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2025-26 Wings Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 1994, the New York City Department of Education sponsored the first systemic effort to redesign a large high school in the Bronx. Wings Academy was one of five pioneering small schools resulting from that effort, founded on the premise of helping young people use their minds well. Their boys basketball team compete... Read more
2025 Gauchos Roundball Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday afternoon, September 27, we were at the Gauchos Gym in The Bronx for the Gauchos Roundball Classic, a fall event which featured several teams from our region. We caught two games. Kennedy Catholic, a Catholic High School Athletic Association Division B team out of Somers, New York, played a doubleheader against tw... Read more
2025-26 Notre Dame Prep Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Notre Dame Prep of Sacred Heart University (NDP) is the model of secondary education in Fairfield, Connecticut. They achieve that with demanding academics coupled with a supportive learning community, a range of enriching extra-curriculars, a competitive sports program, and a fierce commitment to service - all guided b... Read more
2025-26 Portledge School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Portledge School, located in Locust Valley on Long Island, is an independent college preparatory school that has been serving students since 1965. The Panthers compete in the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) and play a highly competitive independent schedule that features some of the top progr... Read more
2025-26 New York Military Academy Should March into March
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New York Military Academy (NYMA) is a very small school with around 50 total students. It is located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY which is about an hour from NYC. INYMA has a 147 acre campus and a gym that was built by the Knicks in the late 60s/early 70s and used as a practice facility. NYMA is also known for legendary s... Read more
2025 NYC Academic Elite Camp Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com NYC Academic Elite college prospect showcase has made itself into a very important event, getting exposure to a large number of under-recruited prospects from the region. This year it will be held again at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY. The event is organized again this year by Riverside Select Program Director a... Read more
2025-26 St Francis Prep Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St Francis Preparatory School is based in Queens, 152 years old and is the the largest private Catholic secondary school in the United States. It’s varsity basketball team competes in the Catholic High School Athletic Association, Brooklyn-Queens AA Division. Head coach Jimmy Lynch will be entering his ninth year... Read more
2025-26 West Nottingham Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Maryland, is an independent co-ed school serves both boarding and day students in grades 9-12. It was founded in 1744 by the Presbyterian preacher Samuel Finley, who later became president of the college which is now Princeton University. The 124-acre campus is near the Chesapeake Bay... Read more
2025-26 Brooklyn Collegiate High College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Brooklyn Collegiate High School is a public school established to ensure urban scholars not only have the foundation to succeed in high school, but to gain access to higher education and beyond. They enroll fewer than 400 students in grades 9-12 and maintain an outstanding teacher to student ratio of 11 to 1. Not surpr... Read more
2025-26 Bridgeport Prep College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Bridgeport Prep is located in Connecticut’s largest city and it’s mission is to enhance their students-athletes academically, mentally, physically as well as provide them skill development. They play against the country’s best prep programs, including their National Team’s participation in the Power 5 A... Read more
2025-26 Masters School - New York Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Masters School is a rigorous, college preparatory, five and seven-day boarding and day school located on 96 acres, 12 miles north of New York City. The boys varsity basketball team is coached by Joey Kuhl. Kuhl had previously coached in the NBA’s G League, at the Air Force Academy and at Iona College. The... Read more
Darrow School 2025-26 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Darrow School is an independent, co-educational college-preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12 and PG. Its New Lebanon, NY campus is a 365-acre property just to the west of the boundary between New York and Massachusetts in the Taconic Mountains. Their mens’ basketball program runs two ... Read more
St. Thomas More School 2025-26 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St. Thomas More School is a college-preparatory school in Oakdale, CT. The school serves grades 8–12 and postgraduate courses. It was established in 1962 by James Hanrahan, a former Fairfield University D1 basketball coach. Over the years, the athletics program at St. Thomas More gained national relevance, especially... Read more
