Kimberly Aston

Head of Upper School at NANSEMOND-SUFFOLK ACADEMY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED

Ms. Aston has been an NSA Saint for as long as she can remember. She graduated from NSA in 1988 and headed to Old Dominion University on an athletic scholarship. During her time at Old Dominion, her teams played in three NCAA basketball tournaments and were consistently ranked in the AP Top 25. Ms. Aston earned her first bachelor's degree in sports and recreation management and received her second degree in health and physical education. After graduating from ODU, she spent a year on the Old Dominion sideline as a student assistant coach. The following year, she was hired by Chesapeake Public Schools as a middle school teacher and the varsity basketball coach at Cape Henry Collegiate. One year later, she was hired at Western Branch High School as the Varsity Basketball Coach. After three years at Cape Henry, she was hired as the Varsity Girls' Basketball coach at her alma mater, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, which played their season in the fall. She served as the varsity basketball coach for both Western Branch High School and Nansemond-Suffolk Academy as well as the varsity softball coach at NSA while teaching at Western Branch High School. Toward the end of her tenure at Western Branch, she began working on a master's degree in administration and athletic administration. In 2008, she left Western Branch High School, where she served as tenth-grade health, physical education, and driver's education teacher, to become the dean of students at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy. During the 2014 school year, Ms. Aston served as the interim head of upper school and was named the head of upper school in May that year.

Timeline

  • Head of Upper School

    Current role