IL · USAV Great Lakes Region
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Volley Next is a volleyball club based in Grand Haven, IL, ranked as high as #38 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 7 teams in the 2026-27 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 12 team-seasons.
7 teams · Ages 14, 16, 18
Nationals champion + 2 more
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Volley Next is a club volleyball program based in Grand Haven, IL, competing in the Great Lakes region. In 2026-27 it fielded seven boys teams aged 14 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #38 nationally and #3 of 22 in IL for 2026-27, on a Club Score of 1,391. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 7 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 29 matches and won 18 of them, a 62% win rate. Its strongest team, Volley Next 16-1, is #6 nationally and #1 in IL, at 1,743 Elo on a 6-0 record.
Teams averaged 4 matches each over the season. The club entered two events between 3 October and 10 October, a season of about 1 month.
Those events were held in two states, with two of two outside IL. Destinations included IN and MI. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Its results on record this season include champion and finalist.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#38 nationally · Club Score 1391
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Volley Next. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boys | #38 | 1391 | 7 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #199 | 1393 | 5 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #211 | 1267 | 4 |
Every team Volley Next fielded in the 2026-27 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volley Next 16-1 | Boys | 16 | 1743 (Elite) | 6-0 | 100% |
| Volley Next 18-1 | Boys | 18 | 1614 (Premier) | 2-0 | 100% |
| Volley Next 14-L | Boys | 14 | 1565 (Competitive) | 3-1 | 75% |
| Volley Next 18-2 | Boys | 18 | 1535 (Competitive) | 4-2 | 67% |
| Volley Next 16-2 | Boys | 16 | 1504 (Competitive) | 3-3 | 50% |
| Volley Next 16-L | Boys | 16 | 1433 (Developing) | 0-3 | 0% |
| Volley Next 18-L | Boys | 18 | 1427 (Developing) | 0-2 | 0% |
Where Volley Next competed in the 2026-27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIchINOH Alliance League #2 (Regional) | Fort Wayne, IN | #12 of 23 | 8-7 | Volley Next 16-2 — 16 Premier/Club: 2-2 (champion); Volley Next 18-2 — 18 Premier: 2-2; Volley Next 16-L — 16 Premier/Club: 0-3; Volley Next 16-1 — 16 Premier/Club: 4-0 |
| MIchINOH Alliance League #1 (Regional) | Brighton, MI | #13 of 23 | 10-4 | Volley Next 18-2 — 18 Club Div A: 2-0; Volley Next 16-1 — 16 Premier/Club: 2-0; Volley Next 18-1 — 18 Open/Premier: 2-0; Volley Next 16-2 — 16 Premier/Club: 1-1; Volley Next 14-L — 14 Club: 3-1 (champion); Volley Next 18-L — 18 Club Div 1: 0-2 (finalist) |