CA · USAV Northern California Region
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Empire is a volleyball club based in Shawnee, CA, ranked as high as #56 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 2 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 37 team-seasons.
1 team · Ages 14
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Empire is a club volleyball program based in Shawnee, CA, competing in the Northern California region. In 2025-26 it fielded 36 teams across both programs — 34 girls teams aged 10 to 18 and two boys teams aged 14 to 16.
Its boys program ranks #511 nationally and #94 of 157 in CA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,013. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 42 matches and won 19 of them, a 45% win rate. Its strongest team, Empire 16-Blue, is #396 nationally and #432 in CA, at 1,555 Elo on a 5-4 record.
Teams averaged 21 matches each over the season. The club entered three events between 6 September and 20 June, a season of about 9 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in one state. 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.
#511 nationally · Club Score 1013
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Empire. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boys | #56 | 849 | 1 |
| 2025-26 | Girls | #296 | 1705 | 34 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #511 | 1013 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #534 | 872 | 1 |
Every team Empire 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire 16-Blue | Boys | 16 | 1555 (Competitive) | 5-4 | 56% |
| Empire 14-Blue | Boys | 14 | 1467 (Developing) | 14-19 | 42% |
Where Empire 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 WCVBA Boys Summer Slam (Regional) | Bay Area and Fresno Sites, CA | #91 of 384 | 2-7 | Empire 14-Blue — 14 Boys Open-NorCal Facility (Livermore) AM & PM : 0-5; Empire 16-Blue — 16 Boys Open-RR Shadelands & Vibe (Walnut Creek): 2-2 |
| 2026 WCVBA Girls and Boys Invitational (Competitive) | Roseville, CA | #33 of 384 | 4-6 | Empire 14-Blue — 14 Boys Premier-Club - ARC - SFV 5-18 Update: 1-4; Empire 16-Blue — 16 Boys Premier-Club - Folsom Middle - Folsom High: 3-2 |
| 2025 WCVBA Boys Power League (Premier) | Rocklin, CA | #10 of 384 | 13-10 | Empire 14-Blue — 14 Boys Power League : 13-10 |