Meet the LA Sky Staff
Savannah Erskine
Coach Savannah is the Director of LA Sky Sports basketball organization. She grew up in Culver City, Ca and played for Culver City High School. She has been involved with the game of basketball her entire life from playing competitive AAU basketball, a four year varsity high school starter, to a Division I college athlete.
She began coaching in 2014 and has coached several levels, including, college, high school, and youth basketball. With her various levels of experience, her philosophy has expanded to ensure that her athletes are growing into the most competitive versions of themselves on and off the court.
Coach Savannah believes that our athletes must strive to be successful in the classroom, on the court, and in everyday life. She is all about creating a positive culture for female athletes to build confidence, find their voice, and become leaders. Using basketball as her tool, she is able to teach the proper fundamentals to guide her athletes towards reaching these areas of success.
Sabrina Norton
Coach Sabrina is from Santa Monica, California. She is a Santa Monica High School Alumni and a Graduate from The University of San Francisco. She has been a basketball coach for more than 6 years and is currently the Girls Varsity Basketball Assistant Coach at Santa Monica High School.
When it comes to coaching, her philosophy is all about growth, teamwork, and building strong character. She believes in creating a super positive and inclusive space for her players where they can not only improve their game, but also develop essential life skills.
She loves hard work, discipline, and encourages players to not give up, both on and off the court. She loves having a strong relationship with her players and will do whatever it takes to help her players reach any goals that they may set. She is excited, dedicated, and ready to make a difference!
Rashied Weeks
Coach Rashied grew up in Santa Monica and played multiple sports as a youth athlete (basketball was his favorite). Coach Rashied is an experienced coach with over 30 years of coaching. He has coached different levels of basketball, including, recreational leagues, clubs and high school basketball. Over the years he gained a lot of knowledge and training skills from working with coaches from Santa Monica Surf, Cal Storm, West Coast Premier and Santa Monica High School.
Coach Rashied is a passionate and dedicated basketball coach who is committed to helping players reach their full potential.
Most Memorable coaching moments:
- AAU Nationals Orlando Florida 2003 Santa Monica Surf Second Place
- Santa Monica High School 2010-2011 CIF Champions Div. 1
- 2019 RBYB Rec league 10u Championship Yellow Storm
- Cal Storm Blue Team 2009 five girls from this team went on to play D1 College basketball.
Nathan Oshidari
Coach Nathan Oshidari started playing basketball at 8 years old in his home town of San Jose, California. He played varsity basketball for two years at Lynbrook High School then continued to play recreationally throughout his four years at UCLA and well into his early 40s.
He started coaching middle school and high school boys for the Tiger’s Youth Club in the mid 90’s. Between the early 2000’s and becoming a girl dad in 2008, Nathan invested a considerable amount of time and energy studying as well as teaching traditional Japanese martial arts (3 Dan in Daito Ryu Aiki Jujitsu & 12 years of Ono Ha Otto Ryu Kenjutsu) which he still continues to practice 25 years later.
Nathan started coaching 5 and 6 year old girls once his own daughters reached that age starting in 2014, and have grown along with both of those teams over the last 10 years. The martial arts background definitely influences coach Nate’s coaching philosophy and methodologies. (As does being a girl dad).
KJ
Coach KJ attended Santa Monica High School and played for the girls varsity basketball program. She then continued on to attending and playing basketball for the University Of The Pacific. Basketball has been a part of her life since a very young age. She’s competed on multiple levels from recreational leagues, AAU, high school varsity, and lastly Division 1 basketball. Coach KJ has coached two seasons of AAU basketball (12U and 13U) and two seasons at Santa Monica High School for the girls program.
She loves basketball and believes that playing sports gives kids a great opportunity to become well rounded and use what they learn to apply in everyday life. She believes that basketball is not only about reaching your full potential and competing at high levels, but also gaining experiences, lessons, and friends throughout the processes. She encourages players to always have a positive mindset and believes that with focus and great effort anything is possible. Coach KJ looks forward to helping athletes build confidence and teaching the fundamentals of basketball to help guide them towards success.
Coach K
Coach K is originally from Federal Way, Washington. She attended John F Kennedy Catholic High School and has a degree in Athletic Coaching from Santa Monica College. Coach K has been playing basketball all her life. She has been a competitive AAU player, started all four years for her varsity high school team, and was a college athlete.
Coach K has been coaching for over eight years. She has experience coaching many different levels of basketball, including youth, high school, college and recreational. She believes that basketball gives kids the opportunity to learn important lessons & skills that can be utilized throughout their lives. Coach K believes that the fundamentals of basketball are crucial to growth and success. She is passionate about helping individuals and teams set goals and reach them.
Coach K is still active as a player and plays weekly in several local recreational and competitive leagues. She believes that you never stop learning and growing!
Coach Chris
Coach Chris grew up in Santa Monica where he first started playing basketball at 6 years old at the Boys and Girls Club. He played at Santa Monica High School where he and his team earned a Division 1 CIF Championship. Coach Chris went on to play 2 years at College of the Sequoias before returning home to start his coaching career.
Coach Chris has been coaching youth basketball for 9 years. He has coached co-ed basketball from all ages 5 to 17 year olds. One thing Coach Chris emphasizes with his athletes is that it doesn’t matter where your skill set is when you start off, it’s all about how much work you put in get better. That’s why Coach Chris believes in teaching and pushing players to reach their potential through a strong work ethic. One of his favorite quotes is, “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” This is why Coach Chris strives to push his players to be the best versions of themselves on the court, but even more importantly off the court to build strong life habits to be successful. "You can’t be comfortable with where you’re at in your journey to be great."
Coach M
Bio Coming Soon!!
Miles Yoshioka
Miles attended Culver City High School and graduated from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Miles is now coaching girls JV basketball at Culver City High School. In addition, he helps coach the girls Middle School team at Culver City Middle.
Miles has been coaching youth basketball for over 20 years. He started coaching at the Venice Youth Council Basketball organization, then as assistant coach for NexGen 14u/15u boys team and assistant coach for City Hoops Basketball Club 10u, 11u and 12u teams.
Miles played competitive basketball in the Westside, SouthB ay, Titan, OCSA and NAU basketball leagues for over 20 years.