List of Commits, Nationally Ranked Teams Take on Asics Challenge
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The Asics Challenge hosted by Mother McAuley in Chicago is back! Top teams from across the country are coming to the Windy City for one of the top high school tournaments in the nation. Who are the top teams? Who…
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Continue ReadingThe Asics Challenge hosted by Mother McAuley in Chicago is back! Top teams from across the country are coming to the Windy City for one of the top high school tournaments in the nation. Who are the top teams? Who are the top players? We have all the tea ready for what will be a power packed weekend.
Nationally Ranked Teams (According to Max Preps)
#10 – Notre Dame Academy (KY)
#11 – Assumption (KY)
#14 – Divine Savior Holy Angels (WI)
#18 – Marist (IL)
#19 – Mother McAuley (IL)
Who Who Is Coming From Out Of State?
Dubuque Wahlert (IA)
Penfield (NY)
North Branch (MI)
Henry Clay (KY)
Sussex Hamilton (WI)
Skutt Catholic (NE)
With five teams ranked in the top twenty nationally, this is drawing names out of a hat when it comes to seeding and who the favorite is. According to the tournament seeding it looks like the top five seeds are as follows:
- Divine Savior Holy Angels out of Milwaukee, WI – Ranked #1 in Wisconsin’s largest class and are the defending state champions.
- Assumption out of Louisville, KY – A perennial powerhouse in Kentucky where they are one of the top programs in the country. They will play Mother McAuley in a dual on Thursday night.
- Notre Dame out of Park Hills, KY across the river from Cincinnati – their lone loss came to Assumption and they will have a dual match at perennial Illinois powerhouse Marist on Thursday.
- Marist out of Chicago who always has a stacked squad and has a long list of alums who are playing at the Division 1 level. They won a highly competitive dual against Mother McAuley last Thursday 2-1.
- Mother McAuley, the host school is a national brand when it comes to volleyball. The defending large school state champions of Illinois, they are always tough on their home turf.
Who Are The Other Top Seeds?
North Branch (MI) – The top ranked team in Michigan’s second largest class is located in Eastern Michigan and is a high school with just over 700 students. They are led by athletes who play for Legacy and Michigan Elite with Aubree Deshetsky and Alayna Desetsky combining for 7.5 kills per set and setter Adrienne Greschaw has over 500 assists so far this season.
Huntley (IL) – Huntley is always a North Chicago suburban powerhouse. They defeated rival Barrington 2-1 last week as both of these teams will be in the hunt in their section.
Barrington (IL) – Barrington has advanced to the large school semifinals in Illinois the past two seasons. Their only losses this season are to Oak Park River Forest and Huntley which will be in the hunt for a deep run in the large class for Illinois.
Commits To Know
Each team is going to have multiple big time commits who are going to be heading to some of the top schools across the country.
Divine Savior Holy Angels (WI)
Sophia Wendlick Sophia Wendlick 6'0" | OH DSHA | 2024 State #100 Nation WI – 2024 – Creighton
Madison Quest Madison Quest 6'3" | OH DSHA | 2025 State #13 Nation WI – 2025 – Wisconsin
Olivia Durst Olivia Durst 5'9" | DS/L DSHA | 2025 State #140 Nation WI – 2025 – Michigan State
Jordan Czajkowski Jordan Czajkowski 5'11" | S DSHA | 2025 State WI – 2025 – Belmont
The defending state champions in Wisconsin are tough to expose when it comes to any weakness. They are loaded with ball control, two pins which are always an outlet, and a libero/setter combo that is extremely high level. Madison Quest Madison Quest 6'3" | OH DSHA | 2025 State #13 Nation WI is one of the top players in Wisconsin and can do it all in any rotation. With her and Wendlick, there are always ways for the Dashers to score points.
