OH · USAV Ohio Valley Region
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Next Volleyball is a volleyball club based in Sunbury, OH, ranked as high as #316 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 4 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 22 team-seasons.
18 teams · Ages 11–18
Nationals quarterfinalist
4 teams · Ages 15, 16, 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Next Volleyball is a club volleyball program based in Sunbury, OH, competing in the Ohio Valley region. In 2025-26 it fielded 22 teams across both programs — 18 girls teams aged 11 to 18 and four boys teams aged 15 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #316 nationally and #15 of 31 in OH for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,237. That places it in the Premier tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 4 teams, 2 rate Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 202 matches and won 87 of them, a 43% win rate. Its strongest team, Next 18-Black, is #145 nationally and #22 in OH, at 1,796 Elo on a 35-31 record.
Teams averaged 51 matches each over the season. The club entered 11 events between 1 November and 3 July, a season of about 8 months. Of those, 5 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in seven states, with six of 11 outside OH. Destinations included AZ, FL, IL, IN, KY and PA. 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.
#316 nationally · Club Score 1237
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Next Volleyball. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #518 | 1615 | 18 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #316 | 1237 | 4 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #357 | 1050 | 2 |
Every team Next Volleyball 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next 18-Black | Boys | 18 | 1796 (Elite) | 35-31 | 53% |
| Next 16-Black | Boys | 16 | 1723 (Elite) | 33-28 | 54% |
| Next 18-Royal | Boys | 18 | 1297 (Emerging) | 15-31 | 33% |
| Next 15-Black | Boys | 15 | 1241 (Emerging) | 4-25 | 14% |
Where Next Volleyball 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAU Boys National Volleyball Championships-Wave 1 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #1 of 384 | 10-11 | Next 16-Black — 16 Elite: 5-5; Next 18-Black — 18 Premier: 5-6 |
| 317 Pre-National Boys Showdown (Competitive) | Indianapolis, IN | #22 of 384 | 5-6 | Next 16-Black — 15-16 Open: 2-3; Next 18-Black — 17-18 Open: 3-3 |
| 2026 Presidents Cup Columbus and OVR Boys Jr Champ (Regional) | Columbus, OH | #199 of 384 | 13-7 | Next 18-Black — 17/18 Boys: 5-1; Next 18-Royal — 17/18 Boys: 2-2; Next 16-Black — 16/15 Boys: 6-0; Next 15-Black — 16/15 Boys: 0-4 |
| 2026 Nike Steel City Boys Championships (Premier) | Pittsburgh, PA | #11 of 384 | 10-20 | Next 16-Black — 16 Open: 3-4; Next 15-Black — 15 Club: 1-7; Next 18-Black — 18 Open: 4-4; Next 18-Royal — 18 Club: 2-5 |
| Ohio Valley 18s Qualifier, OVR Boys WinterFest (Regional) | Columbus, OH | #170 of 384 | 14-8 | Next 18-Royal — 18 Boys: 3-3; Next 18-Black — 18 Boys: 6-0; Next 16-Black — 16s Boys: 4-1; Next 15-Black — 16s Boys: 1-4 |
| 2026 Mizuno Southwest Boys Classic NQ by First Pt (Elite) | Phoenix, AZ | #3 of 384 | 2-5 | Next 18-Black — 18 Open: 2-5 |
| 2026 The Nike Classic (Regional) | Columbus, OH | #96 of 384 | 5-11 | Next 18-Royal — 18 Boys: 1-7; Next 16-Black — 16 Boys: 4-4 |
| 2025 OVR - Mizuno Boys Holiday Reindeer Ruckus (Regional) | Columbus, OH | #208 of 384 | 15-8 | Next 15-Black — 16/15 Open/Club: 2-5; Next 16-Black — 16/15 Open/Club: 8-0; Next 18-Royal — 17/18 Boys: 5-3 |
| Boys Winter Invitational (Premier) | Louisville, KY | #6 of 384 | 3-5 | Next 18-Black — 18 Elite: 3-5 |
| 2025 Nike FreezeFest (FREE ENTRY TO NATIONALS!!!) (Regional) | Cleveland, OH | #59 of 384 | 6-15 | Next 16-Black — 16 Open: 1-4; Next 15-Black — 15 Club: 0-5; Next 18-Black — 18 Open: 4-2; Next 18-Royal — 18 Club Navy: 1-4 |
| 2025 AAU/JVA Chi-Town Boys Challenge (Elite) | Chicago, IL | #4 of 384 | 4-19 | Next 18-Royal — 18 Elite: 1-7; Next 18-Black — 18 Open: 3-5; Next 16-Black — 16 Open: 0-7 |