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2024 Rising Stars 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rising Stars was founded by Paul Savramis in the early 1980’s as a series of summer camps but has since been on a 20-year journey of changing the lives of countless youths and their families. Today, Rising Stars is staffed with dozens of dedicated professionals and is considered of the elite, educationally-centered y... Read more
2024 CT Takeover 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com CT TakeOver is grass roots program for ages 7-17 years old. Since being Established in 2019, Takeover has provided year round training and high level competitive basketball. The program’s mindset is to help as many student athletes get to the next level as possible. It’s working, They already now have multi... Read more
2024 Heat Elite 17u Black Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Heat Elite, also known as Seaford Heat, is a Nassau County based grassroots program. The club’s mission is to benefit youth through the sport of basketball. What began as one local town team has now grown into one of the more prominent programs in Long Island. Under the leadership of program director, and St Domi... Read more
2024 DTX Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com DTX Basketball is a Connecticut based grass roots program that is focused on helping student-athletes who have a goal of playing basketball at the collegiate level. Spots on their National teams are earned, not given. Athletes are developed to play utilizing fundamental skills and a high basketball I.Q., two critical r... Read more2024 Heat Elite Player 17u Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Heat Elite, also known as Seaford Heat, is a Nassau County based grassroots program. The club’s mission is to benefit youth through the sport of basketball. What began as one local town team has now grown into one of the more prominent programs in Long Island. Under the leadership of program director, and St Domi... Read more
2024 Unsigned Hype Showcase Standouts
By David Cordova, On April 12, the place to be was the George Westinghouse High School in downtown Brooklyn for the Unsigned Hype Showcase Games, a showcase for high school seniors in New York City and surrounding areas that are in search of a college scholarship. Coaches from Division II, Division III & junior college schools were all in a... Read more
2024 Nate Blue Showcase Standouts
By David Cordova, On April 11, we made it to Louis D. Brandeis Educational Campus on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for the annual Nate Blue Showcase, which featured many of New York City’s best up and coming talent in one game and two games for the senior class of 2024. College coaches from NCAA Division II, Division III & NJCAA (junio... Read more
2024 Pro Level Titans 17u Elite Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Pro Level Titans are a New York City based grass roots program that strives to educate athletes and build life-enrichment skills such as work ethic, commitment, self-motivation, integrity, perseverance, and self-discipline. The program motivates, inspires, and pushes their athletes to the max in every practice. Giving ... Read more
2024 Riverside Church Hawks 16u-Irizarry Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Riverside Hawks, one of NYC’s most storied programs, was founded by the historic Riverside Church in the early 1960’s. The program’s mission is still to help students and families use basketball to pursue academic opportunities and to promote their character development. Their Class of 2026 (16u) ... Read more
2024 PSA Cardinals 16u EYBL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com ProScholars Athletics is a nationally renown grass roots basketball program, based in New York City. Their main objective is to use team sports as platforms to not only showcase their student’s athletic gifts but to expose them to greater social and academic opportunities that ensure they can succeed at the colle... Read more
2024 New Heights15u EYBL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New Heights is a sports-based youth development organization that creates opportunities for youth to rise to their potential on the basketball court, in the classroom and in their communities. Their mission is to educate and empower promising underserved youth to be leaders, champions and student-athletes by developing... Read more2024 New Heights 16u EYBL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New Heights is a sports-based youth development organization that creates opportunities for youth to rise to their potential on the basketball court, in the classroom and in their communities. Their mission is to educate and empower promising underserved youth to be leaders, champions and student-athletes by developing... Read more
2024 New Heights Lightning 17u EYBL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Two of the most storied programs in New York City grassroots basketball history have again teamed up again this year to field a combined team on the EYBL circuit. New Heights and the New York Lightning playing under the New Heights Lightning flag. New Heights Lightning 17u EYBL team is coached by Shandue McNeill. Hi... Read more
