Girls Volleyball

Team Championships

• 1989 - League Champions
• 1995 - League Champions
• 1996 - CIF Champions
• 1997 - CIF Champions
• 1998 - CIF Champions
• 1999 - CIF Champions
• 1999 - League Champions
• 1999 - State Champions
• 2003 - CIF Champions
• 2004 - CIF Champions
• 2005 - League Champions
• 2006 - League Champions
• 2008 - CIF Champions
• 2008 - League Champions
• 2009 - League Champions
• 2010 - League Champions
• 2011 - League Champions
• 2014 - League Champions
• 2015 - League Champions
• 2016 - League Champions
• 2016 - CIF Champions
• 2016 - Southern California Regional Champions
• 2017 - Southern California Regional Champions
• 2017 - State Champions

Katy (Daly) Gammon- Head Varsity Coach | email: dalyk@smhs.org

Coach Daly is entering her 8th year as the head coach of the girls' varsity volleyball team and her 12th year with SMCHS. She played collegiate volleyball at Pepperdine University under full scholarship where she was a team captain and named to the All-Conference First-Team three consecutive years. Before playing college volleyball, Daly was a member of the Laguna Beach Volleyball club where she was the MVP of the National Championship teams in 1998 and 2002. Daly played high school volleyball for the San Clemente Tritons where she was named CIF player of the year in 2001, helping to lead her team to a CIF title. Daly has been a health/fitness teacher at Santa Margarita Catholic High School since 2007 and has also taught cultural geography at the school. Daly has served as a head coach with the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club for 16 years, where her teams have been nationally-recognized. In 2020, Daly moved from Laguna Beach to 949, where she coaches the 14-1's. Daly has also worked with the Sports Shack Volleyball Club in Beverly Hills, CA as a head coach.

Monique (Gerlach) Harrison '00 - Varsity Assistant Coach

Coach Harrison is in her 8th year with the volleyball program. She played volleyball at SMCHS from 1996-2000 and also played at the University of Colorado in 2000-2004. Harrison played middle blocker and won 1999 State Championship with SMCHS. She was awarded CIF player of the year and was an All-Conference, All-Region and All-American while at Colorado. Harrison is married with two boys and has lived overseas for five years while her husband played pro basketball in Europe. When not at the volleyball court, Harrison is also a math teacher here at SMCHS.

Tuan Nguyen - Head Junior Varsity Coach

This is Caoch Tuan's 8th year at SMCHS. Nguyen has coached 15 years at Laguna Beach Volleyball Club. Nguyen also was an assistant coach at Biola and Concordia for ten years. In 2009, he earned a medal at the 18’s JO’s. He works in the medical industry and was born in Vietnam. In his previous years he coached at El Dorado, Mater Dei, and Rosary.

Mikayla Dobson - Head Freshman Coach

Coach Dobson enters her first year of coaching with the Santa Margarita volleyball program. She played volleyball at SMCHS from 2010-2014 and also played at California Lutheran University from 2014-2018 as a setter. During her sophomore year, her team won the Division III National Championship. Dobson has also served as an assistant coach for the 14-1s at Ventura County Volleyball Club and as a 14s coach for Momentous Volleyball Club in Irvine. In 2020, Dobson moved from Momentous to Prime Volleyball Club. When not on the volleyball court, Dobson is also a math teacher here at SMCHS.

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