The fall 2008 season will mark Coach Milburn’s fifth year as Head Women's Soccer Coach at San Diego City College.  Milburn is a native of San Diego, graduating from Valhalla High School where she played soccer for the Norsemen in addition to running Cross Country and Track & Field.  As a youth, Milburn played “Club” soccer for various teams throughout San Diego County, spending her High School years with the FC Bratz “Dream Team”. 

After High School, Milburn attended Regis University in Denver Colorado on an athletics scholarship.  She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Regis while playing both intercollegiate Soccer and Lacrosse.  Milburn made a trip to the NCAA Division II Final Four in Soccer and served as the Lacrosse Team Captain for two years.  Milburn went on to receive her Master’s Degree in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University in San Diego, Calif.   

Coach Milburn has been an adjunct professor of Health and Exercise Science in the San Diego Community College District for the past three years, teaching a range of both lecture and activities classes.  Milburn brings much experience to SDCC, having played soccer since the age of four and coached at various recreational and competitive levels.  In addition to her current teaching and coaching duties at San Diego City College, Milburn is the Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach at Steele Canyon High School as well as the Head Coach of the Girls U12 and Girls U13 Albion club teams.

Anya, in her third season at SDCC, is relatively new to San Diego after spending most of her life on the east coast.  She started playing soccer at a very young age in Silver Spring, Maryland.  Anya played for the Bethesda Soccer Club and was a member of the girls team that won six straight State Championships.  She started out her soccer career at the University of Pittsburgh and played there from 1998-99. Anya then moved on to the University of Vermont where she played in from 2001-02 while earning her B.A. in Spanish.

Anya began coaching at the age of 16 and has coached every year since.  She moved to San Diego in 2004 and immediately began coaching youth soccer in the area.  She has coached children as young as 18 months old and currently coaches sports classes all over the county for Master Sports.  She is also a competitive coach for the San Diego Soccer Club Pegasus GU11.