AAU Boys’ National Championships 2025 – Final Recap

AAU Boys Nationals finally ended yesterday after an amazing 8 days of competition.  1427 teams across the country, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands took part in this incredible event which has grown by leaps and bounds over the last 5 years.  

AAU put on a great show, with an updated championship courts experience, new scoreboards, and some fancy medal award ceremonies.  

First lets talk about the last day of of Wave 2 and then will dive deeper in some numbers and go through all the division winners, best teams, etc…

17 Open – Results

After 3 days of incredibly competitive and close games the Championship Division only had one 3-set match and that happened in quarterfinals between Triangle Boys 17 Black and C2 Attack who went on to win 2-1 (25-19, 19-25, 11-15).  All of the other matchups were straight set affairs and never really seemed in doubt.  Balboa Bay allowed more than 21 points only once and that was in semifinals against C2 who they defeated 25-17, 25-23.  They defeated #1 seed in the tournament MVVC 2-0 (25-19, 25-20) in the final.  

15 Open – Results

Unlike the 17s division, 15 Open Championship Division was full of twists and turns.  

First MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1 beat Rockstar 15s 2-0 as their clean play carried them throughout the match.  Rockstar made a lot of hitting, setting and service errors and it was just too much to overcome as they went down 25-21, 25-19.    

In the matchup of big and physical teams, Bay to Bay vs. Coast, Bay to Bay squeaked out the first set 25-23 and then halfway through the second set their blocking really came alive and the game went from close 9-9 score to 14-9 in matter of minutes.  After that Coast just could not stop the hitting of Bay to Bay enough to get back into the match and went down 25-17 in the second set.

Balboa Bay 15Blue was clinical in their QF matchup vs. SC Legends 15-Elite and they won 2-0 (25-14, 25-14).

The most exciting Quarterfinal featured the only two non-California Championship Division teams, MOD B15 Blue and Borinquen Coqui 15-1M.  This was a great matchup that featured a lot of back and forth drama as the two teams battled point for point throughout the 3 sets. MOD struck first by winning 26-24 on a service ace and then Borinquen Answered by winning a 25-23 second set on a service error by MOD.  MOD got the early lead in the 3rd set and never looked back bringing the game to a close with a 15-11 win and earning their place in top 4 teams in the country.

Both Semifinals went to 3 sets as MB Surf outlasted Bay to Bay 2-1 (25-23, 23-25, 15-13) and just made a couple of less mistakes.  This was a nervy match on both sides and it was clear that both teams were feeling the pressure of the National Championship semifinal.  In the other semifinal, Balboa Bay beat MOD 2-1 (24-26, 25-17, 15-8).  This game was still very close midway through second set but then a number of uncharacteristic errors by MOD led to their downfall.

In the Final, MB Surf once again played amazingly and won a great and close match 2-0 (25-21, 26-24) vs. Balboa Bay and thereby winning the national title!

Winners of all Divisions

12 Club – GVA Boys 11u Dark Blue
12 Open – MB Surf ASICS 12’s 1
13 Club – PREVA 13-1 Carlos Rivera
13 Open – Bay to Bay 13-1
14 Club – Bay to Bay 14-Club
14 Open – SASVBC B 14 MAYA
14 Premier – Bayou Boys 14u
15 Club – 315 VC 15-1
15 Elite – Bay to Bay 15-Club
15 Open – MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1
15 Premier – Bay to Bay 15-Premier
16 Club – Balboa Bay 16Red
16 Elite – OCVC 16-1
16 Open – Pulse 16-G
16 Premier – LVC 16BLACK
16 Select – SMBC Shack 16 Molten
17 Club – Evolution 17 Elite
17 Elite – Northern Lights 17-1 Boys
17 Open – Balboa Bay 17Blue
17 Premier – Balboa Bay 17White
18 Club – Pilipa’a 18’s
18 Elite – PEVA Boys 18 Elite
18 Open – MB Surf ASICS 18’s 1
18 Premier – Niagara Frontier 18 Gold

Top Performing Clubs

Balboa Bay – Average Final Standing of 4.83 across 12 teams, 96 matches won, 32 matches lost, 3 division winners