2024 NY Gauchos 3SSB 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New York Gauchos Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball program offers youth in New York City the highest quality athletic programming, academic support and enrichment, and opportunities for lifelong success. Their goals are to produce athletes who can play basketball at the highest competitive levels, and to cult... Read more2024 Riverside Church Hawks 17u-Colon Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Riverside Hawks, one of NYC’s most storied programs, was founded by the historic Riverside Church in the early 1960’s. The program’s mission is still to help students and families use basketball to pursue academic opportunities and to promote their character development. Their 17u team is coached ... Read more
2024 NY Rens United-Becil College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rens United is an high academic oriented team affiliated with the renown NY Rens program. The program is New York City based but players are sourced from multiple states. They have a strong history of sending athletes to high-academic universities at all three levels across the northeast. The 2025s team is head coac... Read more
2025 Wiz Kids 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 1990, following a successful professional and collegiate basketball career, Clarence, “Mugsy” Leggett began his journey to being a community leader. His desire to make a positive impact on children is inspired by his years spent growing up in the education system and playgrounds of New York City. He quickly deve... Read more
2024 Empire Youth Athletics 16u-Haggerty Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Empire Youth Athletics is based out of Long Island, NY. Their goal is to mold their players into hard-working, coachable individuals by providing a high quality coaching and training experience for them. This 16u team is coached by St Francis Prep assistant varsity coach, Brian Haggerty. They are participating in t... Read more2024 Empire Youth Athletics 17u-Cavallaro Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Empire Youth Athletics is based out of Long Island, NY. Their goal is to mold their players into hard-working, coachable individuals by providing a high quality coaching and training experience for them. This 17u team is coached by Joe Cavallaro, Harborfields High varsity coach. He studied at St. John’s Unive... Read more
Lightning Amateur Basketball Club Defenders 2026 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Assistant Varsity Coach at Christ the King (27 years); former Freshmen Coach at Monsignor McClancy, Coach Artie Cox has helped build and guide a number of high-profile AAU programs throughout his many years of coaching including Riverside BQ Express, Team Odom, NY Rens and now the Lightning Amateur Basketball Club. LAB... Read more
2024 Hoop Group Long Island Warmup Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, April 6, we paid a visit to the Island Garden facility in West Hempstead, Long Island for the Hoop Group Long Island Warmup, which was a showcase that marked the start of the AAU season for many of the teams. Many of the teams were from the Tri-state area and showed plenty of promise on the court that will bode w... Read more
2024 New Haven Heat-Made Hoops 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New Haven Heat is a highly regarded developer of college-bound talent in the basketball rich Greater New Haven, CT region. Doc Kennedy runs the program and Lawrence McGill, assistant coach at Amistad High, coaches their 16u Made Hoops circuit level team. Here is the New Haven Heat Made Hoops 16u roster for this... Read more2024 New Haven Heat-Made Hoops 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New Haven Heat is a highly regarded developer of college-bound talent in the basketball rich Greater New Haven, CT region. Doc Kennedy runs the program and coaches their 17u Made Hoops circuit level team. Here is the New Haven Heat Made Hoops 17u roster for this season: (Clicking on the... Read more
2024 City Rocks EYBL 17u Player Profiles
RecruittTheBronx@gmail.com In 1993 Jim Hart along with four other area coaches started the City Rocks program. Now entering their 20th season, City Rocks field over 20 teams made up from over 200 boys and girls from Upstate New York and beyond. They have achieved National acclaim and are widely considered a Top 20 AAU program in the USA. They h... Read more
2024 Crown Basketball 17u HGSL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Crown Basketball program is based out of Long Island. It is a highly respected program with experienced coaches who are developing talent at all ages. The 17u HGSL team is coached by the program head, Chris Diasparra, a former assistant coach and player at Adelphi University. The 2024 Crown Basketball 17u HGSL ... Read more
