Aurora Salas grew up in North County San Diego and was a standout athlete at Rancho Buena Vista and an All American at Point Loma Nazarene University where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006.
Aurora is the Athletic Director at Horizon Prep and head of the Lions volleyball program. She is headed into her ninth season with Horizon Prep. She holds the distinction of having led the HP varsity program to three conference championships with more than 20 athletes earning All Conference accolades. In 2022 she led her team to Div 4 CIF Championships for the first time in school history. Also, Aurora created a Beach Volleyball program for Horizon.
In 2023, Aurora led the Coast Boys’ 13 Blue team to multiple semi-final appearances and earned a Bronze Medal at the Vegas BJNC. In 2024 her 14-2 team medaled in several tournaments earning 3 bronze finished in the Gold division throughout the season.
Additionally, Aurora has coaches at the collegiate level with Mira Costa College, St. Katherine College and Point Loma Nazarene University.
Aurora and her husband Mike are in their 30th year of marriage and has twins playing on Coast 16-2 Joe.