2025-26 Marianapolis Prep Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Marianapolis Preparatory School is an independent, co-ed, Catholic boarding and day school located in Thompson, CT for grades 9-12 and postgraduates. The boys varsity basketball competes in the talent-rich NEPSAC Class B Division (medium sized schools), led by fifth year Head Coach Tommy DiColella. Coach DiColella is e... Read more
2025 New England Academic Connection Camp
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Real Hoops is a college basketball prospect advisory company that was founded by former college coaches to bring basketball players at the grassroots level advanced basketball instruction, competition, and understanding of the game. Real Hoops helps players elevate their game through it’s one of a kind “Real Ho... Read more
Notre Dame West-Haven is on a Helluva Run
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Notre Dame West-Haven High School is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational college preparatory school located in West Haven, CT, a coastal suburb of New Haven. Known as the “Green Knights,” Notre Dame High School’s athletes boast a rich tradition of success in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athl... Read more
2025 Riverside Select 17u HGAL Team
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded by the Riverside Church in 1961, the Riverside Hawks are a historic and venerable grassroots basketball program based in the Harlem. They provide an opportunity for youth to use basketball as a vehicle to improve academic outcomes and in turn, improve career prospects. Through some transitions, the program has ... Read more
2025-26 Iona Prep Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Iona Prepatory School is a Catholic community focused on developing young men into moral and ethical leaders who are dedicated to Christian service and who strive for spiritual, intellectual and physical excellence. Iona Prep sports teams compete in the highly competitive New York City Catholic High School Athletic Ass... Read more
2025-26 Long Island Lutheran Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Long Island Lutheran High School (commonly known as “LuHi”) is a Christian college preparatory school in Brookville, NY, United States. It was founded and built in 1960 on a 32-acre estate and has a student body of approximately 450 students in grades 6-12, with students coming from more than 60 school dist... Read more
2025-26 St. Raymond High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1963, St. Raymond High School is an all-boys parochial high school, located in the Parkchester section of the Bronx. The boys varsity basketball team competes in the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) AA Division and has a strong tradition, with the team often competing for and winning champio... Read more
Shots with Patience Prep 2025-26 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Shots with Patience Prep is a sports specific preparatory school located on Long Island, NY. Their aim is to help young men achieve a quality education and an elite level athletic experience at an affordable cost. The program has its roots in the Team Underrated Basketball Academy. The program is led by Team Underrated... Read more
2025 Smartball Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova On Tuesday night, August 19, we were courtside at Abraham Lincoln Playground in Harlem for the Smartball Classic, a single-elimination summer league tournament that features some of the best high school programs in New York City, New Jersey and Westchester County. On this night, there were two great games that took place as Ca... Read more
2025-26 Broome Street Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Broome Street Academy Charter High School is a charter high school located in the SoHo section of New York City. Their boys’ post grad, aka “National” basketball team is head coached by Curtis Jackson (7th year) and he is assisted by Damel Carnegie (4th year). In 2020, they went undefeated enroute to winnin... Read more
2025-26 Putnam Science Academy Prep Team Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Putnam Science Academy is arguably the premier prep school program in the nation. It has won the National Prep School Championship Tournament five times since 2018. They have also earned the #1 national computer ranking for their overall season’s performance for both of the past two years of that rankings’... Read more
Hoosac School AAA 2025-26 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1889, The Hoosac School is a coeducational college preparatory school for grades 8-12 and post-graduate students in Hoosick, NY, 30 miles east of Albany, near the Vermont border. Eight years ago, Athletic Director, Mike Ryan brought in Bojan Grubisic and Nemo Maric to bring the mens basketball program up to ... Read more
