MI · USAV Lakeshore Region
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Northern Michigan Heat is a volleyball club based in MI, ranked as high as #2899 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 4 team-seasons.
4 teams · Ages 14–16, 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Northern Michigan Heat is a club volleyball program based in MI, competing in the Lakeshore region. In 2025-26 it fielded four girls teams aged 14 to 18.
Its girls program ranks #2,899 nationally and #67 of 117 in MI for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,233. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 22 matches and won 12 of them, a 55% win rate. Its strongest team, NM HEAT 14-1, is #2,715 nationally and #321 in MI, at 1,567 Elo on a 4-2 record.
Teams averaged 6 matches each over the season. The club entered one event.
Those events were held in one state. 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.
#2899 nationally · Club Score 1233
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Northern Michigan Heat. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #2899 | 1233 | 4 |
Every team Northern Michigan Heat 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NM HEAT 14-1 | Girls | 14 | 1567 (Competitive) | 4-2 | 67% |
| NM HEAT 15-1 | Girls | 15 | 1539 (Competitive) | 3-2 | 60% |
| NM HEAT 16-1 | Girls | 16 | 1471 (Developing) | 2-3 | 40% |
| NM HEAT 18-1 | Girls | 18 | 1458 (Developing) | 3-3 | 50% |
Where Northern Michigan Heat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock Bash (Regional) | Gaylord, MI | #1833 of 3,214 | 12-10 | NM HEAT 18-1 — 18 Girls: 3-3; NM HEAT 16-1 — 16 Girls: 2-3; NM HEAT 15-1 — 16 Girls: 3-2; NM HEAT 14-1 — 14 Girls: 4-2 |