Girls Volleyball
Roster
| 2019 Varsity Girls Volleyball | ||||
| Number | Name | Height | Position | Grade |
| 1 | Sydney Fuhrman | 5'5" | DS/L | 11 |
| 5 | Taylor McNamee | 5'8" | OH | 11 |
| 6 | Shane Townsend | 5'7" | DS/L | 11 |
| 7 | McKenna Thomas | 5'10" | OH | 11 |
| 10 | Kate Maihen | 5'11" | MB | 12 |
| 11 | Lauren Perri | 6'1" | MB | 11 |
| 21 | Domi Drust | 5'7" | S | 11 |
| 25 | Lia Cerruti | 5'6" | S | 11 |
| 14 | Abby Lutterloh | 5'9" | OH | 12 |
| 15 | Avery Kavanagh | 5'11" | MB | 12 |
| 16 | Taryn Whittingham | 5'6" | DS/L | 12 |
| 17 | Kailey Walker | 5'11" | S | 12 |
| 3 | Stila Fresenius | 6'1" | OH | 11 |
| 4 | Dillyn Griffin | 5'8" | DS/OP | 10 |
| 32 | Kai Pellerin | 5'9" | OH | 11 |
| 8 | Annabella Younkin | 6'0" | MB | 12 |
| 13 | Megan Lin | 5'9" | S | 10 |
| 20 | Brooke Bryant | 5'10" | MB | 11 |
| Malaya Jones | 6'1" | OH | 12 | |
| 2019 Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball | ||||
| Number | Name | Height | Position | Grade |
| Alexa Morris | 5'8" | OH | 10 | |
| Audrey Goudie | 5'5" | OH | 10 | |
| Taylor Fischbeck | 5'6" | OH | 10 | |
| Sadie Svitenko | 5'7" | OH | 10 | |
| Lidia Major | 5'7" | OH | 9 | |
| Kaitlyn Yamasaki | 5'4" | DS/L | 10 | |
| Alyssa Moore | 5'2" | DS/L | 10 | |
| Grace Moss | 5'4 | DS/L | 9 | |
| PJ Lutterloh | 5'1 | DS/L | 9 | |
| Charlotte Sekerka | 5'9 | MB | 9 | |
| Sophia Stalcup | 6'1 | MB | 9 | |
| Grace Jackson | 6'0 | MB | 9 | |
| Yasmine Oakley | 5'8" | S | 10 | |
| Emily Mumby | 5'4" | S | 11 | |
| Katie Cunningham | 5'6" | S | 10 | |
| Kayla Scopaz | 5'8" | Opp | 10 | |
| Ashley Prentice | 5'7" | Opp | 10 | |
| 2019 Frosh Soph Girls Volleyball Roster | ||||
| Number | Name | Height | Position | Grade |
| Emma McKenzie | 5'5" | L/DS | 10 | |
| Morgan Llewellyn | 5'5" | OH | 10 | |
| Katie LeTourneau | 5'5" | OH | 9 | |
| Tessa Petro | 5'5" | OH | 9 | |
| Brooke Hogan | 5'6" | OH | 10 | |
| Sarah Dawson | 5'8" | OH | 9 | |
| Jacqueline Cerruti | 5'8" | MB | 9 | |
| Gillian Mundy | 5'7" | MB | 10 | |
| Kira Schubert | 5'9" | MB | 9 | |
| Bridey O'Connor | 5'10" | OPP | 9 | |
| Kalena Cassidy | 5'2" | DS/L | 9 | |
| Gianna Norton | 5'4" | DS/L | 9 | |
| Katelyn Mostero | 5'1" | DS/L | 9 | |
| Jenna Gallaway | 5'4" | S | 9 | |
| Paige Melton | 5'1" | S | 9 | |
| 2019 Freshman Girls Volleyball Roster | ||||
| Number | Name | Height | Position | Grade |
| Taylor Clerc Peyton Johnston | 5'3" 5'4" | S OH | 9 9 | |
| Nora Gamini | 5'7" | OH | 9 | |
| Alexandria Shook | 5'6" | OH | 9 | |
| Vanessa Hoey | 5'6" | OH | 9 | |
| Cami Adams | 5'5" | MB | 9 | |
| Gianna DiPietro | 5'6" | MB | 9 | |
| Abbie Graham | 5'7" | MB | 9 | |
| Maggie Thilken | 5'6" | S | 9 | |
| Sofia O'Keefe | 5'3" | S | 9 | |
| Cat Surdilla | 5'2" | DS/L | 9 | |
| Riley Toggenburger | 5'4" | DS/L | 9 | |
History
- 1999 - Monique (Gerlach) Harrison
- 2003 - Blair Socci
- 2004 - Blair Socci
- 2006 - Dicey McGraw
- 2009 - Kylie Hargreaves
- 2016 - Meghan McClure
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
Coaches
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. For the past 16 years, Daly has served as a head coach with the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club where her teams have been nationally-recognized. Before joining the Laguna Beach Volleyball coaching staff, Daly 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.
