Skylar Iott.
Head Freshman Coach
Biography:
Year started at Northview: 2023
A native to Ida, MI, Skylar Iott is entering her first year of coaching volleyball at Sylvania Northview High School.
As an outstanding outside hitter during her playing days, Iott played for Northview Head Coach Chad Rutkowski at Premier Volleyball Academy for 5 years and was an All-American her senior year. For her high school career, she attended St. Mary's Catholic Central in Monroe, Michigan, she was a State Champion (junior year), State Runner-up (senior year), as well as a Miss Volleyball finalist in the state of Michigan.
Collegiately, she played Division 1 volleyball at George Washington University in Washington, DC. She was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team, voted team MVP, and joined the 1,000 kill club during her senior year, where she currently ranked 6th in kills in program history.
After graduating with a degree in Public Health, she played professionally in Europe for two seasons: the first year she played in the second league in France and in her second season, she played in the first league in Austria.
As a profession, now that she has retired as a professional athlete, she works as an educator at the Monroe County Youth Center and coaches high school camps during the summer.
Currently, Iott, 24 resides in Ida, Michigan.
Rachel Phalen.
Assistant Freshman Coach
Biography:
Year Started at Northview: 2023
A native to Sylvania and a 2018 graduate and Norhtview Volleyball alum, Rachel Phalen is entering her first year of coaching volleyball at Sylvania Northview High School.
As an outstanding outside hitter during her playing days, Phalen played for Northview during the 2014 through 2017 seasons and played varsity all 4 years. She was apart of the 2015 team that won the NLL conference, and was also named an AAU All-American in the spring of 2016. She played travel at the Premier Academy where, unfortunately, she sustained an ACL injury going into my senior year and I did not get to play for Northview in the fall of 2017. She was able to play her last year of club volleyball, where she signed with the University of Charleston in West Virginia, a division 2 school that competes in the Mountain East Conference (MEC).
Collegiately, Phalen played at University of Charleston for 3 years where she sustained another knee injury to her meniscus early in her freshman year. She has played volleyball for 14 years and learned so much about the game especially being injured and taking a more learning/coaching role during that time.
Currently, Phalen, 23 resides in Sylvania, Ohio.