Iowa 16's and 17's Dominate at USAV Nationals

USAV Nationals ended on the Fourth of July in Detroit, Michigan, officially marking the end of the 2018 club volleyball season. Iowa club teams who made the trip had a phenomenal showing at the tournament in the 16’s and 17’s divisions. Competition took place in the Cobo Center with five divisions per age group: Open, National, USA, American, and Patriot (listed from highest to lowest division). The 18’s division completed their national tournament earlier this spring, April 27-29, in Anaheim, California. 16 Patriot A total of 61 teams competed to bring home gold in the 16 Patriot division. Precision One 16N from Iowa finished 49th with a 2-8 record. 16 American CIA 16 Black took 21st out of 64 teams in the 16 American division, finishing with an overall 5-4 tournament record.     <a href="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cis-16.jpg"></a>Central Iowa Select 16M also competed in the 16 American division, finishing 62nd with a 1-9 record.         16 National An all-Iowa championship took place in the 16 National division as the Six Pack 16’s came out victorious in the tournament, taking the championship out of 45 teams with a 9-2 record. The team, featuring 2020 MB Dayton commit, [player_tooltip player_id="17093" first="Alayna" last="Yates"], defeated fellow Iowa team, Iowa Rockets 16R in two-sets for the championship, a rematch of third day pool play match-up where Iowa Rockets won in two. Iowa Rockets 16R, who went 10-1 on the tournament, features several 2020 and 2021 college commits: [player_tooltip player_id="78321" first="Sommer" last="Daniel"] 2020 Setter – Utah, [player_tooltip player_id="41237" first="Sydney" last="Dennis"] 2021 Libero – Iowa, [player_tooltip player_id="40763" first="Claire" last="Overton"] 2020 OH/MB – Tampa (beach volleyball), and [player_tooltip player_id="78323" first="Delaney" last="Rice"] 2020 MB/RS – St. Louis. [player_tooltip player_id="17093" first="Alayna" last="Yates"] and [player_tooltip player_id="40909" first="Jaz" last="Westmoreland"] of Six Pack made the All-Tournament team with [player_tooltip player_id="17097" first="Jada" last="Wills"] named MVP of the tournament. [player_tooltip player_id="40886" first="Akacia" last="Brown"], [player_tooltip player_id="78321" first="Sommer" last="Daniel"], and [player_tooltip player_id="78404" first="Kelsey" last="Law"] of Iowa Rockets were also named to the 16 National All-Tournament Team.   <a href="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/171-iowa-rockets.jpg"></a>17 Patriot Of the 47 competing teams, Iowa Rockets 171 finished 25th with a 5-5 record. The team features 2019 Southern Indiana commitment, setter Isabella Mitchell.   17 American Six Pack 17’s competed in the 17 American division for a 13th place finish and 7-3 record. Six Pack 17’s features several college commits including Cailyn Morgan 2019 OH – UNI (basketball), [player_tooltip player_id="40775" first="Jaima" last="Tonne"] 2019 S/RS – Upper Iowa, [player_tooltip player_id="78322" first="Rylee" last="Fay"] 2020 S/OH – Missouri State, [player_tooltip player_id="16972" first="Kate" last="Shannon"] 2019 DS – Iowa State, [player_tooltip player_id="40783" first="Kylie" last="Willis"] 2019 MB – Upper Iowa, and [player_tooltip player_id="40843" first="Jess" last="Jacobs"] 2019 MB – William Jewell.   17 USA CIA 17 Black competed in the 17 USA division and finished 11th overall out of 35 teams. With a 4-6 record, the team features the following 2019 commits: OH MaKayla Geise – Valparaiso, RS [player_tooltip player_id="40758" first="Delaney" last="McSweeney"] – Wake Forest, and MB [player_tooltip player_id="40744" first="Kaylissa" last="Arndorfer"] – Northern Iowa.   Flight 17U, featuring 2019 Winona State commitment, [player_tooltip player_id="40782" first="Mikenna" last="Joerger"], also competed in 17 USA and finished 19th with a 4-5 tournament record.   17 National Of the 45 teams who competed in the 17 N<a href="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_4092.jpg"></a>ational division, Iowa teams took two spots on the podium for second and third place. Adrenaline 17 Rox made club history by being the first team to come home with national tournament medal, taking silver with a 8-3 record. The second place team features Northern Iowa commit, DS [player_tooltip player_id="40754" first="Kaylee" last="Donner"], and Iowa commit, MB [player_tooltip player_id="40757" first="Grace" last="Tubbs"]. <a href="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/17r-iowa-rockets.png"></a>Iowa Rockets 17R took bronze in division, finishing with a 9-1 record. Iowa Rockets features college commits 2019 OH [player_tooltip player_id="40752" first="Jaedynn" last="Evans"] – Central Michigan, 2019 RS/MB [player_tooltip player_id="40751" first="Ally" last="Grothusen"] – South Dakota, 2019 MB [player_tooltip player_id="16967" first="Kenzie" last="Mantz"] – Iowa State, 2019 S [player_tooltip player_id="40467" first="Megan" last="Renner"] – Purdue, and 2019 OH [player_tooltip player_id="40753" first="Raina" last="Smith"] – UMKC.       All-tournament team selections from Adrenaline 17 Rox include [player_tooltip player_id="40767" first="Maddy" last="Baxter"], [player_tooltip player_id="40754" first="Kaylee" last="Donner"], and [player_tooltip player_id="17089" first="Aliyah" last="Carter"]. Also making the team from Iowa Rockets 17R, [player_tooltip player_id="40467" first="Megan" last="Renner"] and [player_tooltip player_id="40752" first="Jaedynn" last="Evans"]. <a href="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/17-powerplex.jpg"></a>17 Open Competing in the top division of the 17’s, 17 Open, 17U PowerPlex from Iowa finished with a 4-5 record for 19th place overall. 17U PowerPlex has a lethal roster with six Division I commits and counting: 2019 OH [player_tooltip player_id="16964" first="Madi" last="Kubik"] – Nebraska, 2019 OH [player_tooltip player_id="16966" first="Kenna" last="Sauer"] – Missouri, 2019 MB [player_tooltip player_id="16968" first="Emily" last="Holterhaus"] – Northern Iowa, 2019 OH [player_tooltip player_id="40745" first="Haley" last="Bush"] – Drake, 2019 OH [player_tooltip player_id="40746" first="Ari" last="Winters"] – Denver, and 2020 MB [player_tooltip player_id="17088" first="Devyn" last="Robinson"] – Wisconsin.