Taylor Whittingham '13 - Varsity Assistant Coach
Taylor is a 3 year varsity starter and graduated from Santa Margarita in 2013. Played at the University of Southern California for four years, three of those in the libero position. 2015 Volleyball Magazine All-America Third Team selection and received AVCA All-America Honorable Mention honors in 2014. Two-time AVCA All-Pacific South Region selection and has two Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention honors under her belt. 2x Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week and was chosen to two different non-conference all-tournament teams. Finished as USC’s third all-time career leader in digs. Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection, CLASS top 10 award finalist, and graduated in 2017 with a Bachelors degree in Communication and a minor in Consumer behavior.
Shellsy Ashen - Head Frosh/Soph Coach
Coach Ashen is in her 5th year of coaching volleyball, and 4th year with the program. She played volleyball at Dana Hills High School from 2007-2011 and went on to play volleyball at University of Oregon from 2011-2014. While at Oregon, she competed in the 2012 National Championship Game. She was also a 3 time Pac-12 All-Academic team member. Coach Ashen also teaches Science here at SMCHS.
Crystal (Day) Chitwood '01 - Head Freshmen Coach
This will be Crystal’s 9th season overall coaching at Santa Margarita Catholic High School. Coach Day is an alumnus of Santa Margarita having graduated in 2001. She was a member of the 1999 Girls Varsity team that won the CIF-SS Championship and the CIF State Championship. She coached here at SM from 2003-2005 and returned in 2012. During her time away, Coach Day coached at Troy HS from 2005-2012. She became the head coach of the program in 2010 and led the Troy Girls Varsity Volleyball team to an undefeated League Championship, CIF-SS Championship Finalist, CIF State Regional champion, and CIF State Championship Finalist. She has a 5yr old daughter named Kyla and 3 1/2yr old son named Killian.
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.
