Glendale College Women's Volleyball

Coach Ybarra graduated from Fountain Valley High School and received a volleyball scholarship to attend Boise State University. As an outside-hitter she garnered all conference honors and received her BA in Communications. In 2005 she earned her Masters in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University   Coach Ybarra has extensive volleyball coaching experience. Upon her college graduation she was the womens volleyball coach at Saddleback Community College and in her first year she took her team to the regional playoffs. She later became the head coach for the Costa Mesa High School Girls and Boys volleyball programs where they reached the CIF playoff quarter finals and semi finals respectively. Coach Ybarras hard work paid off as she was awarded the Coach of the Year in both boys and girls sports for the Pacific League.   Since 2002 Coach Ybarra has been at the helm of the Lady Vaqueros and has continued to work diligently towards preparing her teams to play at the highest level of competition. Coach Ybarras focus is not only in improving each of her players at the athletic level but emphasizing and encouraging academic success. She is very proud of her players academic accomplishments especially her 2005 team which was named Scholar Team of the Year by the State of Californias Community College Athletic Association with an overall team GPA of 3.3. In 2019 Coach Ybarras team placed 3rd and received Co- Coach of the Year honors.    Coach Ybarra has also been coaching club volleyball for 10 years. She is currently coaching 17s for SG Elite but in the past has coached, 11s, 14s, 16s and 18s for Forza1 West Volleyball Club in Pasadena and prior to that Club West Volleyball, also in Pasadena.   In addition to her coaching duties, Coach Ybarra is also Professor Ybarra since earning her Associate Professor of Kinesiology designation. She is on the Executive Board for the Community College Woman's Volleyball Association and president elect for the CCCWVCA, is a member of the AVCA 2 Year Head Coach Committee, and is the Learning Outcome Coordinator at Glendale College.