Gold Bracket 17u CA Teams Set to Battle at GJNC

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After days of fierce competition, grit, and relentless hustle at the 2025 Girls Junior National Championships in Dallas, these teams have earned their place in the prestigious Gold Bracket. With every dig, swing, and serve, these athletes have fought through pool play and powered through adversity to reach this stage.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This isn't about stats or scouting reports, it's about heart. This article is a tribute to the teams and players who showed up with purpose and played their way into contention. As Gold Bracket play begins tomorrow, we recognize every athlete on these rosters for the fire they've brought to the court and the determination that got them here.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Many of these teams secured their spot at GJNC through hard-earned bids in some of the most competitive qualifying events in the country. That journey deserves to be celebrated. At the same time, PrepDig is proud to recognize athletes at all stages of their development, those competing in bid divisions and those rising through the Patriot Division.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Here are the teams and rosters* headed to the Gold Bracket:</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Open Division</span></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WAVE 17-Juliana (SC) vs SCVC 17Roxy (SC), Thursday, July 3 @ 8:00 AM, Court 43</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WAVE 17-Juliana (SC) Roster:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#3 [player_tooltip player_id='533581' first='Kalea' last='Lee']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#6 [player_tooltip player_id='710193' first='Danica' last='Nordlicht']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#8 [player_tooltip player_id='543100' first='Kensley' last='Hennessy']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#9 [player_tooltip player_id='391089' first='Madyson' last='McCarthy']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#10 [player_tooltip player_id='601655' first='Catherine' last='Beadles']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#11 [player_tooltip player_id='712163' first='Sophia' last='Johnson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#13 [player_tooltip player_id='391081' first='Presley' last='Thompson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#18 [player_tooltip player_id='512843' first='Cameron' last='Holcomb']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#22 [player_tooltip player_id='486781' first='Katherine' last='Nowak']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#30 [player_tooltip player_id='455792' first='Emma' last='Kingston']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#31 [player_tooltip player_id='542502' first='Marina' last='Vosloo']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#42 [player_tooltip player_id='391079' first='Finley' last='Krystkowiak']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SCVC 17Roxy (SC) Roster:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 [player_tooltip player_id='510530' first='Kaitlyn' last='Herweg']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#6 [player_tooltip player_id='772585' first='Kaelyn' last='Hamm']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#8 [player_tooltip player_id='391092' first='Milly' last='McGee']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#9 [player_tooltip player_id='482014' first='Ahnika' last='Smith']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#10 Samantha Destler</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#11 [player_tooltip player_id='391083' first='Taylor' last='Boice']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#13 [player_tooltip player_id='391080' first='Abby' last='Zimmerman']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#18 [player_tooltip player_id='542485' first='Kylie' last='Parker']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#22 [player_tooltip player_id='391077' first='Audrey' last='Flanagan']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#23 [player_tooltip player_id='451716' first='Kate' last='Scherlacher']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#25 [player_tooltip player_id='482022' first='Elle' last='Vandeweghe']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#29 [player_tooltip player_id='526518' first='Maya' last='Stillwell']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span style="text-decoration: underline">USA Division</span></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>BRUSA 17-1 William (SC) vs Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite (GW), Thursday, July 3 @ 9:00 AM, Court 36</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 Savannah Sheridan</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#2 Madelyn Buchberger</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#7 Ginger Boyle</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#8 Ryan Leonard</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#15 [player_tooltip player_id='471111' first='Anaya' last='Francois']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#16 Suzanne Kemle</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#18 [player_tooltip player_id='763486' first='Shay' last='Roddy']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#21 [player_tooltip player_id='747218' first='Brooklyn' last='Pierce']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#25 [player_tooltip player_id='569577' first='Cambria' last='Spencer']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#26 Stephanie Gonzalez</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span style="text-decoration: underline">American Division</span></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tstreet 17-Naseri (SC) vs Northern Lights 17-1 (NO), Thursday, July 3 @ 9:00 AM, Court 42</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 Sophia Thompson</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#4 [player_tooltip player_id='227273' first='Soraya' last='Dennis']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#5 Kianna de la Paz</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#6 Bree Carson</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#7 [player_tooltip player_id='515735' first='Elizabeth' last='Park']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#11 [player_tooltip player_id='502070' first='Bryce' last='Buchner']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#15 [player_tooltip player_id='518121' first='Jaslene' last='Massey']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#16 Reese Hogan</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#17 Ava Ziegler</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#18 [player_tooltip player_id='776428' first='Casandra' last='Doll']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#23 [player_tooltip player_id='508470' first='Saida' last='Maksoud']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#81 [player_tooltip player_id='391078' first='Memphis' last='Burnett']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Patriot Division</span></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>WAVE 17-Kelly (SC) vs Juggernaut 17-National1 (RM), Thursday, July 3 @ 8:00 AM, Court 29</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 [player_tooltip player_id='502791' first='Kate' last='Schneider']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#2 Alyssa Chu</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#3 [player_tooltip player_id='524708' first='Angela' last='Zhou']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#4 Lola Greenberg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#5 [player_tooltip player_id='504730' first='Daniele' last='Barrow']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#7 Autumn Ermanis</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#8 [player_tooltip player_id='517446' first='Emma' last='Garrett']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#10 [player_tooltip player_id='515418' first='Emilie' last='LaSala']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#11 Maile Garrett</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#20 Sienna Barry</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#22 Angeline Nguyen</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#24 Lexe Schaffer</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#95 Isis Boyd</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SoCal VBC 17-Beacons (SC) vs Zona VBC 17-Red (AZ), Thursday, July 3 @ 8:00 AM, Court 27</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 [player_tooltip player_id='555171' first='Jaiden' last='Pierson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#4 Nicole Bill</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#5 Addyson Faith Hembrador</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#6 [player_tooltip player_id='569594' first='Emma' last='Akesson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#7 Kaylee Noa</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#8 [player_tooltip player_id='569614' first='Kaiya' last='Banks']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#11 [player_tooltip player_id='482048' first='Whitney' last='Fairfield']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#17 Alexis Schwartz</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#24 Leila Taumoepeau</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#27 Mia Tarbutton-Morales</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#42 Liliana Gonzales</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>*Rosters are provided as listed by the <a href="https://results.advancedeventsystems.com/event/PTAwMDAwMzc4OTU90/divisions/177981/teams" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tournament</a>. 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