KS · USAV Heart of America Region
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Empire VBC is a volleyball club based in KS, ranked as high as #1800 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 8 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 8 team-seasons.
8 teams · Ages 13–18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Empire VBC is a club volleyball program based in KS, competing in the Heart of America region. In 2025-26 it fielded eight girls teams aged 13 to 18.
Its girls program ranks #1,800 nationally and #36 of 131 in KS for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,397. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 90 matches and won 42 of them, a 47% win rate. Its strongest team, Empire 13-1, is #1,881 nationally and #260 in KS, at 1,554 Elo on a 4-2 record.
Teams averaged 11 matches each over the season. The club entered seven events between 10 January and 28 March, a season of about 3 months. Of those, 2 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in four states, with five of seven outside KS. Destinations included MO, OK and IL. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#1800 nationally · Club Score 1397
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #1800 | 1397 | 8 |
Every team Empire VBC fielded in the 2025-26 season, with its age group, national rank and win-loss record. Elo rating measures strength from results: it rises faster for beating strong opponents than for beating weak ones, so a team that plays up is not punished for losing.
| Team | Program | Age | Elo | Record | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire 13-1 | Girls | 13 | 1554 (Competitive) | 4-2 | 67% |
| Empire 16-1 premier | Girls | 16 | 1528 (Competitive) | 12-7 | 63% |
| Empire 14-1 | Girls | 14 | 1523 (Competitive) | 6-8 | 43% |
| Empire 14-2 | Girls | 14 | 1521 (Competitive) | 3-1 | 75% |
| Empire 18-1 | Girls | 18 | 1487 (Developing) | 5-5 | 50% |
| Empire 16-2 | Girls | 16 | 1368 (Emerging) | 3-7 | 30% |
| Empire 15-1 | Girls | 15 | 1349 (Emerging) | 6-9 | 40% |
| Empire 17-1 | Girls | 17 | 1289 (Emerging) | 3-9 | 25% |
Where Empire VBC competed in the 2025-26 season: every tournament its teams played, the host city, how strong the event was, and what each team's record was there. It shows how far the club travels and the level of competition it takes on.
Elite, Premier, Competitive and Regional rate the strength of each event's field, from where it ranks nationally against every other tournament that season. An Elite event draws hundreds of teams from across the country; a Regional one is a local weekend.
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Peoria Power Play (Regional) | Peoria, IL | #425 of 3,214 | 7-9 | Empire 15-1 — 15 Girls: 2-3; Empire 16-2 — 16 Girls: 1-4; Empire 18-1 — 17/18 Girls: 4-2 |
| Crusader Classic 15th Annual (12s-18s) (Regional) | OKC Metro, OK | #913 of 3,214 | 4-6 | Empire 15-1 — 15 Girls: 2-3; Empire 16-2 — 16 Girls: 2-3 |
| 2026 Black Gold Brawl (FREE Entry Nationals) (Competitive) | Tulsa, OK | #357 of 3,214 | 3-2 | Empire 14-1 — 14 Girls: 3-2 |
| 26 Nike President's Day Classic in St. Louis (Elite) | St. Louis, MO | #16 of 3,214 | 6-8 | Empire 16-1 premier — 16 Club Blue: 5-2; Empire 17-1 — 17 Club: 1-6 |
| 2026 Crown Town Clash (FREE Entry Nationals) (Competitive) | Overland Park, KS | #321 of 3,214 | 4-10 | Empire 18-1 — 17/18 Girls: 1-3; Empire 15-1 — 15 Girls: 2-3; Empire 14-1 — 14 Girls: 1-4 |
| 2026 ASICS Kansas City MLK Tournament (Premier) | Kansas City, MO | #58 of 3,214 | 5-3 | Empire 16-1 premier — 16 Club: 5-3 |
| 2026 Topeka Throwdown (Regional) | Topeka, KS | #1238 of 3,214 | 13-10 | Empire 14-1 — 14 Girls: 2-2; Empire 16-1 premier — 16 Girls: 2-2; Empire 17-1 — 17/18 Girls: 2-3; Empire 14-2 — 14 Girls: 3-1; Empire 13-1 — 13 Girls: 4-2 |