Bay to Bay wins 17s Open after dominating AAU Boys Junior National Volleyball Championships

ORLANDO, Florida – That is a wrap for the 2024 AAU Boys Junior National Volleyball Championships, where the most teams ever competed in the Orange County Convention Center, Bay to Bay took home the most championships and some excellent volleyball was played. Next year should have even more teams but teams will have to qualify […]

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ORLANDO, Florida – That is a wrap for the 2024 AAU Boys Junior National Volleyball Championships, where the most teams ever competed in the Orange County Convention Center, Bay to Bay took home the most championships and some excellent volleyball was played.

Next year should have even more teams but teams will have to qualify to make the 48-team Open division.

We will have a boys fall high school report. Help me stay in the know by sending direct messages on Instagram @kprecruiter or email kevinpratte6@gmail.com.

14s, 15s, 17s Championship Results

14s Open – Team Rockstar defeated Mountain View 25 — 16, 21 — 25, 15 — 10
14s Premier – Bay to Bay defeated Absolute 25 — 18, 25 — 17
14s Club – Serve and Spike defeated Tainos 25 — 14, 25 — 12
15s Open – Team Rockstar 25 — 20, 25 — 18
15s Premier – Club V MP defeated TVC 25 — 17, 25 — 17
15s Elite – Legion defeated NPJ Seattle 25 — 22, 25 — 18
15s Club – RCVA defeated Pulse 25 — 17, 20 — 25, 18 — 16
17s Open – Bay to Bay defeated MB Surf 26 — 24, 25 — 21
17s Premier – Torri defeated Santa Monica 25 — 18, 25 — 18
17s Elite – Uno defeated Core 22 — 25, 25 — 17, 15 — 13
17s Club – Windy City defeated Warren Sixpack 22 — 25, 27 — 25, 15 — 10

Combined Championships

— Bay to Bay: 6
— Serve and Spike: 2
— Team Rockstar: 2
— AVC: 1
— Balboa Bay: 1
— Borinquen: 1
— Club V MP: 1
— Legion: 1
— OCV: 1
— RCVA: 1
— Sports Performance: 1
— Quicksets: 1
— Torri: 1
— Triangle: 1
— Uno: 1
— Windy City: 1

Sunday highlights

Bay to Bay 17s went 11-0, dropping just three sets and beat MB Surf in the Open championship 26- 24, 25-21. Bay to Bay’s top players included setter Rafeal Urbina and libero Adrian Liu.

Team Rockstar 15s finished undefeated after beating Bay to Bay in the 15s Open finals 25-20, 25-18. Rockstar was led by outside hitter Teddy Mandelbaum and setter Mateo Fuerbringer, who is the son of Rockstar Director and USA men’s national team assistant coach Matt Fuerbringer. Mandelbaum had seven kills, hit .400, had two aces and passed at 2.55 in the final.

They said it

“Winning AAUs with an undefeated record is a great feeling, especially with exceptional teammates and coaches. All year we went on consistent serving runs and played fundamentally sound volleyball.”
 — Teddy Mandelbaum, Team Rockstar 15s Open outside hitter

“It feels amazing, we all have worked so hard our entire careers for a moment like this. Coming from a small club in Colorado last year to now being a member of Bay to Bay and 2024 Open national champion is surreal.”
— Rafael Urbina, Bay to Bay 17s Open setter

“It meant so much to me to it because my father got me involved in volleyball. In a few weeks it will be a year since he passed away and that made this win feel so much more special.”
– Christian Chow, Team Rockstar 14s Open.

