WEST EDGE CLUB VOLLEYBALL
Alyssa Lee
CLUB DIRECTOR
WEST EDGE 17T ASSISTANT COACH (BOYS)
Alyssa Lee played on the Granada Hills Charter High School’s Varsity team for three years and graduated in 2009 as a 1st Team All-City player for 2 years of her high school career. She was the Libero and captain and part of the 2008 CIF LA Division 1 City Championship Runner-Up team.
🥇 2016 CIF LA City Section Division I Boys Volleyball Champions (ECRCHS)
🥈 2017 CIF LA City Section Division I Boys Volleyball Runner-Ups (ECRCHS)
🥇 2018 Boys Junior National Championships - 17 & Under Div Gold Medalist (West Edge 17)
🥈 2018 CIF LA City Section Division I Girls Volleyball Runner-Ups (ECRCHS)
🥇 2018 CIF SoCal Regional Division Champions (ECRCHS)
🥈 2018 CIF State Championship Runner-Ups (ECRCHS)
🥈 2019 CIF LA City Section Open Division Boys Volleyball Runner-Ups (ECRCHS)
🥇 2022 CIF LA City Section Girls Beach Volleyball Champions (ECRCHS)
🥇 2023 CIF LA City Section Girls Beach Volleyball Champions (ECRCHS)
🥇 2024 CIF LA City Section Girls Beach Volleyball Champions (ECRCHS)
Lee earned a B.A. in Media at UC San Diego and an M.A. in Coaching & Athletic Administration at Concordia University Irvine. She has been the head coach at El Camino Real Charter High School since 2014 and was named Coach of the Year in 2016.
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Richard Barraza
COACHING DIRECTOR
WEST EDGE 17 ASSISTANT COACH (BOYS)
Richard Barraza brings an extensive amount of volleyball. He began is coaching career at Granada Hills Charter High School for two seasons from 2006-2007. In 2008, Barraza became an assistant coach to the Men's and Women's Pierce College Volleyball team, where they won back-to-back California State Championships in 2010 and 2011. From 2013-2014, he became the Director of Operations and Volunteer Assistant Coach at Pepperdine University, and returned as an Assistant Coach for the 2019-2020 season.
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Barraza served as a Division Director and Head Coach at LAVA between the years of 2007 to 2017. During this time, he earned three Bronze medal finishes and a Gold medal finish at the Junior National Championships. 🥇🥉🥉🥉
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Continuing his volleyball journey, Barraza brought his talents and expertise to Mamba Sports Academy (Sports Academy) as a Coach and Director of Operations for the Indoor and Beach Volleyball programs.
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Barraza earned a B.A. in Communications at CSUN and M.A. in Coaching & Athletic Administrations and Exercise Sciences at Concordia University Irvine, as well as an M.A in Education at Loyola Marymount University. Currently, he has been the head boys indoor and beach volleyball coach at Oaks Christian High School since 2018 and is a middle school teacher.
Matthew Nguyen
WEST EDGE 17 (BOYS)
Matthew Nguyen graduated from El Camino Real Charter High School. As a three-year Varsity player at ECR, Nguyen played as the starting outside hitter. In 2017, he was part of the CIF Los Angeles City Section Division I Runner-Up team. And in 2019, he played on the CIF Los Angeles City Section Open Division Runner-Up team.
🥇 2016 CIF LA City Section Division I Boys Volleyball Champions (ECRCHS)
🥈 2017 CIF LA City Section Division I Boys Volleyball Runner-Ups (ECRCHS)
🥈 2019 CIF LA City Section Open Division Boys Volleyball Runner-Ups (ECRCHS)
🥈 2021 Boys Junior National Championships - 15 & Under Div Silver Medalist (West Edge 15)
Nguyen began his coaching career in 2019 as an assistant coach at West Edge and continued as the JV coach at ECR. He hopes to bring his passion for volleyball and his extensive playing experience to the young athletes of his teams.
Currently, Matthew Nguyen is attending CSUN for his bachelor's degree and coaching at El Camino Real Charter High School.
Benjamin Nguyen
WEST EDGE 17T ASSISTANT COACH (BOYS)
Benjamin Nguyen played at El Camino Real Charter High School on the Varsity team for three years. As a middle blocker, he led the team to the Division I Championship match in 2017. In 2018, Nguyen was the starting opposite on the Gold Medalist national team in the 17 & Under Division. In his senior year, he played as an outside hitter and advanced to the championship match in the Open Division.
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🥈 2017 CIF LA City Section Division I Boys Volleyball Runner-Ups (ECRCHS)
🥇 2018 Boys Junior National Championships - 17 & Under Div Gold Medalist (West Edge 17)
🥈 2019 CIF LA City Section Open Division Boys Volleyball Runner-Ups (ECRCHS)
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Benjamin Nguyen is currently attending Cal State University, Long Beach and is majoring in Computer Science. He is the starting outside hitter on the Long Beach Men's Volleyball Club Team and hopes to share his extensive volleyball experience to his players.
Brandon Eng
WEST EDGE 15 HEAD COACH (GIRLS)
Brandon Eng graduated from Granada Hills Charter High School in 2019, playing as an Outside Hitter for three years and was named part of the 2nd Team All-League during his senior year. He played on a West Edge club team for two seasons as an outside hitter and defense specialist and returns as a coach to share his volleyball knowledge and experience. Eng enjoys playing volleyball during his free time and hopes to spread the enjoyment to the new players he coaches.
Eng began coaching at Hale Middle School in 2019 working with younger athletes who were new to the sport. Currently, he is attending Pierce College as a Biology major and plans to transfer next year.
NICHOLAS CHRISTY
WEST EDGE 14 ASSISTANT COACH (GIRLS)
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RYAN NGUYEN
WEST EDGE 15 ASSISTANT COACH (GIRLS)
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