2024 CM3 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com CM3 is a New York City based AAU program founded by Charles Melone. Melone is also the Director of Athletics at the Variety Boys and Girls Club in Astoria Queens. Their 17u team is coached by Dr. Ken Hoyte, assistant coach at Brooklyn Collegiate High. The 2024 CM3 17u roster is below: Jaziah Luckie-Carter (2025)... Read more
2024 Connecticut Elite 17u - Perrier Player Profiles
RecruittTheBronx@gmail.com Connecticut Elite is the largest premier youth basketball and development program in Connecticut. Their 2024 17u HGSL team is coached by Albertus Magnus College Assistant coach and Elite 50 Showcase operator, Jason “JP” Perrier, and below is his roster. Ryan Tolliver (2025) 6’7 wing, Northwest Catholic... Read more
2024 Project Triple Threat 16u HGSL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Project Triple Threat (PTT) is a Connecticut’s grass roots basketball club, founded by Choate Rosemary Hall varsity coach, Drew Dawson. With a number of programs to meet the needs of various ages and abilities including player development training, camps and clinics and club teams, PTT is recognized as one of the mos... Read more2024 NY Gauchos 3SSB 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New York Gauchos Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball program offers youth in New York City the highest quality athletic programming, academic support and enrichment, and opportunities for lifelong success. Their goals are to produce athletes who can play basketball at the highest competitive levels, and to cult... Read more2024 NY Gauchos 3SSB 15u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New York Gauchos Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball program offers youth in New York City the highest quality athletic programming, academic support and enrichment, and opportunities for lifelong success. Their goals are to produce athletes who can play basketball at the highest competitive levels, and to cult... Read more2024 Project Triple Threat 17u HGSL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Project Triple Threat (PTT) is a Connecticut’s grass roots basketball club, founded by Choate Rosemary Hall varsity coach, Drew Dawson. With a number of programs to meet the needs of various ages and abilities including player development training, camps and clinics and club teams, PTT is recognized as one of the mos... Read more2024 Wiz Kids 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 1990, following a successful professional and collegiate basketball career, Clarence, “Mugsy” Leggett began his journey to being a community leader. His desire to make a positive impact on children is inspired by his years spent growing up in the education system and playgrounds of New York City. He quickly deve... Read more
2024 Rising Kings Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Theory 9 is a non-profit organization that focuses on the growth and well being of the Kingsbridge community, located in the northeast section of the Bronx. Established in 2019, the organization has hosted many holiday events, basketball tournaments and school drives for the neighborhood. They also run a grassroots bas... Read more2024 Project Triple Threat 17u Select Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Project Triple Threat (PTT) is a Connecticut’s grass roots basketball club, founded by Choate Rosemary Hall varsity coach, Drew Dawson. With a number of programs to meet the needs of various ages and abilities including player development training, camps and clinics and club teams, PTT is recog... Read more2024 PSA Cardinals 15u EYBL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com ProScholars Athletics is a nationally renown grass roots basketball program, based in New York City. Their main objective is to use team sports as platforms to not only showcase their student’s athletic gifts but to expose them to greater social and academic opportunities that ensure they can succeed at the colle... Read more2024 Rising Stars 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rising Stars was founded by Paul Savramis in the early 1980’s as a series of summer camps but has since been on a 20-year journey of changing the lives of countless youths and their families. Today, Rising Stars is staffed with dozens of dedicated professionals and is considered of the elite, educationally-centered y... Read more2024 PSA Cardinals 17u EYBL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com ProScholars Athletics is a nationally renown grass roots basketball program, based in New York City. Their main objective is to use team sports as platforms to not only showcase their student’s athletic gifts but to expose them to greater social and academic opportunities that ensure they can succeed at the colle... Read more
2024 NY Renaissance EYBL 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New York Renaissance, also known as the Rens, were the first black-owned, all-black, fully-professional basketball team in history, established in 1923. The present NY Renaissance focuses on continuing to turn amateurs into professionals - the right way. They are a youth development organization, created by filmmak... Read more
