Coaching Staff @ Lava North

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 North and also our LAVA staff as a whole.

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KRISTIN DOLAN
CO DIRECTOR - LAVA NORTH

Lava North Director and celebrated Santa Clarita Valley volleyball star Kristin Dolan (née Gorman) is one of the community’s most beloved coaches. She has compiled in a relatively short time an extensive and impressive list of accomplishments at the club, high school, and college levels as a player and coach. Kristin is the current Varsity Girls Volleyball Head Coach at Valencia High School, in addition to serving as Director of LAVA North.

Director - LAVA North
(email) kristin.dolanlava@hotmail.com
(cell) 661-713-5123

FULL NAME: Kristin Marie Dolan

HOMETOWN: Santa Clarita

BEFORE LAVA/SMBC: My voice mail box was empty and my emails consisted of ads from American Eagle and Macy's...;)

COACHING BACKGROUND: I began coaching right after high school and have not stopped. Club and high school year round since I stopped playing in college. 18 years of club volleyball experience. 12 years of high school volleyball experience Notre Dame High School, Viewpoint School and currently at Valencia High School. 2 years of junior college experience.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: I began club volleyball in the 5th grade and played through senior year. I spent 3 years at Pierce Junior college where we finished second in the state of California. I transferred to Cal State LA on a Scholarship and played 1 season.

FUN FACT: I love those terrible hallmark movies, especially the Christmas ones!

GUILTY PLEASURE: Wine, nachos and pizza... please!

Read More About Our Director, Kristin Dolan

Kristin is an award-winning graduate of Hart High School who went on to find great success winning back-to-back conference titles as an All-State setter for Nabil Mardini at Pierce College. In her second season with the Lady Brahmas, Kristin captained the squad all the way to the State Finals, the first time the prestigious program went that deep into the post-season.

With an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science and a Master’s in Coaching and Athletic Administration adding to her accomplished background and overall excellence, Kristin earned her coaching stripes with long-time club volleyball staple SMBC Girls, back when it was under the care and direction of her old Pierce coach, Nabil. Her coaching acumen and ability manifested itself in short order -- and as such Kristin was hired as the Head Girl’s Varsity Coach for Notre Dame Sherman Oaks High School, a position she held successfully for multiple years.

Kristin has also compiled a lengthy club resumѐ as a valuable member of the LAVA coaching staff since its inception in 2010. She has logged multiple seasons at the 13's, 14′s, 17′s, and 18′s age divisions, bringing an infectious energy to LAVA North, enthusiasm which most certainly transfers over to her players.

Kristin was been so valuable, in fact, that in 2015 she took over the role of Director for LAVA North, allowing her to impact more than just her own teams as the point person for the entire North program. During her tenure, LAVA North has earned five medals in national tournament competition, including two (gold and silver) at the USA Volleyball Junior National Championships.

MARY IRILIAN
CO DIRECTOR - LAVA NORTH

FULL NAME: Mary Irilian

HOMETOWN: Santa Clarita

BEFORE LAVA: I was working on my Master’s and was a Training Director for Bally Total Fitness (before LA Fitness bought them out).

COACHING EXPERIENCE: I have been coaching at Hart for 16 years and have been with LAVA for 10 years. I started coaching 15U for my first few years and have been the head 16’s coach for the past 8 years. I received Coach of the Year for Hart in 2006 and in 2019. My Hart program has a four year consecutive league title from 2017-2020. My 16 Adidas team won a Gold Medal at Junior Olympics in 2016.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: I played at Hart High School from 1993-1996 and was part of the first ever league championship for the school in 1996. I earned 1st team all-league, All-Santa Clarita Team. I went on to play at College of the Canyons and helped my team win their first Conference championship in 1999 and earned top honors such as All Western Conference and All Southern Section.

FUN FACT: I have a relative that was once on America’s Top Mafia Bosses.

GUILTY PLEASURE: Watching Great British Baking Show

Read More About Ebony Bolden

Ebony has coached Girls Varsity and Girls Junior Varsity teams at Notre Dame Sherman Oaks High School and Valencia High School, alongside fellow North coaches Kristin Dolan and Ray Sanchez, among others. She helped both programs earn multiple league championships and CIF berths and coached a significant number of collegiate caliber athletes.

She has coached multiple club volleyball age divisions and has earned several national tournament competition medals, and qualification bids to Junior Nationals as a long-time member of the North coaching staff. Welcome back, Ebony!

CAROLINE PAGE

FULL NAME: Caroline Page

HOMETOWN: Santa Clarita

BEFORE LAVA: Was a student working on my Bachelor’s in Kinesiology from Cal State Univ. Northridge (CSUN).

COACHING EXPERIENCE: This is my 4th year coaching at LAVA. I have just finished my 2nd year coaching at Valencia High School as the JV coach. I am currently assisting the 14 Adidas team and Head coaching the 15 black team this year.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: Notre Dame High School 2012-2016, Played for LAVA and earned two medals at Junior Qualifiers. Played at College of the Canyons as earned All Tournament Team at the State Tournament as well as 2nd team from 2017-2018. Continued to play at CSUN from 2018-2020 as a Libero/DS and was named on the 2019 Big West Academic All Conference Team.

FUN FACT: Currently working at Robert Frost Middle School in Granada Hills

GUILTY PLEASURE: Silly Putty

RUBY DUNCAN

FULL NAME: Ruby Duncan

HOMETOWN: Santa Clarita, CA

BEFORE LAVA: Student and Player

COACHING EXPERIENCE: Second year at LAVA and have assisted with Clinics and Juniors program. Coaching volleyball at Legacy Christian Academy Middle School program.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: Started Volleyball in the 7th grade. Played at LAVA from 14’s and was on Varsity at Hart High School all four years and earned a 4x4 award and Player of the Year award. Currently play for The Master’s University.

FUN FACT: My high school team won League three years in a row. First ever for consecutive titles at Hart High School.

GUILTY PLEASURE: Eating raw cookie dough

SEAN PARCHEJO

FULL NAME: Sean Parchejo

HOMETOWN: Pampanga, Philippines

BEFORE LAVA: Coached at Golden Valley

COACHING EXPERIENCE: Six years of high school. Second year as the Varsity coach for Golden Valley Girls Volleyball. First year coaching at LAVA North 14U team.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: I played at Saugus High School and college club at CSUN.

FUN FACT: I grew up doing musical theater

GUILTY PLEASURE: TikTok and volleyball open gyms

EMILY HANNA

FULL NAME: Emily Hanna

HOMETOWN: Valencia, CA

BEFORE LAVA/SMBC: Before playing at LAVA I started out at Legacy, because my cousin who was a Legacy coach inspired me to play volleyball.

COACHING BACKGROUND: This is my first year coaching. I feel my volleyball career coming to an end, but I could not let it go. I started coaching for lava lites and juniors and that is where I learned to love coaching. I hope to learn more from this experience.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: I have played volleyball for eight years. I recently played at College of The Canyons and we went to state!

FUN FACT: I’m Russian AND Egyptian

GUILTY PLEASURE: Strawberry apple sauce, chewing gum 24/7... and Irish cheese.