PREPARE YOUR MIND.
SHARPEN YOUR GAME.

Serela Kay has spent over two decades developing water polo athletes at every level—from first-time club players to Olympians.

Most recently, Serela served as Assistant Coach at Oaks Christian School, where the Lions captured the 2026 CIF Southern Section Open Division Girls Water Polo Championship. She knows this pool, these athletes, and what it takes to compete at the highest level of high school water polo in the country.

As a player, she was a four-year starter and team captain at UCLA, where she helped the Bruins capture three NCAA national championships (1997, 1998, 2000). She competed on the USA Junior National Team and won gold at the 1996 Junior Pan American Games.

As a coach, Serela has led programs at UC Santa Barbara (where she became the program’s all-time winningest coach and first-ever Big West Coach of the Year), the University of Hawaii, the University of Maryland, Princeton University, and UC Berkeley. She served on the USA Water Polo Youth National Team coaching staff for six seasons and was part of the U.S. Women’s Senior National Team staff that won gold at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome.

Serela holds a degree in Psychology from UCLA, a Master’s in Sport Science from the United States Sports Academy, a Master’s in Education from UC Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of Maryland.

At Champion Academy, Serela brings the same standard she’s held at the collegiate and international level—but designed specifically for young athletes who are ready to take their game and their mindset to the next level.