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Stars Carolinas Volleyball is a volleyball club based in Spartanburg, SC, ranked as high as #40 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 7 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 47 team-seasons.
40 teams · Ages 11–18
USAV quarterfinalist
7 teams · Ages 15–18
AAU champion
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Stars Carolinas Volleyball is a club volleyball program based in Spartanburg, SC, competing in the Palmetto region. In 2025-26 it fielded 47 teams across both programs — 40 girls teams aged 11 to 18 and seven boys teams aged 15 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #116 nationally and #1 of 15 in SC for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,516. That places it in the Elite tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 7 teams, 2 rate Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 348 matches and won 212 of them, a 61% win rate. Its strongest team, Stars 18 Lion, is #23 nationally and #1 in SC, at 2,129 Elo on a 56-5 record.
Teams averaged 50 matches each over the season. The club entered 12 events between 15 November and 7 July, a season of about 8 months. Of those, 3 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in six states, with eight of 12 outside SC. Destinations included FL, NC, GA, TN and VA. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Its best result on record this season is AAU champion.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#116 nationally · Club Score 1516
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Stars Carolinas Volleyball. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #40 | 2019 | 40 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #116 | 1516 | 7 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #85 | 1495 | 8 |
Every team Stars Carolinas 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars 18 Lion | Boys | 18 | 2129 (Elite) | 56-5 | 92% |
| Stars 16 Lion | Boys | 16 | 1740 (Elite) | 32-18 | 64% |
| Stars 17 Lion | Boys | 17 | 1616 (Premier) | 22-26 | 46% |
| Stars 15 Lion | Boys | 15 | 1604 (Premier) | 36-19 | 65% |
| Stars 18 Hunt | Boys | 18 | 1600 (Premier) | 33-18 | 65% |
| Stars 18-Pack | Boys | 18 | 1370 (Emerging) | 18-22 | 45% |
| Stars 16 Hunt | Boys | 16 | 1335 (Emerging) | 15-28 | 35% |
Where Stars Carolinas 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 2 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #2 of 384 | 12-9 | Stars 17 Lion — 17 Elite: 4-6; Stars 15 Lion — 15 Select: 8-3 |
| AAU Boys National Volleyball Championships-Wave 1 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #1 of 384 | 26-28 | Stars 16 Hunt — 16 Club: 4-6; Stars 16 Lion — 16 Elite: 2-8; Stars 18 Lion — 18 Premier: 10-2 (champion); Stars 18-Pack — 18 Club: 5-7; Stars 18 Hunt — 18 Elite: 5-5 |
| 2026 BOYS Charlotte JVA Challenge (Regional) | Charlotte, NC | #103 of 384 | 17-19 | Stars 16 Lion — 16 Boys: 3-2; Stars 18 Hunt — 18 Boys: 3-2; Stars 18 Lion — 18 Boys: 6-0; Stars 16 Hunt — 16 Boys: 0-6; Stars 18-Pack — 18 Boys: 1-4; Stars 17 Lion — 18 Boys: 2-2; Stars 15 Lion — 16 Boys: 2-3 |
| 2026 Boys' East Coast Championships (Premier) | Richmond, VA | #12 of 384 | 6-1 | Stars 18 Lion — 18 Open: 6-1 |
| The South Carolina AAU Grand Prix LOVB Fest (Regional) | Boiling Springs, SC | #213 of 384 | 14-6 | Stars 18 Hunt — 16-18 Guys - AM wave at STAR Center: 4-1; Stars 17 Lion — 16-18 Guys - AM wave at STAR Center: 3-2; Stars 15 Lion — 16-18 Guys - AM wave at STAR Center: 2-3; Stars 18 Lion — 16-18 Guys - AM wave at STAR Center: 5-0 |
| The Spring Fling (Regional) | Spartanburg, SC | #378 of 384 | 5-1 | Stars 18-Pack — 18 Guys AM Wave The Luke: 5-1 |
| PVA14: Apr 3-4 PVA Championship Wk 2 & Boys (Regional) | Rock Hill, SC | #226 of 384 | 22-10 | Stars 18-Pack — 18 Boys: 2-3; Stars 16 Hunt — 16 Boys: 2-3; Stars 15 Lion — 16 Boys: 4-2; Stars 18 Hunt — 18 Boys: 6-0; Stars 16 Lion — 16 Boys: 5-0; Stars 17 Lion — 18 Boys: 3-2 |
| 2026 Appalachian Power League - Rise & Grind (Regional) | Bermuda Run, NC | #84 of 384 | 24-15 | Stars 18-Pack — 18 Boys: 3-2; Stars 16 Hunt — 16 Boys: 2-3; Stars 16 Lion — 16 Boys: 3-3; Stars 18 Hunt — 18 Boys: 3-2; Stars 18 Lion — 18 Boys: 7-0; Stars 17 Lion — 17 Boys: 4-2; Stars 15 Lion — 15 Boys: 2-3 |
| 2026 UA Presidents Day Invitational (Regional) | Knoxville & Sevierville, TN | #138 of 384 | 33-23 | Stars 17 Lion — 18 Boys : 3-5; Stars 18-Pack — 18 Boys : 2-5; Stars 15 Lion — 16 Boys : 4-3; Stars 18 Hunt — 18 Boys : 5-4; Stars 16 Lion — 16 Boys : 8-0; Stars 16 Hunt — 16 Boys : 2-6; Stars 18 Lion — 18 Boys : 9-0 |
| Boys 2026 Beast of the Southeast (Regional) | Suwannee, GA | #104 of 384 | 19-5 | Stars 18 Hunt — 18 /17 Open: 2-3; Stars 16 Hunt — 14/16/15 Club: 3-1; Stars 18 Lion — 18 /17 Open: 4-0; Stars 16 Lion — 15/16 Open: 5-1; Stars 15 Lion — 14/16/15 Club: 5-0 |
| 2025 JJVA Boys Jingle Ball Holiday Classic (Regional) | Jacksonville, FL | #67 of 384 | 10-9 | Stars 15 Lion — 15 USA: 3-2; Stars 16 Lion — 16 Open: 2-3; Stars 17 Lion — 17 Open: 1-3; Stars 18 Lion — 18 Open: 4-1 |
| BOYS Battle at the Border, powered by JVA and AAU (Competitive) | Rock Hill, SC | #39 of 384 | 24-10 | Stars 15 Lion — 15-16 Club: 6-0; Stars 18 Hunt — 17-18 Club: 5-1; Stars 16 Hunt — 15-16 Club: 2-3; Stars 16 Lion — 15-16 Open: 4-1; Stars 17 Lion — 17-18 Open: 2-4; Stars 18 Lion — 17-18 Open: 5-1 |