LOS ANGELES VOLLEYBALL ACADEMY

The Los Angeles Volleyball Academy (LAVA) is a youth and juniors club volleyball organization for girls and boys with multiple locations in and around Los Angeles, CA. Established in 2010, LAVA is one of the premier junior athletic organizations in Southern California, featuring some of the best and brightest coaches and athletes in the region.

IT'S SUMMER AT LAVA!

QUICK LINKS TO SUMMER INFO & REGISTRATIONS FOR ALL LAVA AND SMBC LOCATIONS

ABOUT LAVA GIRLS

The Los Angeles Volleyball Academy has an extensive girls club volleyball program, complete with national travel teams and regional travel teams, in addition to non-travel development programs for middle school athletes and youth training programs for elementary school athletes.

The organization fields more than 80 teams annually across the various age divisions for girls ages eight to eighteen and has earned more than 50 medals in national competitions across the country.

There are eight LAVA Girls affiliate locations in and around Southern California: LAVA North (Santa Clarita), LAVA South (Studio City), LAVA East (Corona), LAVA West (Thousand Oaks), LAVA Shack (West Los Angeles), Lava Oaks (Newbury Park), Lava Mission (Sylmar), and LAVA Islands (Camarillo).

Each girls location has its own teams, programs, coaches, and director.

ABOUT SMBC BOYS

SMBC Boys Volleyball Club is one of the oldest volleyball clubs for boys in the country, established in 1982, and has been the official Boys Volleyball Club of LAVA since LAVA's inception, with national and regional travel teams and a popular boys juniors non-travel program for middle schoolers.

The boys club fields almost twenty teams annually across the various age divisions for boys age ten to eighteen and has earned more than 100 medals in national competitions across the country.

There are four SMBC Boys affiliate locations in and around Southern California: SMBC North (Santa Clarita), SMBC West (Thousand Oaks), SMBC Shack (West Los Angeles), and SMBC Islands (Camarillo).

Each boys location has its own travel teams, youth programs, coaches, and director.

"Passion is what separates the many who won't from the few who will.
Play together, play for each other, come to play, and play to win, but above all,
play with passion."

"Organizations are the sum of their people,
and a group of people committed to a cause, committed to
an ideal, committed to excellence and the notion of something
better, are capable of extraordinary things together."

"Passion is what separates the many who won't from the few who will.
Play together, play for each other, come to play, and play to win, but above all,
play with passion."

"Organizations are the sum of their people,
and a group of people committed to a cause, committed to
an ideal, committed to excellence and the notion of something
better, are capable of extraordinary things together."

"Passion is what separates the many who won't from the few who will.
Play together, play for each other, come to play, and play to win, but above all,
play with passion."

GIRLS LOCATIONS - LAVA GIRLS

BOYS LOCATIONS - SMBC BOYS

YOUTH TRAINING & NON-TRAVEL OPTIONS

YOUTH LITE PROGRAM - GIRLS
(3rd-5th GRADERS)

The Youth Lite Program is the official youth training program of LAVA. Skills-building and fun for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade girls.

JUNIORS" PROGRAM - GIRLS
(6TH-8TH GRADERS)

Our 'Juniors' Program is a middle school skills training program for athletes not playing club volleyball on a travel team (6th-8th grade girls).

YOUNG SQUIRES TRAINING - BOYS
(6TH-8TH GRADERS)

Skills training and game-like drills for middle school athletes (6th-8th grade boys) not playing on boys club travel teams.

CLUB TRAVEL TEAM - QUICK LINKS

CLUB TEAM TRYOUTS - GIRLS

Tryouts for girls club travel teams open on July 26, 2025 for 9th-12th graders (15's-18's) and October 04, 2025, for 4th-8th graders (10's-14's). Visit our Girls Tryouts page to register early and ensure you know all the important info!

CLUB TRYOUTS - SMBC BOYS

Tryouts for club travel teams for boys teams open on August 23, 2025 for all ages (13's-18's, 7th-12th graders). Visit our Boys Tryouts page to get all the important info and to register in advance of tryouts!

LAVA BEACH VBC

Our Beach Volleyball Club operates out of multiple locations in Southern California with training to suit all ages and needs. Join us this summer and all year-round for beach volleyball club teams and training.

QUICK LINKS TO MORE INFO

CONTACT LEADERSHIP

Have questions or want to learn more about our locations, programs, coaches, teams or anything else? Please reach out to LAVA leadership.

FACILITY RENTALS

Rent space for athletic use, office use, or party and event space at one of LAVA's three primary facilities: Westlake Village, Santa Clarita or Camarillo.

THE LAVA FOUNDATION

Our 501-C3 public benefits and educational non-profit with the aim of raising funds for charitable and communal giving to help families and communities.

GIRLS LOCATIONS - LAVA GIRLS

Our Partners & Sponsors

Our Alumni

Lava At The Next level

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Hayley Alvarez  '15

Pierce College - Lava North

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Kaity Bailey  '15

Pepperdine University - Lava West

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Deja Bickers  '20

UC Riverside - LAVA

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Ruby Duncan  '20

Masters University - LAVA North

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Courtney Rasic  '18

Holy Cross - LAVA South

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Sophia Lindsay  '18

University of Southern Maine - LAVA South

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Nina Hernandez  '17

Willamette University - LAVA North

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Anglina Elsee  '20

Grand Canyon University - LAVA North

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Melanie Goeres  '20

Newberry College - LAVA North

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Jackie Ibarra  '20

College of the Canyons - LAVA North

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Macy Kirkwood  '20

Cal State -- Dominguez Hills - LAVA North

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Megan Soto  '20

UC San Diego - LAVA North

Player Photo - Sam Cramer Standing Shot copy

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