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NYC Volleyball Academy is a volleyball club based in New York, NY, ranked as high as #215 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 5 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 13 team-seasons.
8 teams · Ages 13–18
USAV finalist
5 teams · Ages 15–18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
NYC Volleyball Academy is a club volleyball program based in New York, NY, competing in the Garden Empire region. In 2025-26 it fielded 13 teams across both programs — eight girls teams aged 13 to 18 and five boys teams aged 15 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #215 nationally and #11 of 44 in NY for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,375. That places it in the Competitive tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 5 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 187 matches and won 100 of them, a 54% win rate. Its strongest team, NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson, is #155 nationally and #25 in NY, at 1,768 Elo on a 23-23 record.
Teams averaged 37 matches each over the season. The club entered 11 events between 6 December and 7 July, a season of about 7 months. Of those, 3 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in six states, with 10 of 11 outside NY. Destinations included MA, CT, FL, RI and VA. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
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#215 nationally · Club Score 1375
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #678 | 1576 | 8 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #215 | 1375 | 5 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #209 | 1271 | 5 |
Every team NYC Volleyball Academy 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson | Boys | 16 | 1768 (Elite) | 23-23-1 | 49% |
| NYC Volleyball Academy 15-Nomad | Boys | 15 | 1698 (Premier) | 24-15 | 62% |
| NYC VBA 18 Riverside | Boys | 18 | 1677 (Premier) | 25-29 | 46% |
| NYC Volleyball Academy 17-Downtown | Boys | 17 | 1500 (Competitive) | 26-15 | 63% |
| NYC Volleyball Academy 18-Red | Boys | 18 | 1403 (Developing) | 2-4 | 33% |
Where NYC Volleyball Academy 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 2 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #2 of 384 | 6-16 | NYC Volleyball Academy 17-Downtown — 17 Elite: 1-9; NYC Volleyball Academy 15-Nomad — 15 Premier: 5-7 |
| AAU Boys National Volleyball Championships-Wave 1 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #1 of 384 | 8-13 | NYC VBA 18 Riverside — 18 Elite: 3-7; NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson — 16 Premier: 5-6 |
| 2026 Boys' East Coast Championships (Premier) | Richmond, VA | #12 of 384 | 14-17 | NYC VBA 18 Riverside — 18 Open: 4-5; NYC Volleyball Academy 17-Downtown — 18 USA: 4-3; NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson — 16 Open: 2-6; NYC Volleyball Academy 15-Nomad — 15 Open: 4-3 |
| 2026 NIKE Boston National Qualifier #2 (Regional) | Boston, MA | #72 of 384 | 4-4 | NYC VBA 18 Riverside — Boys 18 Open: 4-4 |
| 2026 NIKE Boston National Qualifier #1 (Regional) | Boston, MA | #80 of 384 | 5-2 | NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson — Boys 16 USA: 5-2 |
| 2026 NIKE VolleyFest-Providence (Regional) | Providence, RI | #188 of 384 | 2-4 | NYC Volleyball Academy 18-Red — Boys 18 Club: 2-4 |
| The New York City Open (Regional) | New York, NY | #79 of 384 | 3-4 | NYC VBA 18 Riverside — 18 Open: 3-4 |
| AAU Grand Prix Weekend #1 (Regional) | Greater Boston, MA | #86 of 384 | 13-9 | NYC Volleyball Academy 15-Nomad — 15 Boys: 3-2; NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson — 16 Open: 3-2; NYC Volleyball Academy 17-Downtown — 17 Club: 6-1; NYC VBA 18 Riverside — 18 Open: 1-4 |
| 2026 NIKE SnowBrawl (Regional) | Providence, RI | #242 of 384 | 11-7 | NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson — Boys 17 Club: 2-3; NYC Volleyball Academy 17-Downtown — Boys 17 Club: 5-0; NYC Volleyball Academy 15-Nomad — Boys 16 Club: 2-2; NYC VBA 18 Riverside — Boys 18 Club: 2-2 |
| 2026 NIKE New England Winterfest #1 (Regional) | Hartford, CT | #97 of 384 | 16-6 | NYC Volleyball Academy 17-Downtown — Boys 17 Club: 5-1; NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson — Boys 16 Open: 3-2; NYC Volleyball Academy 15-Nomad — Boys 15 Club: 5-1; NYC VBA 18 Riverside — Boys 18 Open: 3-2 |
| AAU Home for the Holidays BOYS (Regional) | Uncasville, CT | #89 of 384 | 18-4 | NYC Volleyball Academy 16-Hudson — 16 Open: 3-2; NYC Volleyball Academy 17-Downtown — 17 Club: 5-1; NYC VBA 18 Riverside — 18 Club: 5-1; NYC Volleyball Academy 15-Nomad — 15 Club: 5-0 |