January Thaw Preview: Top 18 Open Players to Watch From Non-Nebraska Teams
OMAHA – The 2019 Northern Lights January Thaw 18s USAV National Championship Qualifier comes to Omaha again this year after shifting from Minneapolis to Omaha in 2018 because of a scheduling conflict with the Super Bowl. The tournament will feature…
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Continue ReadingOMAHA – The 2019 Northern Lights January Thaw 18s USAV National Championship Qualifier comes to Omaha again this year after shifting from Minneapolis to Omaha in 2018 because of a scheduling conflict with the Super Bowl.
The tournament will feature USAV Nationals bids being handed out in the 18 Open, 18 USA and 18 American divisions this weekend. There also will be non-bid tournaments in conjunction at the club level from 12s age group through the 18s age group.
With it being a national qualifier, that means some of the top teams and players from around the country will be in Omaha this week competing. The 18 Open is the most star-studded by quite a bit. That 16-team field features no less than 92 Division I recruits in it, with 31 of those being Power 5 Conference commits and a whopping 16 commits to Big Ten programs.
The only Nebraska teams taking part in the 16-team field of the 18 Open division are Nebraska 18 Ying and Premier 18 Gold. Both of those squads have very familiar names on them, so let’s take a look at who the top players are for the other, non-Nebraska teams in the field.
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#1 – Erika Bute, Augustana
#2 – Anna Erickson, Central Michigan
#3 – Christine Graf, California Baptist
#4 – Kyndra Hansen, Iowa, #40 Senior Ace
#5 – Marissa Hinkle, UCLA, #28 Senior Ace
#6 – Ellie Husemann, Minnesota
#7 – Rachel Killkelly, Minnesota
#9 – Blythe Rients, Iowa
#10 – Peyton Suess, Wake Forest
#8 – Kennedi Orr, Nebraska
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#11 – Brenna Hesse, UW-Green Bay
#12 – Kelley Johnson, North Dakota State
#13 – Sarah Johnson, Wisconsin
#14 – Gabrielle McCaa, Boston College, #69 Senior Ace
#15 – Claire Nuessmeuier, Marquette
#16 – Dresden Pass, Central Florida
#17 – Kathryn Reimann, Augustana
#18 – Tori Thompson, South Dakota State
#19 – Macy Winter, Navy
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#50 – Addison Barnes, Loyola
#51 – Alysha Brickl, UW-Parkside
#68 – Maggie Cartwright, Arkansas
#71 – Elizabeth Gregorski, Wisconsin
#72 – Madeline Koch, Purdue
#52 – Kayla Kraus, Loyola
#73 – Brooke Mosher, Illinois
#74 – Tiffany Pealman, UW-Green Bay
#53 – Hannah Vanden Berg, Marquette
Sunshine 18 Westside
#1 – Grace Frohling, San Diego
#2 – Camryn Carfino, Colgate
#5 – Chloe Mauceri, Wesleyan
#7 – May Pertofsky, Michigan
#10 – Caroline Douglas, Penn
#13 – Caroline Tilton, Amherst
#15 – Alex Laita, Oregon
#25 – Taylor Fourticq, Penn
#26 – Soah Franklin, Columbia
#43 – Zoie Stewart, Yale
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#3 – Kayce Litzau, Wichita State
#2 – Caroline Dragani, Portland State
#7 – Maddie Barber, Villanova
#33 – Ari Miller, UW-Milwaukee
#19 – Eliana Serdynski, St,. Francis-IN
#23 – Alayna Jansky, Eastern Michigan
#4 – Brianna Scuric, Northern Illinois
#8 – Ashley Guenveur, Troy
#24 – Laura Shoopman, Oral Roberts
#1 – Maddie Berezowitz, Kentucky
Arizona Storm 18 Thunder
#12 – Kate Grimmer, BYU, #22 Senior Ace
#16 – Nicole Hoff, Long Beach State, #84 Senior Ace
#9 – Shannon Shields, Louisville, #61 Senior Ace
Kansas City Power 181
#1 – Jackie Storm, Central Missouri
#2 – Rylie Gregston, Oklahoma
#3 – Kennedy Farris, Missouri State
#5 – Kaitlyn Bell, Northern Illinois
#6 – Serena Sparks, Bradley
#7 – Rachel Fairbanks, Omaha
#8 – Jillian Gillen, Arkansas
#18 – Mikayla McClinton, Metro State
#24 – Morgan Gish, Tennessee Tech
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#4 – Sophie Messinger, UC-Santa Barbara
#7 – Madison Chi, Illinois
#10 – Macy Miller, High Point
#11 – Abbey Dayton, BYU
#12 – Jamie Brown, Alabama
#18 – Raegan Tjepkema, Biola
#31 – Jillian Schneggenburger, Colorado
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Megan Renner, Purdue
Kenna Sauer, Missouri
Arin Winters, Denver
Haley Bush, Drake
Emily Holterhaus, Northern Iowa
Devyn Robinson, Wisconsin
Aimee Adams, South Dakota State
Savannah Perry, Colorado
Kaylee Donner, Northern Iowa
Minnesota Select 181
#2 – Isabella Ashburn, Wisconsin
#3 – Emma Schmidt, Northern Iowa
#4 – Evie Harrington, Concordia-St. Paul
#5 – Katie Mattson, Concordia-St. Paul
#8 – Syra Tanchin, North Dakota State
#9 – Mackenzie Kummer, Air Force
#12 – Kaitlyn Weimerskirch, Illinois State
#18 – Jasmine Mulvihill, Concordia-St. Paul
#32 – Anna Wolf, Minnesota
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#2 – Jordyn Amoy, Cal Poly
#52 – Josephine Collier, UCSD
#6 – Summer Ellis, Clarmont
#10 – Jayde Harris, Portland State
#13 – Julia Haynie, Portland State
#23 – Mckenzie Heckmann, SMU
#16 – Anna Holman, South Carolina
#12 – Morgan Johnson, BYU
#7 – Paige Johnstone, CBU
#9 – Nikki Khoshatefh, UMBC
#33 – Grace Talpash, South Florida
#5 – Jasmine West, NAU
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#6 – Nicole Chamorro, Chapman University
#19 – Meaghan Hohman, Colorado College
#9 – Mafa Tuinauvai, San Jose State