IL · USAV Great Lakes Region
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Prospects Volleyball Academy is a volleyball club based in Marengo, IL, ranked as high as #1538 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 13 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 13 team-seasons.
13 teams · Ages 10–15
1 team · Ages 14
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Prospects Volleyball Academy is a club volleyball program based in Marengo, IL, competing in the Great Lakes region. In 2025-26 it fielded 14 teams across both programs — 13 girls teams aged 10 to 15 and one boys team aged 14.
Its girls program ranks #1,538 nationally and #53 of 134 in IL for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,433. That places it in the Developing tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 13 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 250 matches and won 101 of them, a 40% win rate. Its strongest team, Prospects VBA 11-Premier, is #142 nationally and #209 in IL, at 1,712 Elo on a 30-8 record.
Teams averaged 19 matches each over the season. The club entered 14 events between 25 January and 28 June, a season of about 5 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in five states, with six of 14 outside IL. Destinations included FL, IN, MI and WI. 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.
#1538 nationally · Club Score 1433
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #1538 | 1433 | 13 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #929 | 778 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #681 | 828 | 1 |
Every team Prospects 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospects VBA 11-Premier | Girls | 11 | 1712 (Elite) | 30-8 | 79% |
| Prospects VBA 12-Aspire | Girls | 12 | 1495 (Developing) | 9-8 | 53% |
| Prospects VBA 10-Select | Girls | 10 | 1482 (Developing) | 1-1 | 50% |
| Prospects VBA 10-Aspire | Girls | 10 | 1450 (Developing) | 1-3 | 25% |
| Prospects VBA 11-Aspire b | Girls | 11 | 1388 (Emerging) | 9-15 | 38% |
| Prospects VBA 11-Aspire a | Girls | 11 | 1384 (Emerging) | 10-14 | 42% |
| Prospects VBA 13-Premier | Girls | 13 | 1370 (Emerging) | 15-19 | 44% |
| Prospects VBA 14-Aspire | Girls | 14 | 1344 (Emerging) | 4-9 | 31% |
| Prospects VBA 11-Select | Girls | 11 | 1291 (Emerging) | 1-7 | 13% |
| Prospects VBA 15-Premier | Girls | 15 | 1265 (Emerging) | 11-17 | 39% |
| Prospects VBA 12-Premier | Girls | 12 | 1230 (Emerging) | 7-23 | 23% |
| Prospects VBA 14-Select f | Girls | 14 | 1230 (Emerging) | 0-7 | 0% |
| Prospects VBA 13-Aspire | Girls | 13 | 1212 (Emerging) | 3-18 | 14% |
Where Prospects 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 Girls National Volleyball Championships-Wave 4 (Competitive) | Orlando, FL | #100 of 3,214 | 4-7 | Prospects VBA 15-Premier — 15 Classic: 4-7 |
| AAU Girls National Volleyball Championships-Wave1 (Premier) | Orlando, FL | #63 of 3,214 | 12-20 | Prospects VBA 12-Premier — 12 Classic: 2-8; Prospects VBA 13-Premier — 13 Classic: 3-7; Prospects VBA 11-Premier — 11 Club: 7-5 |
| 2026 MJVBA Championships/AAU Grand Prix (Competitive) | Grand Rapids, MI | #363 of 3,214 | 3-2 | Prospects VBA 11-Premier — 11 Club: 3-2 |
| Eastside AAU IL Mash Bash Grand Prix (10U-18U) (Regional) | Peoria / Bloomington, IL | #1371 of 3,214 | 11-7 | Prospects VBA 13-Premier — 14U-13U - Bloomington: 3-2; Prospects VBA 12-Premier — 12U - Peoria: 2-5; Prospects VBA 11-Premier — 10U-11U - Peoria: 6-0 |
| Eastside AAU Smackdown Super Regional (10U-18U) (Regional) | Peoria / East Peoria / Bloomington, IL | #898 of 3,214 | 6-13 | Prospects VBA 11-Aspire b — 10U-11U - Peoria: 4-3; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire a — 10U-11U - Peoria: 2-5; Prospects VBA 13-Aspire — 13U - Peoria: 0-5 |
| Chi City Circuit #3 (Regional) | Wood Dale, IL | #2645 of 3,214 | 8-7 | Prospects VBA 13-Aspire — 13/14 Girls: 1-2; Prospects VBA 12-Aspire — 11/12 Girls: 2-1; Prospects VBA 14-Aspire — 14/15 Girls: 1-2; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire a — 11/12 Girls: 3-0; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire b — 11/12 Girls: 1-2 |
| DIVC Classic May 9 (Regional) | Schaumburg, IL | #2481 of 3,214 | 1-2 | Prospects VBA 15-Premier — 15 Girls: 1-2 |
| 2026 Epic Volleypalooza (Girls10U-14U) (Regional) | Sturtevant, WI | #3073 of 3,214 | 16-21 | Prospects VBA 12-Aspire — 12 Girls: 5-0; Prospects VBA 14-Aspire — 14 Girls: 2-2; Prospects VBA 11-Select — 12 Girls: 1-4; Prospects VBA 14-Select f — 14 Girls: 0-4; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire b — 12 Girls: 2-3; Prospects VBA 13-Premier — 14 Girls: 3-2; Prospects VBA 13-Aspire — 14 Girls: 0-4; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire a — 12 Girls: 3-2 |
| 2026 Rockin Rockford AAU Grand Prix (Regional) | Rockford, IL | #538 of 3,214 | 10-9 | Prospects VBA 11-Premier — 10-11 Girls: 5-0; Prospects VBA 12-Premier — 12 Girls: 1-3; Prospects VBA 15-Premier — 15 Club: 2-3; Prospects VBA 13-Premier — 13 Spirit: 2-3 |
| 815 Challenge - Winter Series #4 (14|13|12|11|10) (Regional) | Loves Park, IL | #1942 of 3,214 | 1-3 | Prospects VBA 12-Aspire — 11/12 Girls: 1-3 |
| 2026 South Shore Showdown (Regional) | Hammond, IN | #648 of 3,214 | 9-11 | Prospects VBA 13-Premier — 13 Girls: 2-3; Prospects VBA 12-Premier — 12 Girls: 1-4; Prospects VBA 11-Premier — 12 Girls: 4-1; Prospects VBA 15-Premier — 15 Girls: 2-3 |
| 2026 Lincoln's Birthday Bash (Regional) | Hammond, IN | #642 of 3,214 | 5-21 | Prospects VBA 14-Aspire — 14 Club: 1-5; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire a — 12 Club: 0-5; Prospects VBA 13-Aspire — 13 Club: 2-3; Prospects VBA 12-Aspire — 12 Club: 1-4; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire b — 12 Club: 1-4 |
| Power Up Single Day Slam 15U|14U|10U #5 (Regional) | Oregon, IL | #2882 of 3,214 | 1-7 | Prospects VBA 11-Select — U11 Girls: 0-3; Prospects VBA 10-Select — 10 Girls: 1-1; Prospects VBA 14-Select f — 14 Girls: 0-3 |
| Forest City Rally-I (Regional) | Rockford, IL | #1431 of 3,214 | 14-19 | Prospects VBA 11-Premier — 11 Girls: 5-0; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire b — 11 Girls: 1-3; Prospects VBA 12-Premier — 12 Girls: 1-3; Prospects VBA 15-Premier — 15 Girls: 2-2; Prospects VBA 13-Aspire — 13 Girls: 0-4; Prospects VBA 10-Aspire — 11 Girls: 1-3; Prospects VBA 11-Aspire a — 11 Girls: 2-2; Prospects VBA 13-Premier — 13 Girls: 2-2 |