PD Iowa AAU National Wave 2 – 15U Preview
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The AAU Girls National Wave 2 gets underway on Monday in Orlando. Iowa will be well represented at the event. Let’s take a look at some of the teams competing for big prizes: CIA 15 Black, Premier Division We saw…
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Continue ReadingThe AAU Girls National Wave 2 gets underway on Monday in Orlando. Iowa will be well represented at the event.
Let’s take a look at some of the teams competing for big prizes:
CIA 15 Black, Premier Division
We saw this squad excel at the KC qualifier back in April. It lost a three-setter in the American title match but proved it had a deep, talented roster. This group finished third at the Iowa regional.
It starts in the middle with
Kyla Ramler
Kyla
Ramler
6'0" | MB
Western Dubuque | 2027
State
IA
, who delivered 77.0 blocks and 112 kills as a freshman last fall for Western Dubuque. Setter
Tayah Pollock
Tayah
Pollock
S
Janesville | 2027
State
IA
handed out 867 assists as a Janesville ninth-grader last season. This team benefits from the versatility of
Kennedy Krecklow
Kennedy
Krecklow
OH
Cedar Falls | 2027
State
IA
and
Kylee Pexa
Kylee
Pexa
5'8" | OH
Dunkerton | 2027
State
IA
.
CIA comes into nationals as the No. 1 team in its pool. It begins with a match against CAVC 15 Elite (VA) at 7:30 am on Monday.
Iowa Select Mizuno 15, Elite Division
It’s been a successful season for Select, which did not compete at the Iowa regional this year. Select did perform well at the President’s Day Classic and the Nike Mideast Qualifier in Saint Louis this season. Overall, it tested itself against a challenging schedule.
Pleasant Valley 2027
Mazie Sweers
Mazie
Sweers
6'0" | OH
Pleasant Valley | 2027
State
IA
headlines this outfit after cranking out 205 kills as a freshman last fall. Wilton’s
Leah Caffery
Leah
Caffery
5'7" | S
Wilton | 2027
State
IA
runs the show at setter, where she dished out 794 assists as a ninth-grader last season. Another Wilton sophomore-to-be, Annie Holladay, holds it down in the back row, where she produced 457 digs during the ’23 prep season.
Allison Toft
Allison
Toft
MB
Durant | 2027
State
IA
from Durant shines in the middle after accumulating 111.0 blocks as a freshman.
Select is listed first in its pool in Orlando. It opens play against Colorado Impact 15s-Teal at 2:30 pm on Monday.
Dubuque Insanity 15-1 National, Classic Division
DBQ Insanity’s tournament tips off at 3 pm on Monday with LuMaDe 15 Blue (FL) the first opponent. LuMaDe is the top team listed in the pool with the Iowa team third.
Camryn Paris from Maquoketa Valley provides Insanity with an athletic middle that produced 61.0 blocks, 97 kills and 58 digs as a freshman last season. Dubuque Hempstead’s Cece Freihoefer and Hayden Freiburger, and Emma Kromminga of Monticello, are other Iowans powering this team, which includes several players from Illinois.
Iowa Heart 15 Select, Classic Division
This club out of Ames includes Nevada’s Bianca Knop, Gracie Johnson from Humboldt, Manson-Northwest Webster’s Ava Moline and Tessa Skartvedt of South Hamilton. That foursome saw varsity action as freshmen at their respective schools. Humboldt’s Jerzie Wempen and Lauren O’Neal from Marshalltown also dot this roster.
Heart Select begins competition at 3 pm Tuesday. It faces Club 1 15 Blue, which hails from Plainfield, Ill.
The AAU Girls National Wave 2 gets underway on Monday in Orlando. Iowa will be well represented at the event.
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