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Take Flight with Top Flight! Apply Today to Join Our Coaching Team!
Top Flight Volleyball Academy has arrived and we’re ramping up quickly! Do you have what it takes to help guide young athletes on their way to success? Top Flight is committed to providing our athletes with the best coaching available in the region, so if you are have what it takes and want the opportunity to grow with Las Vegas’ premier competitive volleyball club us, apply today!
We offer a competitive compensation package with many benefits including: (Drop Down Box)
- First class leadership with a long-term plan creating great opportunities for growth and development of coaches.
- Competitive pay structure that matches and exceeds other clubs in Las Vegas.
- Full administrative help with staff dedicated to the administrative pain points coaches have to manage.
- A detailed club and organizational structure that avoids team, player and parent confusion.
- A Top Flight volleyball program that allows coaches and players to compete in the top national events.
Meet Club Directors
Deja Harris
Club Director/Director of Coaching
Throughout Deja’s life, her drive passion, and love for family, friends, & competition have defined her success on and off the volleyball court. Now, she is ready to take on the next challenge of bringing her experiences & skills on the court to the next generation of girls/young women in Las Vegas and beyond! The dream of Top Flight Volleyball Academy is now a reality and she’s ready to take flight!
Ari Paez
Director of Operations
For his entire life, Ari Paez has played and coached competitively in soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis and racquetball. He has worked in all facets of competitive sports management from coaching to administration. He is excited to bring his vast experience in youth athletics to Top Flight Volleyball Academy! Ari is excited to start this new venture in Las Vegas with Deja Harris at Top Flight Volleyball Academy!
jo’lon clark
Sand Director
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– Led the Lourdes University Men’s Volleyball team to successful seasons in 2014 and 2015.
– AVCA All-American, Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in the Great Lakes Conference, as well as being a First Team All-GLC selection.
– Led Long Beach Community College to the Western State Conference Championship his freshman year as a Second Team All-State selection.
– Assistant volleyball coach at IUPUI.
– Assistant coach at St. Ambrose University.
– Assistant director for sand volleyball at TBK Sports Complex.
Meet the Top Flight Coaching Team
Frank Craig
Coach
Assistant Coach East Carolina University (2024)
Head Coach Oral Roberts University (2020-2023)
AVCA All-American Great Lakes Player of the Year (2015)
Lourdes University {3rd-highest kills in NAIA athelets)
Felicia Marshall
Coach
West Wyoming CC Freshman/Year, All Conference
Grossmont College First Team all PCAC honors
Cal State Fullerton (2019) 2nd on team w/ 173 kills
Professional Player in UK, Finland and Sweden
Jayson McCoy
Coach
Western High School Boys Assistant Volleyball Coach
Coached U14-U18 boys/girls teams at multiple clubs
Sponsored player at high level volleyball tournaments
Western High School MVP, 2nd Team All Region
Zayli Jackson
Coach
Head coach for Top Flight Academy for 3 Years
MVP Player at Pinecrest Academy Cadence
UNLV Practice Player (2020)/Club Team 3 Seasons
Current Sand Volleyball Player
Cassidy Nelson
Coach
Played on UNLV Women’s Volleyball Team
Laramie College, NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention
All Region First Team in Heriman High School
Shannon Alia
Coach
Shadow Ridge Varsity Head Coach
15 Yar Centennial Women’s Coach
4 State Appearances, 1 Regional/8 Div Championships
Brianna Aquino
Coach
Coached boys and girls players US to U18 for 9 years
Director at Vegas Ignite Volleyball Club
Head Coach at Coral Acadmey
Head Coach for Top Flight National/Regional Teams
Setter Coaches
Lauryn Burt
Coach
UNLV Womens Volleyball Player (2018-2021)
Sr year at UNLV 698 assists, 29 assists at Az State
Dallas Baptist Univ (2022), 1149Assists, All American
Grad Asst Coach Dallas Baptist Univeristy (2023)
Cali Thompson
Coach
At Portland tallied 1,326 Assists, 2nd on Portland single season
Played at UCLA lead team to the 2nd round of NCAA D1 Champ Tourney
Played professionally in Brazil Superliga for Curtiba Volei (2021-2022)
Assistant coach at the University of Denver Women’s D1 volleyball team
William “Mike” Jepson
Website Developer, XWeb Pros
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Woven throughout his diverse and distinguished career as a Flight Test Instrumentation Subject Matter Expert for the US Air Force, a licensed Realtor in Las Vegas and website developer, is Mike Jepson’s creativity and technological expertise. He has parlayed these characteristics and a passion for helping individuals and businesses to navigate a complex virtual world, into a thriving website start-up business, XWeb Pros.
Mike continues to put all his talents to work 24-7 as Director of a Flight Test Data Center for the Air Force, a Real Estate Consultant throughout the Las Vegas Valley AND producing high-quality, fully functional websites for a variety of XWeb Pros clients. He specializes in WordPress, HTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and various video editing programs.
He currently lives in North Las Vegas with his wife of 25 years, Mari and two daughters, Samantha (23) and Emily (21).
If interested in a website for your business contact XWeb Pros at (702) 250-5316 or (315) 920-3633 or email at [email protected]