2025-26 Archbishop Stepinac Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Archbishop Stepinac High School is an all-boys’ Roman Catholic high school in White Plains, New York. Over the past decade, no program has done a better job of tapping into and developing the high potential college basketball prospect talent of Greater New York City. The boys varsity basketball team under Coach Pat ... Read more
2025-26 Knox School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1904, The Knox School is Long Island’s oldest established private school. Knox is a progressive, co-ed, independent college preparatory boarding and day school located on 40 acres of serene waterfront property along the North Shore of Long Island, New York. The basketball program is in the midst of a si... Read more
2025-26 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
2025-26 Moore Catholic Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Moore Catholic High School is a private, Catholic school in the Bulls Head neighborhood of Staten Island, New York. It was founded by the Presentation Sisters of Staten Island in September 1962 and named for Mary Young Moore, a beneficiary to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Moore became co-educational in 19... Read more
2025-26 South Kent School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com South Kent School is an all male boarding school, founded in 1924 and located in Litchfield County, CT. Over the years, It’s basketball program has been very prolific in producing high level college prospects. Once again, in 2025-26, the program will field two college prospect laden teams. The Prep team compe... Read more
2025 BCANY Hoops Festival Stand Outs
By David Cordova, On Saturday afternoon, August 2, we made it up to Monroe-Woodbury High School in Central Valley, NY for the Basketball Coaches Association of New York’s Summer Hoops Festival. The annual event which is a showcase tournament for public high school All Star players throughout the state of New York, represent their respect... Read more
2025 City Rocks Hope 17u Player Profiles
RecruittTheBronx@gmail.com The City Rocks Hope is a Rochester, NY based grassroots basketball program was started by Chris Fox two years ago in partnership with the renown, Albany, NY based City Rocks EYBL program. HOPE is a non profit, non-sponsored program that has become Rochester’s leading AAU youth basketball program. HOPE provides year-... Read more
2025 Nassau County BCANY Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com This year the 13th Annual Basketball Coaches Association of New York Summer Hoops Festival is being held at Monroe-Woodbury High School and Central Valley Elementary School, Central Valley, NY NY on August 1-3 28-30th. Every year the BCANY welcomes teams representing every section of the state to compete in New York’... Read more2025 Suffolk County BCANY Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com This year the 13th Annual Basketball Coaches Association of New York Summer Hoops Festival is being held at Monroe-Woodbury High School and Central Valley Elementary School, Central Valley, NY NY on August 1-3 28-30th. Every year the BCANY welcomes teams representing every section of the state to compete in New York’... Read more2025 Hudson Valley BCANY Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com This year the 13th Annual Basketball Coaches Association of New York Summer Hoops Festival is being held at Monroe-Woodbury High School and Central Valley Elementary School, Central Valley, NY NY on August 1-3 28-30th. Every year the BCANY welcomes teams representing every section of the state to compete in New York’... Read more
2025 Nike Peach Jam Top Performers
By David Cordova, During July 15-19, we traveled to the Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta, South Carolina for the Nike EYBL Peach Jam, which is the national championship for all of the teams on the Nike circuit. In this event, three programs from the New York City area: the New York Rens, the New York Lightning and the PSA Car... Read more2025 Riverside Select 17u Gold Team
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded by the Riverside Church in 1961, the Riverside Hawks are a historic and venerable grassroots basketball program based in the Harlem. They provide an opportunity for youth to use basketball as a vehicle to improve academic outcomes and in turn, improve career prospects. Through some transitions, the program has ... Read more
2025 Rens United CT Player Profiles
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 Rens United CT teams ar... Read more
2025 Tiger Smokes Skills Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Tiger Smokes Skills Academy is a newly established program that is based in Hartford County, CT. Coach and Program Director Tiger Smokes is a 21 year old former collegiate basketball player turned coach and currently is an assistant varsity coach at Orville H. Platt High (CT). Smokes is a very passionate and energetic ... Read more
2025 Rens United 16u-Etkins Player Profiles
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 16u-Etkins team is head... Read more2025 Rens United 17u-Snoddy Player Profiles
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 17u-Snoddy team is head... Read more
2025 Heat Elite HGAL 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Heat Elite 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, growing to over 20 teams. 2025 Heat Elite HGAL circuit 17u team is coached by the ... Read more
