A former girls’ volleyball coach at La Jolla Country Day School has pleaded guilty to two counts of performing a lewd act upon a 12-year-old girl who attended a volleyball camp where the coach was also working. Xia Wei Li, 29, of Pacific Beach, pleaded guilty Oct. 12 before San Diego Superior Court Judge Theodore Weathers, who set sentencing for Nov. 16. Li pleaded guilty just days before the girl would have testified against him in a preliminary hearing. Deputy District Attorney Dan Link said Li faces a maximum term of 10 years in prison, and probation has been ruled out. “It’s mandatory prison,” Link said. The victim is from San Bernardino and was molested July 21 at the camp which was sponsored by the University of San Diego from July 19-22. The victim told her parents about the molestation on July 25, and a report was taken by San Bernardino’s sheriff’s department, which forwarded the investigation to San Diego police. The girl was examined at Rady Children’s Hospital. Li was arrested Aug. 4 outside his residence on Oliver Street. He was the junior varsity girls’ volleyball coach at La Jolla Country Day School, starting in 2007, and was scheduled to be the coach at the school this season. Li remains at the George Bailey Detention Facility, and an immigration hold prevents him from posting bail, according to jail records.








