Iowa 16U Teams Qualified for 2026 USAV Nationals

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The latest title earned it a National Division bid this year after finishing 29th in the Open Division last season. Last weekend, Premier upgraded its bid to one in the Open Division by tying for fifth place at the Salt Lake City Showdown Girls National Qualifier, where all of the teams finishing ahead of it had already secured an Open bid.   Roster - [player_tooltip player_id='545946' first='Addison' last='Waldorf'], [player_tooltip player_id='766068' first='Madison' last='Messerly'], [player_tooltip player_id='730419' first='Hailey' last='Wiederin'], [player_tooltip player_id='910871' first='Ella' last='Porter'], [player_tooltip player_id='781381' first='Gabrielle' last='Hatlevig'], [player_tooltip player_id='702737' first='Alena' last='Schaack'], [player_tooltip player_id='533845' first='Taylor' last='Otte'], [player_tooltip player_id='540833' first='Izzie' last='McDonald'], [player_tooltip player_id='809159' first='Reese' last='Heim'], [player_tooltip player_id='545971' first='Avery' last='Cordes'].   National Division   United 16 Elite Timmerman - A second-place finish at the Iowa Regional earned this Central-Iowa-based team an American Division bid. Since then, in a region swap with the Bayou, it moved it up to a National Division bid.   Roster - [player_tooltip player_id='775096' first='Avery' last='Baker'], [player_tooltip player_id='765334' first='Meryl' last='Sandholm'], [player_tooltip player_id='946957' first='Jaslyn' last='Rasmussen'], [player_tooltip player_id='758163' first='Jaya' last='Morrow'], [player_tooltip player_id='493975' first='Stella' last='Largent'], [player_tooltip player_id='498069' first='Kaelyn' last='Rinehart'], [player_tooltip player_id='845755' first='Kennedy' last='Klein'], [player_tooltip player_id='730098' first='Caroline' last='Crane'], Audree Gerke.   Select 16 Mizuno - With a third-place finish at the Iowa Regional, Select 16 Mizuno earned an American Division bid for this summer's nationals in Indianapolis. Since then, it moved up with a National Division bid that trickled back to the region with Premier hopping up to Open.   Roster - [player_tooltip player_id='771625' first='Chloe' last='Wilkin'], [player_tooltip player_id='774499' first='Kennedy' last='Livengood'], [player_tooltip player_id='783286' first='Taylor' last='Evans'], Lola Wainwright, [player_tooltip player_id='946877' first='Natalie' last='DePoorter'], [player_tooltip player_id='742600' first='Piper' last='Hodge'], [player_tooltip player_id='694203' first='Belle' last='Cotton'], [player_tooltip player_id='750391' first='Amber' last='Mullin'], [player_tooltip player_id='813413' first='Falyn' last='Mussmann'].   USA Division   None.   Liberty Division   None.   American Division   Rockets 16-1 - The club's second team in the age group secured a USAV National Tournament bid with its performance in the Show Me National Qualifier during the middle of April in Kansas City. The team came together after finishing 19th at the Iowa Regional.   Roster - Emmee Wiele, Ava Hohn, [player_tooltip player_id='822853' first='Brooke' last='Boedeker'], [player_tooltip player_id='775146' first='Reagan' last='Miller'], Hailey Gorham, Kendyl Kidwell, Peyton Schroeder, [player_tooltip player_id='849192' first='Ellie' last='Nielsen'], [player_tooltip player_id='851222' first='Clare' last='Gordon'], Adelynn Temple.   PowerPlex 16 Nelson - The club's top 16U team locked up a Freedom Division bid with a fourth-place finish at the USAV Iowa Regionals. The squad has since moved up to the American Division with a trickle-down bid to the region.   Roster - [player_tooltip player_id='730468' first='Lyla' last='Nelson'], [player_tooltip player_id='546566' first='Tabitha' last='Molden'], [player_tooltip player_id='763850' first='Gianna' last='Stanfel'], [player_tooltip player_id='754649' first='Peyton' last='Dirks'], [player_tooltip player_id='729146' first='Anna' last='Jackson'], [player_tooltip player_id='730423' first='Harper' last='Rus'], [player_tooltip player_id='825087' first='Ella' last='Subbert'], [player_tooltip player_id='775051' first='Ingrid' last='Secory'], [player_tooltip player_id='763901' first='Berkley' last='Weiland'], [player_tooltip player_id='732859' first='Elle' last='Isaacson'], [player_tooltip player_id='730392' first='Aylin' last='Adamson'].   Freedom Division   Iowa United 16-1 Elite - United's top 16U squad entered the Iowa Regional as the seventh seed but played above the seed to a fifth-place finish that earned it a Freedom Division bid to Nationals.   Roster - [player_tooltip player_id='516002' first='Julia' last='Schlarbaum'], [player_tooltip player_id='775157' first='Jeorgia' last='Evans'], [player_tooltip player_id='817501' first='Olivia' last='Debevec'], [player_tooltip player_id='851203' first='Norah' last='Willey'], [player_tooltip player_id='610472' first='Josie' last='Austen'], [player_tooltip player_id='771601' first='Kaitlyn' last='Amman'], [player_tooltip player_id='701976' first='Adelyn' last='Stien'], [player_tooltip player_id='571219' first='Haydin' last='Wauters'], [player_tooltip player_id='775182' first='Olivia' last='Marais'], [player_tooltip player_id='555730' first='Taylor' last='Hoskins'].   Adrenaline 16 Dan - Entering the USAV Iowa Regional Tournament as a two seed in its own pool, Adrenaline rose up for a sixth-place finish at the event. That put it in position to nab the first trickle-down national tournament bid to the Iowa region. That has since arrived.   Roster - [player_tooltip player_id='826795' first='Keira' last='Mueller'], Alexis Boren, [player_tooltip player_id='534719' first='Allyson' last='Gibbs'], [player_tooltip player_id='893729' first='Madelyn' last='Paulus'], [player_tooltip player_id='693817' first='Jaleaya' last='Oliver'], [player_tooltip player_id='693879' first='Delaney' last='Vaske'], Emma Ehrler, Demarriana Steel, Betty Horaney, [player_tooltip player_id='987305' first='Ellie' last='Berning'], [player_tooltip player_id='987319' first='Addison' last='Stallman'].   <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" />   Editor's Note - Story has been updated with <a href="https://usavolley.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/IQCpQtJYjEWoRpSAIYkZnZDbAbko4A5DUvr67W5YWFTIr3g?rtime=7NsHnluw3kg">latest info on May 12 at USAV</a>. I will check back to update if necessary. If you see an omission, please reach out and it will be fixed.

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