Now in her first season on the Cerritos College coaching staff, former Falcon player Stephanie Tuning is also preparing to play her senior year at the University of LaVerne. In her junior year at LaVerne, Tuning was joined on the team by her sister Nicole, who played for the Falcons, as well as her younger sister Catie, who will be playing for Cerritos this season. While with Cerritos in 2010-11, Tuning was named 1st Team All-South Coast Conference as a sophomore after posting 36 goals and set a school record with 98 steals. In her freshman season, Tuning scored 20 goals and added 23 assists and 63 steals in the field, while she also saw time as the goalkeeper and recorded 36 saves in eight games.

A graduate of Los Altos High, Tuning was named her school’s Athlete of the Year as a senior after being named 1st Team All-CIF, 1st Team All-San Gabriel Valley and 1st Team All-Miramonte League. Additionally, Tuning was selected as the league’s Female Athlete of the Year and named as one of the Top 5 Athletes.

Tuning has prior coaching experience as the boys swim coach at Los Altos High (2011-12), as well as the water polo and swimming coach for the Conqueror Club team for the last four years. She is currently majoring in Liberal Studies at the University of LaVerne with an emphasis in art and history and is scheduled to graduate in 2014.