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[quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]I am not familiar with the history of VA Juniors.  Looking at the last two USAV Nationals, ...

2023 qualified teams: https://usavolley.sharepoint.com/: x:/g/EVdn2Y4iitFCoZmXPMACjm8BaircqC1YPTfxD68tqYd48A?rtime=VVbGRjn_3Eg (remove the space in the middle near the colon)
2024 qualified teams: https://usavolley.sharepoint.com/: x:/g/ETnezVnHJUhBiLREsjygzQwBFrwJPdQqHYhyia6VvSFrHA?e=5utWCR (remove the space in the middle near the colon)

The 2023 14s team got an American bid (reallocated to region).  I think that would be this year's 16s, but understanding that the team's makeup may change each year.  The 16s (now 18s) got a reallocated Freedom bid and the 18s look like they earned their own Freedom bid that year.

For the 2024 season, the 17s got a reallocated Freedom bid.  16s earned their own Freedom bid.  The 15s got a USA bid at NEQ.

Without check age groups younger than 14s, it looks like the club got at least three USAV bids over the past two seasons.  Has the club traditionally done the same in the past ... in terms typical number of three USAV bids?

Sure, "only" getting three bids won't compare nicely to Metro and Paramount ... and I recognize that Freedom bids aren't as eye-catching as Open/National/whatever.  However, that should equate to a top-5/6 finish in Bid Regionals for certain age groups given the effects of reallocation.  I haven't seen any evidence of CHRVA sending 10s of teams in each age group to USAV every year, so three bids for one club doesn't seem terrible.  What am I missing?

Prior to Paramount being formed (and for probably the first 2 years of Paramount's existence, as well), VAJRS had pretty clearly solidified themselves as the 2nd best club in the CHRVA Region behind Metro. They were pretty much getting all of the best talent that didn't make Metro. So, by and large, all 6 of their teams were typically qualifying for USAV Nationals during that time. VAE was also much stronger back then, but their downfall has been more pronounced every year since then. However, Paramount got stronger and stronger every year and kept growing. All of Jrs. top talent began to leave to either Metro or VAJRS. VAJRS also kept bringing in different people to run the day-to-day operations of the club, and those people did not do a great job. During this time, Blue Ridge kept getting stronger as well. Jrs. used to be more relevant on the national stage, but now they are just an above average local club in the CHRVA Region.

Metro/Paramount are clearly in a different category than any other CHRVA clubs. They're the only clubs that from top-to-bottom, across all age groups, are competing and winning in Open. After Metro/Paramount, I believe that Blue Ridge has solidified themselves as the 3rd best club (although from a college recruiting perspective, they're not ideal since their focus in on beach). After Blue Ridge, I would place VAJRS and MDJRS in next tier, then VAE after that.

With all of these additional bids that are available, bids often go to the 5th/6th/7th place finishers at CHRVA Regionals. For VAJRS to only have earned 3 bids last season, that is pretty telling where the club is.

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