805 Beach Tribe
Jordon 'Jordy' Dyer
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​​ A fifth-generation Santa Barbarian, Jordy grew up immersed in the local beach volleyball lifestyle, learning the game at East Beach through Jon Lee’s Beach Volleyball Summer Camp. After graduating from Dos Pueblos High School, he represented Team USA in the U19 World Championships (Turkey, 2009) and trained in the USA Beach Volleyball pipeline throughout college before graduating from Long Beach State in 2015. He continues to train and compete at the open level with aspirations of qualifying for the professional tour while serving the local volleyball community.​
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Guided by generous mentors and a lot of hands-on work, Jordy’s coaching path has taken him from Long Beach State—where he helped the women’s beach team reach a national runner-up finish and back-to-back Top-10 rankings—to Stetson University, contributing to conference titles, national rankings, and a memorable upset of #1 USC in Gulf Shores. Along the way, he’s had the chance to work with AVP professionals, Olympians, All-Americans and USA Beach High Performance athletes. After moving back home, he took over the SBCC men’s indoor program right after COVID and helped the team reset and get back on track, going from 5–12 to 11–7. He’s now heading into his fifth year as the Varsity Girls Head Coach at Cate School. He’s spent more than a decade coaching locally at the developmental levels—from counseling at Jon Lee’s camp to coaching nearly every youth age group for indoor and beach clubs here in Santa Barbara. His commitment here is local and steady.
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In 2019, Jordy founded 805 Beach to develop and support the beach volleyball community that raised him. Alongside Ari, he helps run beach volleyball activities for all walks of life: Summer Camps, After-School Clinics, Competitive Club, Holiday Camps, Adult League, Adult Classes, Beach Fitness Classes and the Santa Barbara Open. He also holds an M.S. in Kinesiology from California Baptist University (2019) and was honored with the Russ Hargreaves Award in 2023 for contributing to high-quality local sports programs.
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Ariana 'Ari' Garner
Originally from Sacramento, Ariana was a multi-sport athlete in high school playing volleyball, soccer and basketball at Rio Americano High School.. She earned four letters in both volleyball and soccer. She was a three-time first team all-league selection in volleyball as well as a three-time CIF champion in soccer.
Ariana started her collegiate volleyball career at Santa Barbara City College where she played both indoor and beach volleyball. She was the starting setter on the indoor team and helped lead the Vaqueros to a pair of league championships. She earned all-conference honors during both seasons at SBCC. Ariana led the SBCC beach program to a 7-3 overall record. After playing two years at SBCC, Ariana transferred to Long Beach State to continue her colligate career playing beach volleyball. At Long Beach State, she won nine straight matches to start her first season, going 9-3 overall in dual matches. Ariana was the only player in Long Beach State history to have 30 digs in a match and did it twice! She graduated from Long Beach in May 2017 with a degree in Sociology.
Ariana discovered her passion for coaching a decade ago and has since dedicated herself to guiding youth in both indoor and beach volleyball for girls and boys across various age groups. Her coaching experience extends to collegiate athletes at SBCC and adult beach volleyball through SB parks and rec. With a notable four-year tenure as the head coach for indoor and beach volleyball at Santa Barbara High School, Ariana led the Dons Beach program to consecutive CIF titles. Recently, she assumed leadership of the Women's Beach Volleyball Program at Santa Barbara City College, propelling SBCC to its inaugural state championship tournament appearance and securing the pairs State Championship title with one of her teams. Currently, Ariana collaborates with Jordon in organizing and managing youth summer beach camps, after-school programs, and adult classes in Santa Barbara through the city's initiatives.
Ariana’s mission as a coach and mentor is to help athletes not only excel on the beach but to help develop each athletes' skills, foster teamwork, promote sportsmanship, and ensure a positive and supportive environment for all players.
Josie Ulrich
Josie Ulrich was born and raised in Ventura, CA. In High School, she was named a 2019 AVCA High School Beach All-American and placed second in the gold division at the p1440 National Championship in Santa Monica that season. Josie was also on the honor roll all four years and was in the top 10 of her graduating class. She just finished up her senior year at Cal Poly SLO where she played beach volleyball under Santa Barbara native and Olympic medalist, Todd Rogers. Cal Poly was ranked top #10 in D1 NCAA Women’s Beach Volleyball throughout the season in 2021. Josie recently transferred to University of Washington to complete her Master's Degree and also compete for a final year. Josie has been a coach for 805 Beach for four years now!
Meaghan Wheeler
Meaghan Wheeler, a California native raised in the San Fernando Valley, earned a full-ride college scholarship for volleyball at Chaminade College Preparatory. She played Division 1 indoor volleyball at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, setting a career kills record with an impressive 1,821 kills. After graduating in 2013, Meaghan embraced a professional beach volleyball career and simultaneously served as the Club Director at Industry Volleyball Club for seven seasons.
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In the face of challenges during the Covid era, Meaghan saw an opportunity for personal and professional growth. In 2020, she relocated to Santa Barbara and began training under Bob Cooley at The Genius of Flexibility, focusing on resistance flexibility and strength training to promote holistic healing and longevity for athletes.
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Meaghan's coaching journey started during her college years with four seasons at Digs Volleyball Club, where she eventually became head coach for two years. Upon returning to California in 2013, she held the pivotal position of Club Director at Industry Volleyball Club for seven seasons, combining administrative responsibilities with hands-on coaching.
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Expanding her coaching reach to the collegiate level, Meaghan served as the assistant indoor women's volleyball coach at Pierce College in 2018. In 2020, she joined Santa Barbara Volleyball Club as head coach, now entering her third season. In 2023, she joined the SBCC women’s beach volleyball coaching staff, helping the team reach the state championships for the first time. Meaghan Wheeler stands out as a volleyball dynamo, leaving an enduring mark as both a player and coach, embodying a spirit of excellence and dedication in the world of volleyball and life.
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Olivia Medina
Olivia Medina is originally from El Dorado Hills, California. After playing indoor and beach volleyball in high school, she switched to only beach her freshman year of college, and played at Santa Barbara City College for 2 years. She's grateful to be able to continue beach volleyball at Concordia University Irvine, and is currently finishing her first season there. Olivia has extensive coaching experience with 805 Beach; helping our Summer Camps, Clinics and Club Practices over the years.
Mike Maas
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Mike Maas is the Yoda of East Beach. With over 40 years of playing and coaching experience, Mike has become a guiding force in our local beach volleyball community. These days, he dedicates his time to developing players of all ages— from coaching youth at Summer Camp in the mornings to teaching adults how to sky ball in the evenings.
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Mike’s passion for the game has inspired countless players in Santa Barbara and beyond. He also helps coach the Ventura College Women’s Beach Volleyball Team alongside his daughter, Sam.
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If you’ve ever had Mike as a coach, you know his lessons stick with you—and when you make a silly mistake, you can probably hear him in your head saying, “You can do better.”
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And yes, Mike is an unofficial member of the E.B.M. (if you know, you know).
Taylor Slover
Taylor played indoor volleyball at Fresno State for four years. While at Fresno State, she coached for Providence High School's indoor and beach programs for three years. She also coached many camps while at Fresno State. Upon graduation, Taylor traveled across the Atlantic to pursue a professional career in Mestaruusliiga (Finnish league), the Swiss League, and a third year in the Volleyball Bundesliga (German League).
She is currently two years into ranking her way up the AVP ladders. Taylor coaches club for SBVC and offers private lessons for all ages.