2024 CHSAA vs. PSAL Champions Challenge Top Performers
By David Cordova, This past week, we paid a visit to the Steinberg Wellness Center on the campus of LIU Brooklyn in downtown Brooklyn for the inaugural CHSAA vs. PSAL Champions Challenge, in which the best teams from the public and Catholic school leagues matched up against each other in multiple classifications to stake the claim as the best o... Read more
2024 Athletic Club of Connecticut 17u Roster
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Athletic Club of Connecticut was founded in 2018 by Donnell Harvey. Player development, coaching, and competition are the building blocks to the program. AC Connecticut Basketball emphasizes the importance of teamwork, sportsmanship, and education. The program is driven by what is best for the child: whether in a ... Read more
2024 Team Crate 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Team Crate Basketball is a Far Rockaway, Queens based program that has been around for seven years. Their mission is to teach, develop, and offer the youth of the Rockaway communities the opportunity to learn the fundamental skills of basketball while installing life lessons and values. The Rockaways are comprised of 1... Read more
2024 Chris Ward Basketball 17u White
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Chris Ward Basketball is a Westchester County based grass roots program. It’s mission is to deliver player development and opportunity for young, dedicated athletes, to learn to play the game of basketball at a highly competitive level. They are committed to each athlete, no matter what their experience; assistin... Read more
2024 Select Hoops 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Select Hoops is a new and up and coming grassroots program located in Queens with players being from all across the five boroughs and upstate. Their players are being recruited by multiple D3 and D2 schools.The program is founded by Kew Forest School Boys Varsity Coach, Noah Griffith. The goal is to create an atmos... Read more2024 Heat Elite 16 u and 15u Player Profiles
Heat Elite, also known as Seaford Heat, is a Nassau County based grassroots program. The club’s mission is to benefit youth through the sport of basketball. What began as one local town team has now grown into one of the more prominent programs in Long Island. Under the leadership of program director, Isaiah Wilson, the program has grown to o... Read more
2024 6th Boro Hoops 17u College Prospects
RecruiTheBronx@gmail.com 6th Boro Hoops is a long-term oriented program with the goal of holistically developing their players. The program was founded and is directed by Nihad Musovic, a four year player at Fordham Prep ‘11, Fordham University ‘15 and two year member of the Montenegrin National Team. He holds a Masters of Sports ... Read more2024 Rising Stars 15u Roster
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rising Stars was founded by Paul Savramis in the early 1980’s as a series of summer camps but has since been on a 20-year journey of changing the lives of countless youths and their families. Today, Rising Stars is staffed with dozens of dedicated professionals and is considered of the elite, educationally-centered y... Read more2024 NY Rens United 17u-Milton Roster
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rens United is an high academic oriented team affiliated with the renown NY Rens program. The program is New York City based but players are sourced from multiple states such as MA, CT, NY, NH and NJ. They have a strong history of sending athletes to high-academic universities at all three levels across the northeast. ... Read more
2024 Eddie Lau Elite 16u
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Eddie Lau is a former college player, college coach and NBA agent. He is also the very successful varsity head coach at Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan. In the off season, he runs his Eddie Lau Academy, which includes running AAU teams. Below are the player profiles for the college prospects on his 16u team: ... Read more
2024 CIAC Coaches All Star Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Wednesday, March 20, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference All State Selections played in their two Senior All Star games. Click on the names of the highlighted players below to call up their their RecruitTheBronx.com profiles: The Division 1 and 2 All-Stars TEAM “MOHEGAN” Coach S... Read more
2024 Queens Defenders 14u-Diodonet Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Queens Defenders is a Queens based AAU basketball program dedicated to the development of our student athletes both on and off the court. Queens Defenders provide an opportunity for children with various skill sets to train, develop their game and increase their self confidence. The coaches in the program are committed... Read more
2024 NYC Best of the Best Tournament
