Blue, Nebraska ONE 15 Blaze, Starlings 15 Donner, Nebraska ONE 15 Intensity, Nebraska ONE 15 Thunder, Premier 15 Red, VCNebraska 15 White, Banzai 151, Clug Legacy 15 Shattered, Performance 15 NIKE and Starlings 15 Erin.