IN · USAV Hoosier Region
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Empowered Volleyball Academy is a volleyball club based in Fort Wayne, IN, ranked as high as #104 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 8 teams in the 2026-27 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 47 team-seasons.
7 teams · Ages 15–18
Nationals champion + 8 more
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Empowered Volleyball Academy is a club volleyball program based in Fort Wayne, IN, competing in the Hoosier region. In 2026-27 it fielded seven boys teams aged 15 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #104 nationally and #2 of 14 in IN for 2026-27, on a Club Score of 1,345. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 89 matches and won 42 of them, a 47% win rate. Its strongest team, Empowered 17-Black, is #120 nationally and #13 in IN, at 1,564 Elo on a 7-9 record.
Teams averaged 11 matches each over the season. The club entered five events between 3 October and 7 November, a season of about 1 month.
Those events were held in three states, with three of five outside IN. Destinations included OH 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 finalist, champion and semifinalist.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#104 nationally · Club Score 1345
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boys | #104 | 1345 | 7 |
| 2025-26 | Girls | #525 | 1613 | 31 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #149 | 1466 | 9 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #153 | 1378 | 8 |
Every team Empowered Volleyball Academy 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empowered 17-Black | Boys | 17 | 1564 (Competitive) | 7-9 | 44% |
| Empowered 18-Onyx | Boys | 18 | 1523 (Competitive) | 8-7 | 53% |
| Empowered 18-Black | Boys | 18 | 1500 (Competitive) | 0-0 | 0% |
| Empowered 15-Black | Boys | 15 | 1490 (Developing) | 7-2 | 78% |
| Empowered 16-Black | Boys | 16 | 1476 (Developing) | 8-8 | 50% |
| Empowered Volleyball Academy 18 B87 Black | Boys | 18 | 1470 (Developing) | 0-2 | 0% |
| Empowered 17-Onyx | Boys | 17 | 1443 (Developing) | 7-8 | 47% |
| Empowered 18-Black | Boys | 18 | 1433 (Developing) | 5-11 | 31% |
Where Empowered Volleyball Academy 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 #3 (Regional) | Fort Wayne, IN | #29 of 92 | 9-3 | Empowered 15-Black — 14/15 Club: 3-1; Empowered 17-Onyx — 18 Club: 3-1; Empowered 18-Onyx — 18 Premier: 3-1 (champion) |
| 2026 Midwest Boys Point Series #1 - Hamilton, OH (Regional) | Hamilton, OH | #16 of 92 | 4-11 | Empowered 18-Black — 18 VSL: 0-5; Empowered 17-Black — 17 VSL: 3-2; Empowered 16-Black — 16 VSL: 1-4 (finalist) |
| 2026 Nike FreezeFest (FREE ENTRY TO NATIONALS!!!) (Competitive) | Cleveland, OH | #8 of 92 | 7-18 | Empowered 18-Onyx — 18 Club: 1-4; Empowered 16-Black — 16 Club: 3-2 (champion); Empowered 17-Onyx — 17 Club: 1-4; Empowered 17-Black — 17 Open: 2-3 (semifinalist); Empowered 18-Black — 18 Open: 0-5 |
| MIchINOH Alliance League #2 (Regional) | Fort Wayne, IN | #30 of 92 | 16-7 | Empowered 18-Black — 18 Open: 4-0 (champion); Empowered 15-Black — 14/15 Club: 3-0; Empowered 18-Onyx — 18 Club: 4-0 (champion); Empowered 17-Onyx — 18 Club: 2-2 (finalist); Empowered 16-Black — 16 Premier/Club: 2-2; Empowered 17-Black — 18 Open: 1-3 |
| MIchINOH Alliance League #1 (Regional) | Brighton, MI | #28 of 92 | 6-8 | Empowered 15-Black — 14 Club: 1-1 (finalist); Empowered 16-Black — 16 Premier/Club: 2-0; Empowered 18-Onyx — 18 Club Div A: 0-2; Empowered 18-Black — 18 Open/Premier: 1-1; Empowered 17-Black — 18 Open/Premier: 1-1 (finalist); Empowered 17-Onyx — 18 Club Div 1: 1-1; Empowered Volleyball Academy 18 B87 Black — 18 Open/Premier: 0-2 |