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The 2024 NYC Best of the Best Tournament is an event organized by Archbishop Molloy Assistant Varsity Coach and “Da Talk” NYC basketball podcast host, Donald Francois. It will be held on March 24 at Archbishop Molloy. It is designed to give exposure and a pre-NCAA D1 Live Period warm-up to many of the best ... Read more2024 Queens Defenders 14u-Polite Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Queens Defenders is a Queens based AAU basketball program dedicated to the development of our student athletes both on and off the court. Queens Defenders provide an opportunity for children with various skill sets to train, develop their game and increase their self confidence. The coaches in the program are committed... Read more
2024 CT Elite Senior Showcase Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The players listed below have committed to the Senior Showcase hosted by Connecticut Elite on Saturday, March 23 at the Newtown Youth Academy 4 Primrose St, Newtown, CT. The event is organized by Albertus Magnus College assistant coach and long time CT Elite Director Jason JP Perrier. Click on the highlighted playe... Read more
2023-24 All Western New England Prep Teams
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com At the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, the head coaches of eight Western New England NEPSAC prep schools polled themselves and the determined their outstanding players for the season, as shown below. These honors are prestigious in that the schools are all high academic institutions and their rosters are all teeming wi... Read more
2024 Positive Direction 14u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Positive Direction, aka “PD Nation” is a Queens based grassroots basketball program. Under the leadership of Coach Tim Brisco and CHSAA Director JoAnn Pinnock, PD Nation is looking to match the success of its girls program and get their boys college ready as well. Tourron Whitfield, a former 2014-15 MAAC ... Read more2024 CIAC Division I Quarterfinal Standouts
By David Cordova, On Monday, we went north to look in on the CIAC Division I state quarterfinals, held at Fairfield-Warde High School in Fairfield, Connecticut. In addition to its very prestigious prep and boarding school basketball scene, Connecticut also has thriving and well-followed state association basketball running under the guise of th... Read more
HQ Elite (Canada) 16u
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com HQ Elite is a proud affiliate of Nike’s UPLAY Canada, located in Hamilton, Ontario. They’ve created an exciting basketball program that participates in the highly competitive American MADE Hoops Circuit. Their unwavering mission is to provide the youth of Hamilton unparalleled opportunities, fostering their... Read more
Rockaway Celtics 14u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rockaway Celtics is a Rockaway Beach, Queens based program. It was started in 2012, by Terrence Mullin, with two teams. Over the years, the program has expanded and now includes teams for grade 3 – 10. The program focuses on helping younger players develop the knowledge and basic skills needed to be competitive team ... Read more
Team NYC 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Team NYC, an organization founded over a decade ago on the behalf of student athletes who were once overlooked but went on to excel in Division 1 and Division 2 basketball. The team was formed to provide to parents and players guidance, opportunities and an education in grassroots basketball. Archbishop Molloy Varsity ... Read more
2024 NY Basketball Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New York Basketball Academy are a grass roots program based out of Westchester/Putnam County, with players being from Dutchess County, all the way to the Connecticut state line. Their players are being recruited by multiple D3 schools. The program is owned and the teams are coached by a winner and a strong culture bui... Read more
2024 Riverside Hawks Select Blue 17u College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Riverside Hawks Select is a program designed for serious ballplayers who value structure and consistency in their player development regimen. “Select” is the high academic prospect arm of the renown Riverside Hawks program. Select is running multiple teams this season. These teams consist of top students w... Read more2024 Riverside Hawks Select Gold 17u College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Riverside Hawks Select is a program designed for serious ballplayers who value structure and consistency in their player development regimen. “Select” is the high academic prospect arm of the renown Riverside Hawks program. Select is running multiple teams this season. These teams consist of top students w... Read more
2024 Dream NYC 13u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Dream NYC Team philosophy is to focus on guiding kids to play smart, team-oriented basketball with a teaching emphasis on teamwork, defensive pressure, offensive ball movement, and in-game strategy that they believe will serve their players well in high school and beyond. Based in Queens, NY, Dream NYC is led by ... Read more
