Winners at the GJNC 16s and 17s

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Just like that, club season has ended with the Girls Junior National Championship taking place in Chicago from July 3rd - July 6th. Teams came and battled on the court bringing about winners in the different divisions. Congratulations to the following California teams who competed for four straight days and ended up bringing home medals. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>16 USA: Out of 36 teams, City Volleyball 16 Gold ended with a record of 7-3 bringing home bronze. City came in third, coached by Ryan Duncan, Taylor Tattersall, Kathleen Thyer, and Stefanie Wigfall. Winners are Mayson Canley, Jaiya Davis, [player_tooltip player_id='770849' first='Angelina' last='Dellutri'], Ceumara Hernandez, Caroline Holdsworth, Mia Learned, [player_tooltip player_id='770857' first='Siena' last='Morgan'], Mahlia Priestley, Rachel Reyes, Nia Stewart, and [player_tooltip player_id='331833' first='Ashby' last='Zubchevich'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":428257,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/07/city-crop-1639x1076-1688932143.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-428257" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>16 American: Out of 64 teams, San Gabriel Elite 16 Roshambo took 1st place with a record of 10-2. Coached by Nikki Holmes, Eryn Boken, and Lauryn Andrew. Champions are Ava Conti, Addison Contreras, Isabella Deanoni, Ally Du, Isabella Duncan, Isabel Haytayan, Sofia Indelicato, [player_tooltip player_id='478929' first='Olivia' last='Ip'], Kelsey Kim, Rhiana McKee, [player_tooltip player_id='392603' first='Audrey' last='Nuckols'], Piper Scherbert and [player_tooltip player_id='160983' first='Taylor' last='Treahy'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":428288,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/07/SG-elite-crop-1339x879-1688932469.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-428288" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>16 Patriot: Out of 87 teams, Vegas United G 16 Navy came in third with a record of 9-2. Coached by Steve Rindfleisch, Morgan Edwards, Robert Rios and Sue Thurman. Bringing home bronze are Janae Dunaway, Alexa Ham, Madelin Holldorf, Lola Hughes, Natasha Kleckner, Elaina Smith, Ellie Thurman, and Hadley Whipple. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>17 Open: Out of 36 teams, SCVC 17 Roxy had an undefeated record of 10-0. Coached by Melissa Boice and Guilherme Tenius. Taking 1st place and bringing home gold, undefeated champions are Alyssa Bauer, [player_tooltip player_id='348432' first='Kendall' last='Beshear'], Kaila Debeer, [player_tooltip player_id='189560' first='Taylor' last='Deckert'], [player_tooltip player_id='162767' first='Jade' last='Dudley-Epps'], [player_tooltip player_id='536152' first='Siena' last='Hertlein'], [player_tooltip player_id='366839' first='Sarah' last='Hom'], Logan Hunter, [player_tooltip player_id='202009' first='Chloe' last='Hynes'], [player_tooltip player_id='195732' first='Hayden' last='Lin'], Rachel Moglia, [player_tooltip player_id='348445' first='Althea' last='Morris'], and Malina Young. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":428365,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/07/SCVC-crop-1080x710-1688933349.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-428365" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>17 USA: Actyve 17 Black was one out of 36 teams playing in the USA division. They took 1st with a record of 11-0 bringing home gold. Coached by Danny Woodley, Jon Daze, and Noah Alemania. Undefeated champions are Amelia Bechtel, Carly Bloom, Tate Drageset, [player_tooltip player_id='195428' first='Jade' last='Fritzinger'], Josephine Gore, [player_tooltip player_id='195182' first='Rubi' last='Harrington'], Gemma Larbalestier, Holly MacGaffey, Ava Pearce, [player_tooltip player_id='292903' first='Emma' last='Rowell'], Kaualani Tupuola, and [player_tooltip player_id='346083' first='Kate' last='Whiteley'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>17 Liberty: Out of 24 teams, San Clemente 17 Riley placed 3rd with a 5-4 record. Coached by Patrick "Riley" Murphy and Heidi Colapinto. The bronze medal recipients are Sophia Bayar, Ania Chmielowski, Kirsten Dauderman, Savannah Evans, Carly Grumet, MiKenna Henjum, Kendall Hood, Brooklyn Kostoff, Reagan Santoni, and Camille Solovjev.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>17 Patriot: Out of 66 teams in the Patriot division, SynergyForce 17 Patrick from Northern California ended up third with a 9-1 record. Coached by Bret Almazan-Cezar, Lisa Neely, James Todd, and Jaime Toedtemeier. Bronze medalists are Kate Fagundes, Caroline Foraker, Abby Hoybjerg, Addison Kannegeisser, Margo Melgoza, Malia Pilimai, Isabel Smart, Mia Urosevic, [player_tooltip player_id='161025' first='Stella' last='Watson'], Elle Weaver, and [player_tooltip player_id='161299' first='Reagan' last='Wilkerson'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Congratulations to each club, coach, and player! Your hard work and commitment this season paid off. You obtained the ultimate goal of the Girls Junior National Championship, bringing home a medal.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A great way to support our volleyball athletes and teams is by sharing our stories with family, friends, and fans. This can be done by subscribing or sharing on social media. Follow Prep Dig and Prep Dig California on their many different social media platforms ie: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Sometimes unintentional errors happen. For any corrections, please email them to niqnaq23@gmail.com and put “PrepDig correction” in the subject line. Thank you for the support and happy reading!! *If you are a player, please claim or create your player profile.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->