2025 NYC Catholic High School Scholastic Showcase Standouts
By David Cordova, On Saturday, June 28, we joined about 100 college coaches at Preparatory School in New Rochelle, NY for the 2025 NYC Catholic High School Athletic Association Team Camp, which was a showcase for college coaches to come out and evaluate all 30 schools in the league. Throughout the weekend, college coaches of all levels (NCAA D... Read more
Knox Quartet Shines at 2025 Mid Atlantic Team Camp
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 2017, Condoleezza Rice chaired the NCAA’s Commission on College Basketball to address issues of corruption and reform in the sport. The commission’s report, released in 2018, focused on issues like the “one-and-done” rule, agent oversight, and the influence of apparel companies. The commissio... Read more2025 NYC Catholic High School Scholastic Showcase Player Profiles, Part 2
This is part 2 of the article that started at https://www.recruitthebronx.com/index.php/news/news_details/37683 (Clicking on the player’s highlighted name will bring up his profile) Nazareth Regional High Head Coach: Gary Ervin 6th Season Joel Barnaby-Alexander (2026) 6’6 guard - What does Barnaby-Alexander not... Read more2025 NYC Catholic High School Scholastic Showcase Player Profiles, Part 1
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 2017, Condoleezza Rice chaired the NCAA’s Commission on College Basketball to address issues of corruption and reform in the sport. The commission’s report, released in 2018, focused on issues like the “one-and-done” rule, agent oversight, and the influence of apparel companies. The commissio... Read more
2025 PSAL College Exposure Team Camp Top Performers
By David Cordova, In 2017, Condoleezza Rice chaired the NCAA’s Commission on College Basketball to address issues of corruption and reform in the sport. The commission’s report, released in 2018, focused on issues like the “one-and-done” rule, agent oversight, and the influence of apparel companies. The commission’... Read more
2025 Academic Basketball Club 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Academic Basketball Club is a Fairfield (CT) and Westchester (NY) County grassroots program focused on working with student athletes with a minimum gpa of 3.0. The program has earned renown for its impressive consistently high level of placement of its layers into top academic universities. ABC plays in tournaments... 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 devel... Read more
2025 Hoops Showdown Standouts
By David Cordova, On Saturday afternoon, June 7, we were at the Bronx River Community Center in the Soundview section of The Bronx for the ninth annual Hoops Showdown. In the event, four teams from the boroughs of New York City and one from New Jersey played in a single-elimination tournament for a championship. Below are the standouts from tho... Read more
2025 Battle for New York Supremacy Standouts
By David Cordova, On Saturday, May 31, we were at Adlai Stevenson Educational Campus in the Soundview section of The Bronx for the inaugural Battle for New York Supremacy event, in which four teams of All Star players representing New York City, Long Island, Westchester County and Albany, played each other in a single-elimination tournament. Be... Read more
St. Edmund Prep Reloads its Talent for 2025-26
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St. Edmund Preparatory High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school for young men and women based in Brooklyn. Their varsity basketball team competes in the New York City Catholic High School Athletic Association’s A North Division. In his 20th year at the helm, Head Coach Dan Wiatre will be comin... Read more
2025 6th Boro Hoops 17u-Bajana Player Profiles
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 more2025 NY Gauchos 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 more2025 NY Gauchos 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 more2025 EYBL Memphis Standouts
By David Cordova On Saturday, May 18, we got ourselves to the Memphis Sports and Events Center for the second session of the Nike EYBL game play. Throughout the day, we got to see some of the New York City area’s finest talent on display on both the 16u and 17u levels. Here are some of the standouts from Session 2: (Click on ... Read more
2025 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 more
2025 Eddie Lau Elite 17u Player Profiles
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 17u team: ... Read more
2025 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. #1 CJ McRae (2025) 5’9 point guard, Crosby Hi... Read more
2025 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 2025 CM3 17u roster is as below. Brandon Burke Jr. (2025)... Read more2025 Basketball Headzz Battle for New York Supremacy All Stars
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The first annual Battle for New York Supremacy, organized by Basketball Headzz will be taking place on Saturday, May 31st and Sunday, June 1st at the Adlai Stevenson Educational Campus in the Soundview section of The Bronx. This event will be a two-day, single-elimination tournament featuring four teams comprised of play... Read more2025 6th Boro Hoops 17u-MHC Player Profiles