2024 Victorious Youth Basketball Elite 13u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Victorious Youth Basketball Elite is a Greater New York City based program dedicated to nurturing serious ballplayers through structured development. With a focus on commitment and reliability, coupled with strong parental support, the program sets a solid foundation for success. The interest from reputable schools in... Read more
2024 CHSAA AA Semifinals Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Wednesday night, March 6, Rose Hill Gymnasium on the campus of Fordham University in The Bronx was the setting for the CHSAA AA semifinals. Nazareth Regional High School (Brooklyn) played against The Bronx’s St. Raymond High School (The Bronx) in the first game. In the second game, Archbishop Stepinac High School (Whi... Read more
2024 CHSAA A and B Intersectional Championship Standouts
By David Cordova On Friday night, March 1, the place to be was the Rose Hill Gym on the campus of Fordham University in The Bronx for the Catholic High School Athletic Association intersectional championship games for the A and B Divisions. Both games provided plenty of great action. In the first game, Regis High School (Upper East Side, Manhat... Read more2024 Select Hoops 15u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Select Hoops is a new and up and coming grassroots program located in Queens with players being from all across the five boroughs and upstate. Their players are being recruited by multiple D3 and D2 schools. The program is founded by Kew Forest School Boys Varsity Coach, Noah Griffith. The goal is to create an atmo... Read more
New York Lighting 17u - LaBrew Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New York Lightning (NYL) is one of the region’s most highly regarded grassroots programs, known for producing high talent, high character college-bound players and being stacked with a deep bench of excellent coaches. The program is co-directed by Dana Dingle and Shandue McNeill. Their 17u team that is coached by... Read more
2024 CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Championship Standouts
By David Cordova On Friday night, February 24, we joined the big crowd in the Fresh Meadows section of Queens for the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan championship game. It featured Nazareth Regional High School, the division’s regular-season champion against St. Francis Prep, the home team. Throughout 32 minutes of action, both teams played a ... Read more
2024 PSAL Championship Top Performers
By David Cordova On Saturday, February 17, we got to the Fitzgerald Gymnasium on the campus of Queens College in Flushing, Queens for the PSAL Borough Championships, in which teams from The Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens all competed for the right to call themselves borough champions and get a higher seeding in the upcoming PSAL playoffs... Read more
2024 Staten Island Quarterfinals Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, February 10, we were at the Michael J. Petrides Campus in Staten Island for the quarterfinals of the annual Staten Island High School League playoffs. The event mixes borough’s best teams, from both the PSAL (public school)and CHSAA (Catholic school) conferences. The borough championship game will be crowned lat... Read more
2023-24 King School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The King School is an independent day school, educating Pre-K through Grade 12 and is located in Stamford, CT, about 37 miles north of New York City. Although the school was founded back in 1865, it has never been known for its basketball prowess. Times have changed! With Coach Nate Jean-Baptiste taking over the helm f... Read more
2024 Gotham Hoops Classic Standouts
By David Cordova On Sunday, February 4, We went to Adlai Stevenson Educational Campus in the Soundview section of The Bronx for the Gotham Hoops Classic. The event featured teams from various states, including public schools and and prep schools that battled during the two days. On this date, we got to see the final three games: Brooklyn Colle... Read more
Top Ranked New York NEPSAC 2025 Players
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) is an organization that serves as the governing body for sports in preparatory schools and leagues in New England. The organization has 169 full member schools as well as 24 associate member schools. In basketball it has earned a reputation as a preferred “... Read more
2023-24 Our Saviour Lutheran Prep Team Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Our Saviour Lutheran High School is a private, co-educational school located in Morris Park, Bronx. Its high school was established in 1955. In basketball, under coach Peter Wehye, they have created a tremendous college prep program. This year they are running five teams. Wehye head coaches the top team, that competes... Read more
