North Lake College Women's Volleyball

Cathy Carter attended both North Lake College and Eastfield College as the starting setter for both volleyball programs. Coach Carter was recognized as a Region V: Honorable Mention in 2007 and Region V: First Team in 2008 for the Metro Athletic Conference. She earned her associate's degree from North Lake College in 2009, and then received a scholarship in volleyball to Lyon College in Arkansas. Cathy has been coaching club volleyball for ages 15-18 in the North Texas Region Volleyball Association since 2010, and returned to NLC in 2011 as the assistant volleyball coach. She then went on to earn her BA in Exercise Science in 2013 at Texas Wesleyan University and her masters in Kinesiology from DBU.

Bio Karlyn Dickens was named an assistant volleyball coach at Dallas College North Lake in July 2024. In 2025, the Blazers went 12-16 overall, 4-6 in the Dallas Athletic Conference with a trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III South District semifinals. Ava Mendez was named an NJCAA Division III Second Team All-American after cracking the school's season digs list at No. 5, while setting the school's five-set record for digs. Hailey Pennison finished her two-year Blazers career ranked No. 1 on the school's all-time kills list, Katie Lloyd No. 2 on the career aces list and No. 5 in career digs, while tying her single-match record for aces.  In her first year in 2024, Dickens coached on a staff that guided North Lake to a fifth place finish in the NJCAA Division III national tournament. It was the first time in program history the Blazers qualified for the national tournament. The Blazers went 22-18 overall, 6-4 in the DAC, advancing to the NJCAA Division III South District championship for the second straight year. Shi'Miria Phillips was an NJCAA Division III Third Team All-American. Dickens began coaching club volleyball for ages 12-18 in the North Texas Reegion in 2023. Dickens was a middle hitter at Blinn College in 2017-18. Her team won the conference championship with a 9-1 record.