For the entirety of her high school career, Coach Mayo (named "Mayo" due to a shortened version of her maiden name, Maytorena) played on the Varsity team at Ponderosa High School, when it was a 5A school, earning several awards. She also played with Front Range Volleyball club during her high school years and earned appearances at Nationals every year. She was awarded a full-ride scholarship to the University of Wyoming, where she played as a starter all four years, earning several awards including Mountain West Player of the Week several times, Wyoming's Most Valuable Player, and Mountain West All-Conference Player.  After graduating from Wyoming with a degree in Elementary Education (and later earning a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction in Reading and Writing from the University of Colorado Denver), she began coaching in the Denver area for

various volleyball clubs including Colorado Performance & COVA and her old high school, Ponderosa High School. She played indoor, sand, and grass volleyball after college but ultimately retired from playing and coaching when her two children were young. She came out of retirement to coach her daughter's Level 3 volleyball team at Conifer High School and then moved up to coach JV the following year. She began coaching club volleyball with Denver Juniors and continues with them today. This is her 2nd season as Head Coach at Lakewood High School.

Coach Mayo has two beautiful children, Isabel and Garrett. Isabel will attend CSU in the fall and Garrett will begin high school at Platte Canyon High School. She also spends her time with her 3 dogs (Cassi, Ro, and Auggie), and 3 cats (Dash, Flynn, and Meeko), while also fostering animals on the side. She likes to read books, hike the beautiful mountains of Colorado, and be with her family and friends.

Coach Ernie brings decades of coaching experience to the Tiger Program. Over the course of his coaching career, he has coached at various clubs and  high schools in the Denver area. This is his third season at Lakewood High School.

Coach Ernie aims to train his players to be adaptable and well rounded players. 

He always has a smile on his face, and brings joy and level headedness to the program. 

Jonathan is from Birmingham, Michigan. He graduated from Brother Rice High School where he played football, hockey, and ran track. He has a Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy in Engineering and Physical Science, where he played hockey, rugby, and club volleyball. He has an MBA from West Texas A&M with a concentration in Finance and Economics. He holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from ISC (2) and AI credentials from IBM. Jonathan is an IMPACT certified coach with experience coaching the Quantico High School Boys Varsity, Quantico, VA, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Men’s Varsity, Quantico, VA and the United States Marine Corps All-Marine Men as Head Coach. Combine Services selected him one year to coach All Military select side to represent Team USA in the All-Military International Games in Greece. Jonathan also coached in the Amarillo High School and Tascosa High school girls Freshman, JV, and Varsity teams in Amarillo, Texas. Most recently he coached the 15 Regional 1 girls at Juggernaut Volleyball here in Colorado. He also played beach volleyball professionally in the 1980s. Jonathan held full-time positions as a technology executive as a CIO, CTO, CISO, and done consulting as a Chief AI Officer. He lives in Golden, CO with his wife Sandy. They have 4 grown boys and are the hooman caretakers of Malachi (Great Dane) and Lucy (English Lab). They enjoy gardening, skiing, fly fishing, hiking, show showing, home improvement DIY stuff, working out, and time in the mountains.

Sidney Reese is from Rock Springs, Wyoming and moved to the Denver area in October and loving it! She enjoys reading, painting, going to the gym, and hanging out with all of her animals. She has two dogs, a Dalmatian a Golden Doodle, and a black cat. She has been playing volleyball since seventh grade and continued playing throughout high school. She now plays in women’s and co-ed leagues. The first team she coached was a 7th grade traveling team in Wyoming. After that, she coached the freshman team high school team in Rock Springs. Recently, she coach a club team through the Denver Juniors Volleyball club. Now, I am the new L4 coach at Lakewood! She is so excited to get started, get to know the players, and share her passion for the game.