2024 Crusader Classic Invitational Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, January 27, we made it to Monsignor Scanlan High School in The Bronx for the annual Crusader Classic Invitational, in which schools from the Tri-state area came to play. On this date, we got to see the final three matchups of the evening. Adlai Stevenson Educational Campus (Bronx) played against Forest Hills High ... Read more
2023-24 Redemption Christian Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1979 in Troy, New York by Pastor John Massey, Jr., Redemption Christian Academy (RCA) provides quality education in an affordable structured, Christian environment. Pastor Massey believed that in the right environment, any student, regardless of race, sex, or background, could achieve academic excellence. Hi... Read more
2024 Slam Dunk New York x Crusader Classic Standout
By David Cordova, On January 6, we got up to the Westchester County Center in White Plains for the Slam Dunk New York x Crusader Classic. The event featured many of the premier players in the Westchester County area. In the event, we got to check out the action in the final two games of the event between Scarsdale and White Plains, and the ma... Read more
2023-24 Kellenberg Memorial High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Kellenberg Memorial High School is a Roman Catholic college-preparatory school in Uniondale, New York, on Long Island, with over 2,500 students attending. The school is named in honor of Rev. Walter P. Kellenberg, the founding Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in the 1960s. The boys varsity basketball team c... Read more
2023 Winter Classic Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Post Grad Coach Kaamil Dillard and Pro Level Titans Program Director and coach, Brian King are two of the hardest working event organizers and talent developers working in the RecruitTheBronx.com realm. Consistent with that, they have picked up the ball during the holiday break period and are getting >40 talented, but ... Read more
2023 Military Standard Cleaning Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On the day after Christmas, we paid a visit to the House of Sports facility in Ardsley, New York for the Military Standard Cleaning High School Holiday Classic. The event is hosted by the Energizer Bunny of our region’s event operators, Lucky Brannon. In this event, Brannon hustled up teams from across the state in order... Read more
2023-24 Barack Obama High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Barack Obama School for Social Justice is a public High School located in Yonkers, NY. Prior to being named after the 44th President of the United States, the school was known as Palisade Preparatory School. It has been a high school since 2008, but is in its second year with its new name. Obama/Palisade Prep ... Read more
2023-24 Bayard Rustin High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Bayard Rustin High School is also known as Bayard Rustin Educational Complex and is a “vertical campus” of the New York City Department of Education which contains six smaller public schools. Those schools are Quest to Learn High School, Hudson High School of Learning Technologies High School, Humanities Pr... Read more
2023-24 Forest Hills High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Forest Hills High is a public high school in Forest Hills, Queens. It educates students in grades 9–12. It was founded in 1937, and almost immediately, the school developed a reputation for excellence. Special programs offered in the school include the Carl Sagan Science/Math Honors Academy, the Law & Humanities ... Read more
2023-24 DeWitt Clinton Campus Key Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com DeWitt Clinton Campus is a public high school in the Bronx, founded in 1897. It is named after the man, who from 1798 through 1828, served as the Governor of New York, the Mayor of New York City, a US senator, a New York state senator and a member of the New York House of Representatives. During his tenure as governor,... Read more
2023-24 Adlai Stevenson Educational Campus Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Adlai E. Stevenson Educational Campus is a collection of small high schools located on Lafayette Avenue, in the Soundview section of the Bronx. The high schools on the Stevenson Campus are Bronx Community High School, Bronx Guild, Gateway School for Environmental Research and Technology, Millennium Art Academy, Pablo... Read more
2023-24 Harlem Village Academies High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Harlem Village Academies is distinguished as the only charter school in New York that features both Montessori as well as the International Baccalaureate (IB) program for all. The IB Diploma Program courses are recognized as the gold standard for secondary instruction by leading universities worldwide. As the name ... Read more
2023-24 Blair Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Blair Academy is a dynamic, coeducational boarding school where 475 high school students pursue a superior college preparatory education. It is located on 425 acres in Blairstown Township, New Jersey, approximately 60 miles west of New York City. The school was founded in 1848 by John Insley Blair was an American en... Read more