Calendar
Schedule
| 2019 Girls Varsity Volleyball Schedule (20 - 15 | 5 - 2) | |||||
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score |
| Thu-Sat | 8/8-10 | Ann Kang Invitational | Honolulu, HI | A/D | W 5-3 |
| Tuesday | 8/20/19 | Lakewood | Lakewood HS | 05:30 | L 0-3 |
| Thursday | 8/22/19 | Great Oak | SMCHS | 05:30 | W 3-0 |
| Tuesday | 8/27/19 | Marymount | Marymount HS | 05:15 | L 1-3 |
| Thursday | 8/29/19 | Trinity/Sunset vs Los Al | OLU HS | 05:00 | L 1-3 |
| Wednesday | 9/4/19 | Aliso Niguel | SMCHS | 05:00 | W 3-1 |
| Friday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday Saturday | 9/6/19 9/6/19 9/6/19 9/7/19 9/7/19 9/7/19 | Centennial La Costa Canyon San Clemente Murrieta Valley Orange Lutheran San Juan Hills | Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Huntington Beach | 03:00 05:30 07:30 08:30 09:30 01:00 | W 2-0 L 1-2 W 2-0 L 0-2 W 2-0 L 0-2 |
| Monday | 9/9/19 | Mission Viejo | SMCHS | 06:00 | W 3-1 |
| Thursday | 9/12/19 | San Juan Hills | San Juan Hills HS | 05:15 | L 2-3 |
| Tuesday | 9/17/19 | Jserra | SMCHS | 06:00 | W 3-0 |
| Thursday | 9/19/19 | OLU *Autism Awareness* | SMCHS | 06:00 | W 3-1 |
| Tuesday | 9/24/19 | Mater Dei *DIG PINK* | SMCHS | 06:00 | L 0-3 |
| Thursday | 9/26/19 | Rosary | Rosary HS | 06:00 | W 3-0 |
| Wednesday | 10/2/19 | Jserra | Jserra HS | 06:00 | W 3-0 |
| Friday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday | 10/4/19 10/4/19 10/4/19 10/5/19 10/5/19 | Nike Invite vs. Sacred Heart Nike Invite vs. Kamehameha Nike Invite vs. Desert Vista Nike Invite vs. Mater Dei Nike Invite vs. Georgia | Phoenix, AZ Phoneix, AZ Phoenix, AZ Phoenix, AZ Phoenix, AZ | 01:00 03:00 05:00 01:00 03:00 | W 2-1 W 2-0 L 1-2 L 0-2 L 0-2 |
| Tuesday | 10/8/19 | OLU | OLU HS | 06:00 | W 3-1 |
| Wednesday | 10/9/19 | Mater Dei | Mater Dei HS | 06:00 | L 1-3 |
| Thursday | 10/17/19 | Rosary *Senior Night* | SMCHS | 06:00 | |
| 2019 Girls JV Volleyball Schedule (20 - 9 | 5 - 2) | |||||
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score |
| Sat-Sun | 8/10/19-8/11/19 | Queen of the Court | ASC | TBA | W 6-1 |
| Tuesday | 8/20/19 | Lakewood | Lakewood HS | 04:15 | W 2-0 |
| Thursday | 8/22/19 | Great Oak | SMCHS | 04:00 | W 2-0 |
| Tuesday | 8/27/19 | Marymount | Marymount HS | 03:45 | L 0-2 |
| Thursday | 8/29/19 | Los Alamitos | SMCHS | 04:00 | W 2-1 |
| Saturday | 8/31/19 | Tesoro | Tesoro HS | TBA | W 2-0 |
| Wednesday | 9/4/19 | Aliso Niguel | SMCHS | 03:30 | L 1-2 |
| Monday | 9/9/19 | Mission Viejo | SMCHS | 04:30 | W 2-0 |
| Thursday | 9/12/19 | San Juan Hills | San Juan Hills HS | 04:00 | L 0-2 |
| Tuesday | 9/17/19 | Jserra | SMCHS | 04:30 | W 2-0 |
| Thursday | 9/19/19 | OLU *Autism Awareness* | SMCHS | 04:30 | W 2-0 |
| Saturday | 9/21/19 | Dave Mohs Tournament | Huntington Beach, CA | TBA | W 2-2 |
| Tuesday | 9/24/19 | Mater Dei *DIG PINK* | SMCHS | 04:30 | L 0-2 |
| Thursday | 9/26/19 | Rosary | Rosary HS | 04:30 | W 2-0 |
