Our staff features exceptional people: teachers, educators, mentors, positive thinkers, and experienced volleyball minds. Our coaches share a deep passion for volleyball and view athletics as a vehicle by which many of life's lessons can be learned. We encourage you to read about our people, both here at LAVA West and also our LAVA staff as a whole.
TREVOR JULIAN
DIRECTOR - LAVA WEST
Long-time girls club volleyball coach Trevor Julian has an impeccable reputation locally and nationally for producing excellent and competitive teams, training and developing top athletes, and working with parents and families in an honest and caring way.
As a Head Coach, Trevor is easily the most decorated and successful girls club coach in the area, racking up a multitude of wins, bids, and medals in recent seasons spent in the Conejo Valley and over two decades in the coaching trenches. He has coached high level teams in the 13's, 14's, 15's, and 18's, as well as the 16's which he coached in an unbroken line from 2002-2023.
As Director, Trevor has orchestrated the rise of LAVA West from a quality local club to a regionally and nationally known entity; in recent seasons, West teams have won nearly thirty medals in national competition and twenty qualification bids to Junior Nationals. Each season, LAVA West has placed multiple teams in the Premier and Gold Divisions of the SCVA.
Director - LAVA West
(email) trevorjulian@gmail.com
(cell) 818-631-7785
GEORGIA MITCHELL
Long-time coach Georgia Mitchell brings her distinctive and successful coaching style to the athletes of Lava West. A medal-winning coach who has coached many seasons as Head Coach of Lava West 12 Adidas, not to mention 15's, 16's, and 17's teams as head or assistant coach, Georgia has put many of our youngest talented athletes on the road to success.
BRITTANY MUKHAR
YOUTH SUPERVISOR
Popular multi-year Lava West coach and current Youth Supervisor Brittney Muhkar has accomplished a significant measure of success in her time on the sidelines, following up on a successful high school and college playing career. At Lava West, she has coached top teams in the 18's, 17's, 16's, 14's, and 12's age divisions, and in recent years helped guide her teams to Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in national competition, including the USAV Junior National Championships.
CARSON CLARK
Carson Clark returns once again to the indoor and beach sidelines for Lava West, bringing with him a volleyball resume that will require significantly more space than these few lines allow, so you will have to read more to know more about his impressive and extensive background, but Carson is also a dedicated and passionate coach who strives to make his players better each and every time they step into the gym, and this is the strongest compliment one can bestow on a coach.
TODD FREYDER
Long-time Lava West coach Todd Freyder has deep roots to the volleyball community in the Conejo Valley, Simi Valley, and San Fernando Valley areas, having spent many, many seasons coaching with girls and boys varsity volleyball programs across the area. An immensely popular coach known for his positive attitude, volleyball coaching acumen, and skill developing and growing his athletes to their highest and best potential, Todd's dedication to his craft and his ability to bring out the best in his kids is his true calling card.
SHELDON SHEEHY
Lava West Assistant Director and Lava Principal Member Sheldon Sheehy is one of the most successful coaches in all of LAVA. Sheldon is known for his technical prowess, dedication to athletes, ability to connect with and motivate players, and commitment to the craft of coaching. He has notched significant wins at the national level, including Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals.
(email) sheldon.sheehy@gmail.com
(cell) 818-419-1332
ROBERT HAAR
As a career educator, Robert understands how teaching and coaching go hand-in-hand, and brings his extensive knowledge of the game and working with young athletes to the fore. No one exemplifies the notion of 'high-level teaching meets high-level athletes with tremendous success' as does Robert Haar. Robert also serves as Division Manager of Lava West, in charge of facilities and scheduling alongside and working closely with Director Trevor Julian.
(email) boohaar@yahoo.com
(cell) 805-990-2332
HUNTER HORN
Hunter Horn has compiled an impressive array of coaching accomplishments in a relatively short amount of time as both a boys and girls club coach with Smbc West Boys and Lava West Girls. His high technical coaching skill, understanding of advanced volleyball concepts and systems, and enthusiastic approach to coaching has put him on the front lines of high level volleyball at Lava West.
ERIC TAYLOR
Eric Taylor is one of the longest-tenured coaches in the Conejo Valley area for both boys and girls club volleyball. At LAVA West, his passion for youth volleyball is on ready display as one of our primary Youth Lite coaches and a consistent Head Coach for 11's or 12's teams, in addition to coaching camps and clinics all through the off-season alongside LAVA West Director Trevor Julian.
RACHEL GAM
Multi-year Lava West girls and Smbc West boys coach Rachel Gam transitioned her stellar collegiate playing career over to the sidelines where she's brought excellent knowledge and fiery enthusiasm to the table as a head or assistant coach across multiple age divisions since joining the club in 2015.
Rachel is also the Director of Social Media for all of the Los Angeles Volleyball Academy. Send Rachel content at rgam.media@gmail.com!
JAKE JONES
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MATT DIAZ
It is not an understatement to say that Matt Diaz is one of the most respected boys volleyball club figures in all of Southern California. As Director of SMBC West, our boys program, Matt guides the gentlemen of tomorrow with his hard work today. As Lava West coach, Matt brings his passion for coaching to the table for girls, as well.
Matt is a teacher first, in volleyball and in life. He values passionate competition, hard work and dedication to craft, playing the game the right way, respecting your opponent, and never comprising integrity; in other words, using volleyball as the vessel by which we teach our athletes to be responsible, contributing young male and female members of society.
CARLOS GRAY
Decorated long-time high school and club boys and girls coach Carlos Gray is one of the most well-known figures in the Southern California volleyball community. His multiple high school championships and multiple medals in club competition speak enough of his success, but the many athletes who have passed under his tutelage and hark back to their time with Carlos will attest it was for far more than just on-court winnings that they remember Coach Carlos.
TYLER GALIPO
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SIERRA JOYNER
Homegrown Oxnard standout Sierra Joyner is a long-time member of the Lava coaching staff, first with Lava Islands before moving full-time to Lava West, where she has been coaching for several seasons. Sierra is passionate about her players and about the sport of volleyball, and brings those two passions together to make her teams special places to be.
At Lava West, she has coached multiple age divisions, most predominantly from 13's-16's, including multiple seasons as the Lava West 13 Premier Head Coach.
MEAGAN CARTER
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KIERRA JOYNER
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CHRIS HARGER
Chris Harger might be one of the most decorated athletes ever produced by his hometown of Moorpark. A multi-year member of the US Men's National Team, collegiate All-American (UC Irvine), international athlete, and pro beach player, Chris proved the point over a playing that spanned nearly twenty years.
The Founder and Director of Spectrum Boys and Girls Volleyball Club, he guided that club's success for nearly twenty years before coming on board with Lava West, where he quickly established his reputation as one of Lava West's finest technical and instructive coaches.
CASSANDRA AUGUR
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CAMERON SOPER
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SYDNEY REEL
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KYLIE IBBOTSON
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SARAH FREYDER
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ABBY MONTANA
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EMALEE TROMELLO
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DARYNNE BICKERS
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TAYLOR HUNTER
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AYLANI MADRIAGA
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BRADEN GONZALES
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CALLIA HOBRECKER
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CARLOS CORTES
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EDISON ZHOU
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BRI SEVERINO
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JESSICA GROGG
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TRINITY BROWN
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