2023-24 Bedford Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Bedford High School is a public school located on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. It serves 381 students in grades 9-12. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in Division AAA - Brooklyn III The team is coached by a New York City scoring legend, Robert Phelps. Phelps led the city in scoring at Nazareth High in 199... Read more
2023-24 The Masters School (CT) Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Master’s School is an independent, college-preparatory, non-denominational Christian day school enrolling children in preschool through post-graduate, located on a beautiful 76 acre, 10 building campus nestled in the woods atop a hill in West Simsbury, CT. about 18 miles from Hartford. Its boys basketball pro... Read more
2023 NYC Prospects The Sunday Service Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Sunday, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Xaverian High School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn for the annual Sunday Service event, put together by NYC Prospects. In this event, we caught three games in which some of the city’s finest came out to showcase their talents with their squads. The final three games of the event went ... Read more2023 Military Standard Cleaning Classic Player Profiles
One of Greater NYCs hardest working event operators, Lucky Brannon of Manhattan Sports has gone far and wide to bring a terrific variety of teams to play in his showcase at the House of Sports in Ardsley, NY. on December 26. The event is being sponsored by Military Standard Cleaning of Newburgh. As you can see below, RecruitTheBronx.com has pub... Read more
2023-24 Valley Central High Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Valley Central High School is a public high school located in Montgomery, New York, in the heart of Orange County. VC participates in the AA division in Section 9 and is coached by Frank Nutt, 5th season. Last season VC won the division and had a 13-7 record before falling to Warwick Valley in the sectional tournament... Read more
2023-24 Rome Free Academy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rome Free Academy is a public school from Section 3, Syracuse/Utica area. Their varsity basketball team competes in the AAA division of NYSPHSAA. Their team is coached by Nick Medicis who is entering his 17th year at the school. His key players for the 2023-24 season will be as follows: Uzziah Grimes (2025) 6’2... Read more
2023-24 Mount St Michael Academy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Mount St Michael Academy is an all-boys Roman Catholic high school in the Wakefield neighborhood of the New York City borough of the Bronx, bordering the city of Mount Vernon in Westchester County. Their boys varsity basketball team competes in the AA Division of the CHSAA. The team is coached by the veteran Thomas Fra... Read more
2023-24 We Believe Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 2021-22, former professional basketball player Ta’Quan Zimmerman started a basketball academy in Waterbury, Connecticut that is called We Believe Academy. The academy is set up as an alternative to the traditional high school basketball path, with the goal of eventually placing their players into college basketbal... Read more
2023 Staten Island Thanksgiving Classic Standouts
By David Cordova, On November 23, we paid a visit to the College of Staten Island in Staten Island, for the 66th annual Thanksgiving Eve Basketball Classic, which is a game between two of the borough’s biggest rivals in Curtis High School and St. Peter’s Boys High School. In this game, St. Peter’s took advantage of their counterparts&... Read more
Top Ranked New York NEPSAC 2024 Players
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) is an organization that serves as the governing body for sports in preparatory schools and leagues in New England. The organization has 169 full member schools as well as 24 associate member schools. In basketball it has earned a reputation as a preferred “... Read more
2023-24 Monsignor Scanlan Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Monsignor Scanlan High School is a Catholic co-educational secondary school located in the Bronx. Their boys varsity basketball team competes in the CHSAA AA conference. They are head coached by Dwayne Mitchell . The 2023-24 Monsignor Scanlan roster is as follows, with links to the player profiles for the college p... Read more
2023-24 Hackley School Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Hackley School is a high academic, private college preparatory school located in Tarrytown, NY, 25 miles up the Hudson River from New York City. It was founded in 1899 by a wealthy philanthropist, Frances Hackley. The school is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. Given the high academic emphasis at... Read more