Serinna Eason
Director of Beach Volleyball/Owner
Coach Serinna Eason took over the Mt. San Jacinto College women’s volleyball program in 2014. In Eason’s first season as the Lady Eagles head coach she led the team to a 16-9 record, the 16 win season for MSJC was the most victories by a Lady Eagle volleyball team since 2008. During the 2016 season Eason led MSJC to their first ever CCAA State play-off appearance and the squad finished with a record of 15-11. MSJC also had a winning season in 2017 as they posted a 13-12 record and tied for 2nd place in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference’s North Division. The 2018 season saw the team have the most wins in program history as they won 22 matches, once again advanced to the CCCAA play-offs, and won a play-off match for the first time in program history as they reached the Southern California Regional Round of 16.
The 2019 season brought another first for the Eagle program as the team won their first ever conference championship. The Inland Empire Athletic Conference title brought with it the program’s third play-off appearance in the past four seasons. The Eagles unfortunately did not have a season in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, however the Eagles bounced back in 2021 to capture their second straight IEAC championship and again qualified for the CCCAA State play-offs. She worked hard to start the first Beach Volleyball program at Mt. San Jacinto College in 2022. Serinna earned the Inland Empire Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2021.
Coach Eason is also a full time instructor in the Kinesiology Department at MSJC. Prior to her arrival at Mt. San Jacinto, Eason was an assistant coach at Davis and Elkins College as well as being the head coach of the West Virginia Volleyball Club. She has over ten years of experience coaching and developing club and youth volleyball programs.
Serinna played two seasons of NCAA Division I volleyball at West Virginia University where as a senior she finished the season 7th in the nation in digs per set. She was also named to the All Big East Team, as well as earning numerous other accolades at WVU including winning the “Tough as Nails” award in her senior season. Coach Eason was invited to the USA National Team try-out at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Prior to her time at West Virginia she played two seasons at Concordia University where she was a starting outside hitter on a team that finished as NAIA National Runners-up. In her second season at Concordia her team reached the NAIA National semi-finals. Serinna competed in several California Beach Volleyball Associated Tournaments during her collegiate career. Before college Serinna was a four year varsity player at Vista Murrieta High School where she earned all conference status all four seasons. She was twice named the player of the year and also named to the All County Team.
Serinna holds Master’s degrees from West Virginia University in Special Education and from Long Beach State in Kinesiology. Eason also has a Teaching Credential from Cal Baptist University. Coach Eason and her husband Kyle live in Canyon Lake with their three children.