Future Badgers
Wisconsin has built a very strong recruiting class from 2025 and three of them will be competing at this tournament. Madison Quest Madison Quest 6'3" | OH DSHA | 2025 State #13 Nation WI of Divine Savior Holy Angels, Kristen Simon Kristen Simon 5'7" | DS/L Assumption | 2025 State #70 Nation KY of Assumption, and Addison Horner Addison Horner 6'3" | S St. Francis | 2025 State #18 Nation IL of St. Francis. Simon is a gritty libero out of Louisville and has been a standout for KIVA who won a national championship in 16 Open at AAU. Addison Horner Addison Horner 6'3" | S St. Francis | 2025 State #18 Nation IL is a setter/right side combo player who does it all. She was a key player for 1st Alliance 16 Gold team out of Chicagoland who was the 16 Open USAV Runner-Up.
Charlotte Moriarty Charlotte Moriarty 5'10" | OH Assumption | 2024 State #170 Nation KY – Assumption – 2024 – Xavier
Kristen Simon Kristen Simon 5'7" | DS/L Assumption | 2025 State #70 Nation KY – Assumption – 2025 – Wisconsin
Ava Tilden Ava Tilden 6'1" | OH Notre Dame Academy | 2025 State #141 Nation KY – Notre Dame – 2025 – Xavier
Riley McCloskey Riley McCloskey 6'1" | OH Notre Dame | 2025 State KY – Notre Dame – 2025 – Memphis
Julia Grace Julia Grace 5'6" | DS/L Notre Dame Academy | 2025 State KY – Notre Dame – 2025 – Xavier
Jessica Kurpeikis Jessica Kurpeikis 5'10" | RS Marist | 2024 State IL – Marist – 2024 – Green Bay
Hannah Hosty Hannah Hosty 5'11" | MB Marist | 2024 IL – Marist – 2024 – Truman State
Bella Bullington Bella Bullington 6'0" | OH Marist | 2025 State #103 Nation IL – Marist – 2025 – Northwestern
Ellie White Ellie White 5'11" | OH Mother McAuley | 2024 State #34 Nation IL – Mother McAuley – 2024 – Michigan
Samantha Falk Samantha Falk DS/L Mother McAuley | 2024 State IL – Mother McAuley – 2024 – Loyola-Chicago
Ellery Rees – Mother McAuley – 2024 – Alabama
Hailey Green Hailey Green 5'1" | DS/L North Branch | 2024 State MI – North Branch – 2024 – Wingate
Clara Gyomory Clara Gyomory 5'10" | RS North Branch | 2024 State MI – North Branch – 2024 – Northwood
Alana Deshetsky Alana Deshetsky 5'8" | OH North Branch | 2024 State MI – North Branch – 2024 – Ferris State
Morgan Jones Morgan Jones 6'1" | OH Huntley | 2024 State #116 Nation IL – Huntley – 2024 – Missouri
Georgia Watson Georgia Watson 6'3" | RS Huntley | 2025 State #96 Nation IL – Huntley – 2024 – Kentucky
Jenna Meitzler Jenna Meitzler 6'1" | S Barrington | 2024 State #117 Nation IL – Barrington – 2024 – Iowa
Berkeley Ploder Berkeley Ploder MB Barrington | 2024 State IL – Barrington – 2024 – Georgetown
Gwen Adler Gwen Adler 5'9" | S Barrington | 2024 State IL – Barrington – 2024 – Seton Hall
Hope Regas Hope Regas 5'11" | OH Barrington | 2024 State IL – Barrington – 2024 – Grand Canyon
Paisley Douglas Paisley Douglas 5'5" | DS/L Omaha Skutt Catholic | 2024 State #123 Nation NE – Skutt Catholic – 2024 – USC
Reilly Chausse Reilly Chausse 5'4" | DS/L Carl Sandburg | 2024 State IL – Sandburg – 2024 – Akron
Sarah Musial Sarah Musial 6'1" | S St. Charles East | 2024 State IL – St. Charles East – 2024 – Wichita State
Ana Vetter Ana Vetter RS New Trier | 2024 State #158 Nation IL – New Trier – 2024 – Wake Forest
Kaitlyn Dumpit Kaitlyn Dumpit 5'5" | S St. Francis | 2024 State IL – St. Francis – 2024 – Rockhurst
Addison Horner Addison Horner 6'3" | S St. Francis | 2025 State #18 Nation IL – St. Francis – 2025 – Wisconsin
Lauren Salata Lauren Salata 5'9" | OH Nazareth | 2024 State IL – Nazareth – 2024 – Illinois State