2003 Club of the Year

Austin Juniors sent four Open teams, including their 16s pictured above, and seven teams overall to nationals. That earned them LoneStarVolleyball's second annual Club of the Year award.

Austin Juniors Named “Club Of The Year”

July 25 — Austin Juniors easily captured this year’s Texas “Club of the Year” honor presented by LoneStarVolleyball.com. The award is designed to recognize clubs for their success at all age levels in qualifying for the Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships and their performance on the national stage. Austin Juniors outdistanced Alamo, last year’s winner, and Texas Tornados in the race for Club of the Year honors.

Alamo 15 Kaepa, which won the state’s first Open national championship, is LoneStarVolleyball’s "Team of the Year."

Standings are based on a formula in which teams are awarded 3 points for qualifying an Open team at the national championships, 1 point for sending a Club team and bonus points for medals or Top 8 finishes.

Austin Juniors sent four Open teams and three Club teams to Atlanta for a total of 17 points. Alamo (one Open, five Club and one national champion) finished with 12 points and the Tornados (three Open and one club) finished with 11 points.

The Top Ten
Qualified teams in parenthesis; teams earning bonus points italicized.

1. Austin Juniors (18O,17O,16O,14O,18C,14C,12C) – 17 points
2. Alamo (15O,18C,17C,16C,15C,14C) – 12 points
3. Texas Tornados (18O,17O,15O,13C) – 11 points
4. Houston Juniors (15O,14O,16C,13C) - 8 points
4. Texas Advantage (16O,15O,13C) - 8 points
6. High Plains (14O,17C,15C,13C,12C) - 7 points
7. Dallas Skyline (15O,18C,17C,16C) - 6 points
8. Willowbrook (17O,16C,15C) - 5 points
9. Centex (17O,14C) - 4 points
10. Austin Metro (17C,16C,15C) - 3 points
10. Club Texas (15O) - 3 points
10. Dallas Summit (14C,13C,12C) - 3 points
10. Victory (14C,13C,12C) - 3 points

1 point
Bexar County, Brazos Valley, Dallas Force, East Texas, Hit-Away, Katy Juniors, North Dallas, South Shore, Spike Sport, Texas Elite, Texas Juniors, Texas Juniors DFW.

Formula: 3 points for each Open team, 1 point for each Club team; 1 bonus point for Top 8 finish; 2 bonus points for Silver or Bronze medal; 3 bonus points for a National Championship.