TX · USAV Sun Country Region
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797 Empire is a volleyball club based in TX, ranked as high as #1516 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 10 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 10 team-seasons.
10 teams · Ages 12, 13, 15–17
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
797 Empire is a club volleyball program based in TX, competing in the Sun Country region. In 2025-26 it fielded 10 girls teams aged 12 to 17.
Its girls program ranks #1,516 nationally and #159 of 508 in TX for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,436. That places it in the Developing tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 150 matches and won 80 of them, a 54% win rate. Its strongest team, 797 Empire 16, is #1,669 nationally and #1,170 in TX, at 1,628 Elo on a 3-1 record.
Teams averaged 15 matches each over the season. The club entered 11 events between 13 December and 25 April, a season of about 4 months.
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.
#1516 nationally · Club Score 1436
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for 797 Empire. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #1516 | 1436 | 10 |
Every team 797 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 797 Empire 16 | Girls | 16 | 1628 (Premier) | 3-1 | 75% |
| 797 Empire 16-S | Girls | 16 | 1622 (Premier) | 21-7 | 75% |
| 797 Empire 17-S | Girls | 17 | 1567 (Competitive) | 18-10 | 64% |
| 797 Empire 12-S | Girls | 12 | 1512 (Competitive) | 14-9 | 61% |
| 797 Empire 17 | Girls | 17 | 1497 (Developing) | 2-3 | 40% |
| 797 Empire 12 | Girls | 12 | 1472 (Developing) | 2-2-1 | 40% |
| 797 Empire 15-S | Girls | 15 | 1415 (Developing) | 9-12 | 43% |
| 797 Empire 13-S | Girls | 13 | 1406 (Developing) | 10-16 | 38% |
| 797 Empire 15 | Girls | 15 | 1394 (Emerging) | 1-4 | 20% |
| 797 Empire 13 | Girls | 13 | 1356 (Emerging) | 0-4-1 | 0% |
Where 797 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCV Spring Fever (Regional) | Abilene, TX | #851 of 3,214 | 14-9 | 797 Empire 17-S — Div 1: 4-2; 797 Empire 16-S — Div 2: 5-1; 797 Empire 13-S — Div 4B: 2-3; 797 Empire 12-S — Div 5: 3-3 |
| Nike Spring Classic (Competitive) | #154 of 3,214 | 5-4 | 797 Empire 16 — 16 & Under: 3-1; 797 Empire 17 — 17 & Under: 2-3 | |
| 2026 AMARILLO SURVA PRELIM 2 (Regional) | Amarillo, TX | #583 of 3,214 | 1-4 | 797 Empire 13-S — 13 Open/Club: 1-4 |
| Adidas Open (Regional) | #530 of 3,214 | 3-10 | 797 Empire 13 — 13 & Under: 0-4; 797 Empire 15 — 15 & Under: 1-4; 797 Empire 12 — 12 & Under: 2-2 | |
| 2026 PERMIAN BASIN SURVA PRELIM 2 (Competitive) | Midland, TX | #319 of 3,214 | 7-5 | 797 Empire 13-S — 13 Club: 3-3; 797 Empire 15-S — 15 Club: 4-2 |
| 2026 PERMIAN BASIN SURVA PRELIM 1 (Regional) | Midland, TX | #553 of 3,214 | 10-6 | 797 Empire 17-S — 18/17 Club: 4-2; 797 Empire 16-S — 16 Club: 4-1; 797 Empire 12-S — 12 Club: 2-3 |
| 2026 LUBBOCK SURVA PRELIM 2 (Competitive) | Lubbock, TX | #354 of 3,214 | 7-4 | 797 Empire 12-S — 12 Club: 5-1; 797 Empire 13-S — 13 Club: 2-3 |
| 2026 LUBBOCK SURVA PRELIM 1 (Regional) | Lubbock, TX | #431 of 3,214 | 13-3 | 797 Empire 16-S — 16 Club: 5-0; 797 Empire 15-S — 15 Club: 3-2; 797 Empire 17-S — 18/17 Club: 5-1 |
| NLVC Hub City Classic (Regional) | Lubbock, TX | #1142 of 3,214 | 4-2 | 797 Empire 12-S — Div 5: 4-2 |
| MLK Challenge (Regional) | San Antonio, TX | #673 of 3,214 | 7-13 | 797 Empire 16-S — 16 Girls: 2-3; 797 Empire 15-S — 15 Girls: 2-3; 797 Empire 17-S — 17-18 Girls: 1-4; 797 Empire 13-S — 13 Girls: 2-3 |
| KCV Christmas Classic (Regional) | Abilene, TX | #648 of 3,214 | 9-8 | 797 Empire 16-S — Div 2: 5-2; 797 Empire 15-S — Div 3: 0-5; 797 Empire 17-S — Div 1: 4-1 |