Head Coach, Michaela Reyes

Michaela is entering her fourth season as the head volleyball coach for the Delta Lady Mustangs. As a first year coach, she enjoyed a high level of success after guiding the Lady Mustangs to another Big 8 Conference championship. They entered the State Volleyball Tournament as the number one seed, having won all of their games up to the state tournament. They were ranked #1 in Northern California after beating all of the top teams in the north and winning all of the tournaments they participated in, including the prestigious San Diego Mesa Invitational. She was named Coach of the Year for the Big 7 Conference and later named Coach of the Year for Northern California.

In her first three seasons, coach Reyes has enjoyed the competition of the tough Big 8 Conference. All three of her teams have advanced to the Northern California Volleyball Championships. All three years her teams won the first round of the Northern California Volleyball Championships. In her first two seasons, her teams advanced to the prestigious California State Volleyball Championships. In 2008, her team lost a tough match to Fresno City College in the fifth set narrowly missing a third straight trip to the State Championships. Two of her players have achieved All American status. As a result of a strong academic emphasis in her program, her athletes have a high transfer and graduation rate.

Before coming to Delta, Michaela enjoyed a high level of success at her previous stops.  She coached high school volleyball at St. Mary’s High School in Stockton for the 2004 and 2005 seasons where her teams were undefeated in their conference play. She also enjoyed success at the club level both in Stockton and in San Diego. She spent two years officiating college men’s and women’s volleyball in the San Diego area.

Michaela began playing at the age of 10 on a 14 and under club in Stockton. Having been a 4 year varsity starter on her Tokay High School volleyball team, she earned a Division I scholarship to San Diego State University where she played 4 years including one in which her team qualified for the sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. While at San Diego State, she was involved in developmental clinics with the San Diego youth in the off season. In 2004, Michaela moved back to Stockton to take a teaching position at St. Mary's High School, and she coached the Sophomore volleyball team. The two seasons she coached at St. Mary's, her sophomores were undefeated in their conference. 

Coach Reyes believes that sports in general and volleyball in particular provide opportunities that have a positive effect on the academic progress of those who participate. Her goal as a coach is to help develop her student-athletes on and off the court.  Her focus is to prepare her athletes for transfer and assist them towards earning an athletic scholarship. 

 

Molly Mordaunt           

Assistant Volleyball Coach

Molly returns to Delta College after coaching at the University of the Pacific for the past two seasons, 2007 and 2008.  After playing volleyball at the University of the Pacific for four years, she immediately began her coaching career. Her first coaching job was at powerhouse St. Mary’s High School, leading her freshman squad to an undefeated league title. She then moved on as the varsity girls volleyball coach at her alma mater, Lincoln High School where her team placed first in the league during the 2005 season. Molly was the assistant coach at Delta during the 2006 season where she helped lead the Mustangs to a fifth place finish at the State Tournament. Along with her experiences in coaching and running youth volleyball camps, Molly brings an intense love of the game and a passion to teach young athletes the fundamentals of the game. Molly is a welcomed addition to the staff and is excited to have an impact on the college level as a coach.

 

Danielle Lewis

Assistant Volleyball Coach

Danielle played volleyball at Turlock High School before continuing her playing at Delta College in 2000-2001. Danielle played as a setter at Delta assisting her team in qualifying for the California Community College State Championships. From Delta, Danielle transferred to San Jose State University where she played as a back row specialist. She earned her B.S. from San Jose in Kinesiology, Sport Management (2002-2003). After graduating, she began coaching for the City Beach 14's volleyball club where she coached from 2003-2005. She also coached  the J.V. team at St. Francis High School from 2003-2005. Presently, Danielle is pursuing a master's degree in physical therapy. Danielle brings a high level of enthusiasm and great passion for the game of volleyball to the Delta program.