About Us
Director: Carolyn Lawson
20 years director experience, Manhattan West VBC, Surfside VBC, Varsity basketball USC.
Four daughters all got Div. 1 volleyball scholarships: Pepperdine, University of Virginia, UCLA, Davidson
Coaches:
Erika Stevens (11’s)
LMU assistant coach 3 years, CAMS High School varsity coach 5 years, current New Millennium varsity coach, 18 years club coach, Pepperdine Univ. Player, Mira Costa National Championship team, All State, All CIF
Brooke Donahue (12-gold)
Coach at Stanford summer camps, 6 years club coach Surfside, Univ. Colorado Boulder player, CIF player of Year at Mira Costa
Heather Lowe (13-1)
Private Volleyball Training since 2005, coached Jenny Kropp to AVP Rookie of the Year 2007 and 5 other Rookie of the Year nominees 2008 and 2009. Club 14-1s Coach. Surfside 12’s coach, Fullerton JC Coach. Pepperdine and Oregon State Volleyball Camp Coach. AVP Pro for 10 years - ranked as high as 8th on tour. Winner 2010 Manhattan Open. Gold Medal Winner with Jen Kessy in Thailand and Korea (FIVB Challengers) NORCECA Silver Medal Cayman Islands. Oregon State University. Pac-10 Honors all 4 years. Cypress High School 4 years Varsity. Nike/Ichiban 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal at Junior Olympics
Top Recruit in the Nation and on Fab 50 List
Brooke Phillips (12-1)
Coach: Private Volleyball training 4 years, Surfside 13’s coach 1 year, Mira Costa Summer Camps, Penn State camps, Playing resume: Penn State Player under Russ Rose, Mira Costa Player, CIF Champion, State-Runner Up, Marlborough Player
Amanda Ilgunas (14-1)
Coach: Surfside 2 years. UCSB summer camp 2 years. PrimeAthletes 4 years. Captain UCSB club 2008-2010, MVP 2010. Team was 3rd at Nationals 2009, 1st team as player Nationals 2009. Notre Dame High 4 years. Won CIF 2005.
Riley O’Connell (11/12’s)
Surfside coach 1 year. Pass-Set-Hit coach 2 ½ years, Played club 8 years including 2 years with Surfside. Mira Costa Frosh-soph captain, JV captain.
Strength & Conditioning Training done by PrimeAthletes:www.primeathletes.net
Also does private volleyball lessons
Head Trainer: Mandi Collins
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist. Ceritified Speed, Agility & Quickness Trainer. Mizuno High School All American Volleyball Player. UCLA volleyball player