All-tournament teams

14s Open
— Logan Flores, Team Rockstar (MVP)
— Tobin Ley, Mountain View
— Jack Wolf, Team Rockstar
— Ethan Tiu, SC Legends
— Javier Negron, GVA Boys
— Joshua Trodd, MB Surf
— Kimball Olsen, Club V MP
— Santiago Marquez, Team Rockstar
— Tyler Berent, Mountain View
— Noah Pabarcus, Coast
— Joseph Iarrobino, 630
— Dane Schaefer, MB Surf
— Lucas Bretana, GVA
— Justin Tu, Mountain View
14s Premier
— Nathan Lee, Bay to Bay
— Luca Marcello, Bayou
— Ryan Rheaume, Absolute
— Aydin Mesic, Bay to Bay
— Parker Henderson, Arizona Fear
— Sosene Schuster, APEX
— Todd Pham, Adversity
— Jacson Falconer, Excel
— Johnathan Yee, Bay to Bay
— Shane Braun, Absolute
— Bryson Puckett, Louisville
— Jonah Tuaniga, APEX
— Jonathan Magro, Arizona Fear
— Luke Boatright, Absolute
14s Club
— John King, Serve and Spike MVP
— Fernando Dilan, Tainos
— Ethan Quach, Mountain View
— Lucas Li, Mountain View
— Noah Riddell, Santa Monica
— Henry Lee, Serve and Spike
— Jayson Ruiz, Legion
— Aiden Hrotko, Lockport
— Lucas Watson, Bay to Bay
— John Villanueva, Tainos
— Cash Conner, Santa Monica
— Madix Yoshizu, Serve and Spike
— Atlas Richardson, Bay to Bay
— Joaquin Castaneda, Tainos
15s Open
— Mateo Fuerbringer, Team Rockstar
— Joshua Paulette, C2 Attack
— Isaac Gloria, Bay to Bay
— Teddy Mandelbaum, Team Rockstar
— Logan Hutnick, Pinnacle
— Daniel Salas, Coast
— Everett Wagner, Aspire
— Diego Rodgriquez, Bay to Bay
— Owen Baldikoski, Balboa Bay
— Elogious Holder, Team Rockstar
— Rafael Milchan, MB Surf
— Daniel Hornyak, Coast
— Daniel Booker, Balboa Bay
— Nolan Marks, Bay to Bay
15s Premier
— Ty Reynolds, Club V MP (MVP)
— Nathan Lyons, Seaside
— Ashton Shewell, Club V MP
— Henry Her, TVC
— Justin Pullen, MAVS
— Ethan Pham, Houston Volleyball Academy
— Andrew Gutierrez, Vegas United
— Jack Spowal, HPSTL
— Gabriel Suria, TVC
— JJ Faiivae, Club V MP
— Greyson Holcomb, Synergy Force
— Ty Ahlstrom, Vegas United
— Leonardo Meoni, Houston Volleyball Academy
— Darl Alexander III, TVC
15s Elite
— Jonah Brett, NPJ Seattle
— Luke Nowocien, LVC
— Darren McWilliams, Santa Monica
— Andrew Keen, Sidewinder
— Daniel Castro, Legion
— Carson Christiansen, NPJ Seattle
— Jasper Catteart, Kinnect
— Evan Goldberg, Mountain View
— Yecxiel Vazquez, San Juan
— Noah Hanes, LVC
— Nicholas Castillo, Legion
— Luke Bosanac, NPJ Seattle
— Arnaldi Pastrana, San Juan
— Vincent Bonomo, Legion
15s Club
— Joshua Seifert, RCVA
— Chase Jordan, Tainos
— Julian Kotas, RCVA
— Allan Lee, Beach Cities
— Delancey Lee, Pure Aloha
— Joseph Lee, Pulse
— Shreyas Sanghubattla, Paradox
— Carter Zee, Beach Cities
— Vincent Dufour, Houston Volleyball Academy
— Mitul Sendilkumar, Paradox
— Jerrud Java, Pulse
— Bryce Johnston, RCVA
— Siler Gideons, Gentlemen of Kiwi
— Nathan Kai, Pulse
17s Open
— Adrian Liu, Bay to Bay
— Kieran Dumain, Balboa Bay
— Mikey Millikan, Academy
— Akea Gealon, MB Surf
— Said Bennaji, Houston Volleyball Academy
— Ben Bayer, MKE Sting
— Zachary Flynn, Bay to Bay
— Andrew Chapin, MB Surf
— Doolin Stober, Vanguard
— Rafael Urbina, Bay to Bay
— Aleksey Mikhailenko, MKE Sting
— Nick Whitley, Academy
— Jacob Little — Phillips, Winter Park
— Grayson Bradford, MB Surf
17s Premier
— Gustavo Perez, Torrimar
— Reagan Miller, Prevail
— Quentin Huhman, MAVS
— Jose Camacho, Torrimar
— Kingston Jerome, Vegas United
— Benjamin Salanski, MAVS
— Talis Aubier — Hatch, SG Elite
— Leandro Lopez, Torrimar
— Sean Marquart, Santa Monica
— Thomas Shi, Crown City
— Camilo Gonzalez, Orlando Gold
— Bryson Sain, Santa Monica
— Jared Wang, Crown City
— Matt Fisher, Santa Monica
17s Club
— Elijah Landeros, Windy City (MVP)
— Michael Swiderski, WVBA
— Deetric Evans, SC Legends
— Wyatt Young, RCVA
— Sabastian Pardol, Windy City
— Noah Sims, Warren Sixpack
— Lucas Pynn, LVC
— Isaac Izeta, Club 1 Boys
— Benjamin Mendoza, SC Legends
— Nathan Mungcal, Windy City
— Anthony Pizzulli, Warren Sixpack
— Jian Bacerdo, Club 1 Boys
— John Femiano, Warren Sixpack
17s Elite
— Jackson Fowler, Uno (MVP)
— Ryan Demuro, Mountain View
— Gavin Cantada, Core
— Kalan Nicol, 630
— Jarrett Key, Ocean Bay
— Drew Johnson, Uno Boys
— Vihaan Pradhan, Core
— Dallas Manaku, Serve and Spike
— Charles Dugan, AJV
— Connor Williams, Serve and Spike
— Connor Latta, Uno
— Joseph McGreal, 630
— Alexander Arbez, DNA
— Joel Abraham, Core

In our story on July 4, we did not include the 16s Premier All-Tournament team:
Ian Weng, Bay to Bay (MVP)
Dylan Hand, Legion
Kale Palmer, Arizona Fear
Brandon Quiambao, Bay to Bay
Micah Kalima-Keohohina, Pure Aloha
Matthew Fitzgerald, Sportime
Robert Warmington, Balboa Bay
Tyler Louie, Red Rock
Nathaniel Koahou, Pure Aloha
Zack Speakman, Bay to Bay
Benjamin Hone, Club V MP
Benjamin Warner, Red Rock
Trey Assad, Balboa Bay
Maluhia Tandal, Pure Aloha

VolleyballMag contributor Kevin Pratte is the boys varsity coach at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California and Grant elementary physical education teacher. Pratte, who lives in San Diego, played at the University of Pacific. He was a graduate assistant at Nebraska, an assistant at Pacific, and has coached at the junior college level. He also is a college recruiting coordinator, Rotary member, president of the www.kevinprattefoundation.com, host of the KP HERE Podcast and editor of the boys volleyball website middlehitter.com. 

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