Top Tier Academy was founded by 7 teens who went to Avon Middle High School. This is their story...

Top Tier Academy was founded by 7 teens who went to Avon Middle High School. They became close friends during the Basketball season in January 2022. "Top Tier" was created from one of the members PlayStation username, and added the "Academy" to represent all of them. The first members were, Lazarus Fontes, Bradley & Brandon Charles, Travis Guillaume, Mike Morais, Josiah Guerrier, and Jordan Medeiros.  

Laz Fontes was the most pivotal members of this group, with him running the youtube channel as well as the merchandise production. His youtube channel became popular in the summer of 2022 with him releasing "Top Tier Thursdays" every week on Youtube. During this time he would make himself and other members of the group Top Tier shirts which would eventually become hoodies. He would sell these shirts and hoodies to his classmates at school. To make it easier for people to buy them, he decided to make TopTierMerch.com in March of 2023. This would be a huge step for the brand, as now people who don't go to school with him could now see and buy these items.

Starting in May 2023, Laz wanted to connect to his roots with Rocky Marciano T-Shirts since they were both from Brockton, MA. This creative shirt, different from the standard lettering is something people liked. He saw this and expanded it to different athletes. Laz also wanted to connect to his roots with his Cape Verdean background. He would use popular Cape Verdean figureheads such as, Cesaria Evora, Ildo Lobo and Amilcar Cabral for his "Cape Verdean Top Tier T-Shirts". This was only the beginning and a sign of what Top Tier could further become...

Over a year passed and this small high school side hustle turned into something more serious. Top Tier has gotten over 250 orders, reached over 30 states, became international and gotten orders from Canada and Cape Verde, as well as dropping new collections. It was no longer clothes that said "Top Tier" and became a brand with purpose when he dropped the Bible Collection. With verses like Proverbs 3:5, Matthew 19:26 and Psalm 56:3, Laz made clothes with a meaning. Although the clothes didn't say "Top Tier" on them, it still was something he was proud of selling. Following that he dropped TopTier+, which was items with better quality but for expensive prices. These often featured a knight logo rather than the standard Top Tier lettering.

It's been 2 years since the website was created and Top Tier has grown exponentially since. Owner, Laz Fontes has completely reshaped what Top Tier Academy is. He has added over 100 new items to the shop as well as improved the clothing quality tremendously. As a brand that was primarily purchased locally in Massachusetts, since then we have reached over 30 States and even internationally to Canada and Cape Verde. Top Tier is just now starting to take shape and it is only a matter of time that we continue to grow and reach new milestones.

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All sales are final. For any products that are damaged, we do offer store credit. To request a return, please text (857-919-4490) with an explanation of the request along with picture proof. Returns only accepted 14 days after purchase date. You must ship the product back yourself as well as pay a 10% restocking fee if you choose to return it. Certain items cannot be returned.

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laz@toptiermerch.com

Bridgewater, MA 02324, United States