| Wednesday | 10/2/19 | Jserra | Jserra HS | 04:30 | W 2-0 |
| Tuesday | 10/8/19 | OLU | OLU HS | 04:30 | L 1-2 |
| Wednesday | 10/9/19 | Mater Dei | Mater Dei HS | 04:30 | W 2-1 |
| Thursday | 10/17/19 | Rosary *Senior Night* | SMCHS | 04:30 | |
| 2019 Girls Frosh/Soph Volleyball Schedule (26 - 6 | 5 - 2) | |||||
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score |
| Sat-Sun | 8/10/19-8/11/19 | Queen of the Court | ASC | TBA | W 7-0 |
| Tuesday | 8/20/19 | Lakewood | Lakewood HS | 03:15 | W 2-0 |
| Thursday | 8/22/19 | Great Oak | SMCHS | 04:00 | W 2-0 |
| Saturday | 8/24/19 | Tesoro | Tesoro HS | TBA | W 5-1 |
| Tuesday | 8/27/19 | Marymount | Marymount HS | 03:45 | L 0-2 |
| Thursday | 8/29/19 | Los Alamitos | SMCHS | 04:00 | W 2-1 |
| Wednesday | 9/4/19 | Aliso Niguel | SMCHS | 03:30 | W 2-0 |
| Monday | 9/9/19 | Mission Viejo | SMCHS | 03:30 | L 0-2 |
| Thursday | 9/12/19 | San Juan Hills | San Juan Hills HS | 04:00 | W 2-0 |
| Saturday | 9/14/19 | Dave Mohs Tournament | Huntington Beach, CA | TBA | W 4-1 |
| Tuesday | 9/17/19 | Jserra | SMCHS | 03:30 | W 2-0 |
| Thursday | 9/19/19 | OLU *Autism Awareness* | SMCHS | 03:30 | W 2-0 |
| Tuesday | 9/24/19 | Mater Dei *DIG PINK* | SMCHS | 03:30 | L 0-2 |
| Thursday | 9/26/19 | Rosary | Rosary HS | 03:30 | W 2-0 |
| Wednesday | 10/2/19 | Jserra | Jserra HS | 03:30 | W 2-0 |
| Tuesday | 10/8/19 | OLU | OLU HS | 03:30 | W 2-0 |
| Wednesday | 10/9/19 | Mater Dei | Mater Dei HS | 03:30 | L 1-2 |
| Thursday | 10/17/19 | Rosary *Senior Night* | SMCHS | 03:30 | |
| 2019 Girls Freshmen Volleyball Schedule (13 - 15 | 2 - 2) | |||||
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score |
| Sat-Sun | 8/10/19-8/11/19 | Queen of the Court | ASC | A/D | W 3-3 |
| Tuesday | 8/20/19 | Lakewood | Lakewood HS | 03:15 | L 0-2 |
| Saturday | 8/24/19 | Tesoro | Tesoro HS | TBA | L 4-3 |
| Thursday | 8/29/19 | Los Alamitos | SMCHS | 04:00 | L 0-2 |
| Wednesday | 9/4/19 | Aliso Niguel | SMCHS | 05:00 | L 0-2 |
| Monday | 9/9/19 | Mission Viejo | SMCHS | 03:30 | W 2-1 |
| Thursday | 9/12/19 | San Juan Hills | San Juan Hills HS | 05:15 | W 2-0 |
| Saturday | 9/14/19 | Dave Mohs Tournament | Huntington Beach, CA | TBA | W 2-4 |
| Tuesday | 9/17/19 | Jserra | SMCHS | 03:30 | W 2-0 |
Tuesday | 9/24/19 | Mater Dei *Dig Pink* | SMCHS | 03:30 | L 0-2 |
| Wednesday | 10/2/19 | Jserra | Jserra HS | 03:30 | W 2-0 |
| Wednesday | 10/9/19 | Mater Dei | Mater Dei HS | 03:30 | L 1-2 |
Sand Volleyball
2014 marked the first year of the Sand Volleyball team at Santa Margarita Catholic High School. The team compete in the Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League which consists of 47 high school teams in Southern California. The Eagles will compete in the Orange Division with a Varsity and Junior Varsity Team of the IBVL in 5 tournaments during the course of the Sand Volleyball season followed by playoffs.