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Smoky Mountain Volleyball Academy is a volleyball club based in Waynesville, NC, ranked as high as #4041 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 13, 14, 16, 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Smoky Mountain Volleyball Academy is a club volleyball program based in Waynesville, NC, competing in the Carolina region. In 2025-26 it fielded four girls teams aged 13 to 18.
Its girls program ranks #4,041 nationally and #97 of 129 in NC for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,029. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 96 matches and won 18 of them, a 19% win rate. Its strongest team, SMVA 18, is #2,941 nationally and #888 in NC, at 1,246 Elo on a 7-18 record.
Teams averaged 24 matches each over the season. The club entered six events between 7 February and 2 May, a season of about 3 months.
Those events were held in two states, with five of six outside NC. The out-of-state travel was to TN. 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.
#4041 nationally · Club Score 1029
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #4041 | 1029 | 4 |
Every team Smoky Mountain 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMVA 18 | Girls | 18 | 1246 (Emerging) | 7-18 | 28% |
| SMVA 14 | Girls | 14 | 1204 (Emerging) | 6-19 | 24% |
| SMVA 16 | Girls | 16 | 1092 (Emerging) | 1-19 | 5% |
| SMVA 13 | Girls | 13 | 1092 (Emerging) | 4-22 | 15% |
Where Smoky Mountain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 K2 Summer Madness (Regional) | Sevierville, TN | #828 of 3,214 | 5-10 | SMVA 14 — 14 Girls: 2-3; SMVA 18 — 18 Girls: 2-3; SMVA 13 — 13 Girls: 1-4 |
| 2026 Rocky Top Bash (Regional) | Gatlinburg, TN | #867 of 3,214 | 6-9 | SMVA 13 — 13 Girls : 2-3; SMVA 14 — 14 Girls : 2-3; SMVA 18 — 18 Girls : 2-3 |
| 2026 Peak Challenge (Regional) | Gatlinburg, TN | #1301 of 3,214 | 3-17 | SMVA 16 — 16 Girls : 1-4; SMVA 13 — 13 Girls : 0-5; SMVA 18 — 18 Girls : 1-4; SMVA 14 — 14 Girls : 1-4 |
| ROCK n RALLY (Regional) | Gatlinburg, TN | #1225 of 3,214 | 1-9 | SMVA 16 — 16 Girls: 0-5; SMVA 18 — 18 Girls: 1-4 |
| 5th Annual Great Smoky Mountain Invitational (Regional) | Cherokee, NC | #891 of 3,214 | 0-16 | SMVA 13 — 13 Girls: 0-6; SMVA 16 — 16 Girls: 0-5; SMVA 14 — 14 Girls: 0-5 |
| 2026 K2 Madness Clash (Regional) | Knoxville, TN | #1177 of 3,214 | 3-17 | SMVA 18 — 18 Club: 1-4; SMVA 14 — 14 Club: 1-4; SMVA 16 — 16 Club: 0-5; SMVA 13 — 13 Club: 1-4 |