MB Surf – Average Final Standing of 7.57 across 7 teams, 57 wins, 16 losses, 3 division winners

Bay to Bay – Average Final Standing of  8.2 across 21 teams, 161 wins, 66 losses, 4 division winners

Arizona Fear – Average Final Standing of 9 across 9 teams,  64 wins, 27 losses

MOD Volleyball Club – Average Final standing of 3.67 in their 3 open level high school teams, 22 wins, 8 losses

Biggest Gainers (Initial Seed to Final Standing)

12 Club – Aspire 12 Thanos, Seeded 14th, Finished 5th
12 Open – EXCEL 12 Red, Seeded 20th, Finished 3rd
13 Club – JJVA Boys 13 AAU, Seeded 34th, Finished 15th
13 Open – Cinci Attack 13 Black, Seeded 16th, Finished 5th
14 Club – Tool City 14 Orange, Seeded 60th, Finished 5th
14 Open – SG ELITE BOYS 14 ELITE, Seeded 28th, Finished 5th
14 Premier – Pilipa’a 14’s, Seeded 40th, Finished 11th
15 Club – 315 VC 15-1, Seeded 28th, Finished 1st!
15 Elite – SCVC 15Quiksilver, Seeded 41st, Finished 3rd
15 Open – SNVF U15 MOUNT ADAMS, Seeded 33rd, Finished 11th
15 Premier – SASVBC B 15 BRIAN, Seeded 39th, Finished 3rd
16 Club – HVA 16 Performance Blue, Seeded 79th, Finished 5th
16 Elite – OK Charge 16 UA Boys, Seeded 64th, Finished 19th
16 Open – MVP 16 Black, Seeded 47th, Finished 21st
16 Premier – Gentlemen of Kiwi 16, Seeded 85th, Finished 19th
16 Select – RVA Boys 16 Navy, Seeded 23rd, Finished 3rd
17 Club – Vegas United B17White, Seeded 64th, Finished 11th
17 Elite – Mintonette Sports b.71, Seeded 67th, Finished 13th
17 Open – MOD B17 Blue, Seeded 44th, Finished 5th
17 Premier – A2 17 Red, Seeded 75th, Finished 3rd
18 Club – Coastline 18Boys National, Seeded 68th, Finished 19th
18 Elite – TC 18-1 Gold Chelsea, Seeded 72nd, Finished 13th
18 Open – AJAXVB 18-1 Gold, Seeded 46th, Finished 29th
18 Premier – JAX SKYLINE 18B Royal, Seeded 82nd, Finished 21st

Hardest and Weakest Initial Open Pools (Most and Least Wins by the Initial Pool Teams in the tournament)

Hardest

16 Open (average wins by a pool 40 – Pool R1F (46 wins) – (PW 118 16-Aaron, Pinnacle 16 McKay, Phoenix 16 Jennings, Bay to Bay 16-1, MAVS 16 Red, SMASH Boys 16-1, TORRIMAR 16-1 EFRAIN, SASVBC B 16 JAYCE)

Weakest

15 Open (average wins by a pool 39.8 – Pool R1C (31 wins) – (BORINQUEN COQUI 15-1M, GSL 15 Elect – Andy, MDJRS 15 Boys Black, OMNI 15-1 National, Cinci Attack 15 Black, WAVE 15-Q, 630 Volleyball 15-1, Miami United 15N Jonathan)

Lowest seeded teams to win a medal in Open (high seeds do mean something)

MOD B15 Blue, seeded 11th, 3rd Place

Pulse 16-G, seeded 10th, 1st Place

That’s a wrap friends, hope you enjoyed these recaps and see you in a few months when the club season kicks off again! As always if you have any questions about the data contact me at gordan@volleyballmag.com

AAU Nationals Wave 1 – Orlando, Florida – Schedule | Watch 

AAU Nationals Wave 2 – Orlando, Florida – Schedule | Watch 

For more data on boys’ nationals please take a look at this spreadsheet: 

Boys National Championships DataSheet

 

 

 

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