Volleyball.PremierBall.com welcomes coach/ scout Jason Smith
"PoP" | May 13, 2010 | Comments 1
PremierBall.com would like to introduce our new volleyball scout, Coach Jason Smith. Coach Smith will help with the luanch of Volleyball.Premierball.com & Gvolleyball.PremierBall.com which will feature the top girls volleyball players in the state. We want to welcome all new readers to email Jason with your contact info so we can include you in all our scouting updates. PremierBall.com is striving to be the #1 Volleyball recruitment/ promotional site on the west coast and we have taken the first steps in achieving our goal.
Coach Jason Smith
Assistant coach at UNLV from 2008-2010.
Smith came to UNLV after a two-year stint as the head coach at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Ariz.
In his two years at the helm of the AWC Matador volleyball program he amassed a record of 47-26, which included back-to-back 20-win seasons and a 27-8 record in 2007.
Smith helped AWC to its seventh and eighth straight Region I titles. The Matadors were crowned ACCAC (Arizona Community College Athletic Conference) champions in 2007. The 2007 squad came one win shy of reaching the program’s first-ever berth into the NJCAA Tournament, as it lost in the District A Championship match.
In all, Smith coached one NJCAA All-America, one ACCAC Player of the Year and six all-region performers.
More importantly, Smith was as adamant about his student-athletes’ efforts in the classroom than on the court. In both years at AWC his squads were named an NJCAA Fall Academic Team of the Year by obtaining a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher.
Prior to AWC, Smith spent three years in the Mountain West Conference at Utah. As a Ute assistant, he saw the team reach the NCAA Tournament on three occasions and rack up a winning percentage of 73% (69-25). He was a part of one MWC Championship squad in 2005, as Utah defeated BYU for the title in Las Vegas.
In his three years in Salt Lake City, he saw 23 Utes named to Academic All-MWC teams.
Before joining Utah, Smith spent two years at Ferris State (NCAA Div. II) and Iowa Western Community College after beginning his coaching career at Avila College (NAIA).
Smith played collegiately at Graceland University in 1992. At Graceland, he was a member of several regional championship teams while earning his bachelor’s degree in business and economics.
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About the Author: Christian T. Popoola graduted from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2006 with a bachelors degree in criminal justice. He was a member of the mens basketball team from 1999-2001, winning the Mountain West Conference championship in 2000 and also participating in the 2000 NCAA tournament. He made the Mountain West Conference all academics team from 1999-2001 and was a member of the African American honor society.
After graduating from UNLV he went on to become the Marketing Executive for UNLV Basketball Club. There he continued to support the institution as well as the mens basketball program by networking and maintaining relationships with the fans and donors around the Las Vegas valley. His goal is to connect, network and grow. -"No Player Left Behind" -
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