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 more
2025 NY Jayhawks-MHC 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New York Jayhawks are one of the Tri-state venerable grass roots basketball programs. Their mission is to provide resources to young men, discipline and access to the the highest level of competition and excellence in academics. From the Power 6 to the Ivy League, Jayhawks currently have alumni student-athletes att... Read more
2025 DTX Blue 17u Team Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com DTX Basketball is a Connecticut based grass roots program that has over the years become a deep source of college prospects. The program is run by Dave Taylor, with assistance from college placement guru, Noel Roman. The program runs its practices out of the three court, InSports Center facility in Trumbull. They ru... Read more
2025 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 2025 Crown Basketball 17u HGSL ... Read more
2025 Riverside Hawks UAA 17u 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 b... Read more
2025 New Heights 17u National Team 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
2025 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 21-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 more2025 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 devel... Read more
2025 NY Basketball Academy 17u 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 more2025 Wiz Kids 15u 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 devel... Read more
2025 King Hoops Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com King Hoops is a New York City based 501(c)3 non-profit organization with student-athletes from all five boroughs and is loaded with college basketball talent across all levels. Follow King Hoops on Instagram. College scouts can reach out to Program Director Josh Horwitz at (314) 915-4343, or at josh@kinghoops.org to... Read more
2025 MADE Hoops NYC Clash Top Performers
By David Cordova On Saturday, April 26, we caught the action at Maurice Fitzgerald Gymnasium on the campus of Queens College out in Flushing, Queens for the MADE Hoops NYC Clash. The event featured plenty of independent teams from the Northeast, as well as the teams from the Made Hoops Circuit. In the tournament, there were many underclassmen ... Read more
2025 New York Lighting EYBL 17u 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 coache... Read more
2025 NY Rens EYBL 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The renown NY Rens program is New York City based but its players are sourced from multiple states. The program was originally inspired by the historical team of the same name during the Harlem Renaissance. The original New York Renaissance, or RENS, was the first fully all-black professional African-American owned bas... Read more
2025 PSA Cardinals EYBL 17u 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
2025 Level Up LI Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Level Up LI is in its eighth year and is one of the fastest growing youth travel AAU basketball programs in the tri-state NY area. Their mission is to create the top travel basketball teams focusing heavily on individual and team development for their players both on and off the basketball court. The primary focus is t... Read more
2025 Empire Youth 17u-Klein College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Empire Youth Athletics has a stated goal to mold their players into hard-working, coachable individuals by providing a high quality coaching and training experience for them. They preach that becoming better people is the priority, with basketball being the secondary goal. “Team First” is an overriding philosophy a... Read more
2025 Select Hoops Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Select Hoops is in its third year as a program based out of NYC. They offer year-round training and highly competitive basketball programming for all ages from 9-18 years old. SLT Hoops, led by its Founder and Director, Noah Griffith is a program based on their moniker of “US, WE, TOGETHER, FAMILY”. As a family-bas... Read more
2025 Team NYC 15u and 16u Puma Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Team NYC is a nationally respected grassroots basketball program founded by veteran coach Donald Francois, who brings over 20 years of experience in coaching and player development. Coach Francois has coached at St. Mary’s, Long Island Lutheran, and currently serves as an assistant varsity coach at Archbishop Molloy... Read more
2025 New Haven Heat-Made Hoops17u 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. He is assisted by He is assisted by Craig Wilson, Jr. a current player at Rhode Island College. Below is the... Read more2025 6th Boro Hoops 17u-Shak Player Profiles
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 more
2025 Nassau Pride 17u-Blue Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Nassau Pride Hoops, founded in 2013, is a Long Island-based AAU basketball organization offered for boys and girls of multiple age brackets. Their more experienced teams will compete in many of the top tournaments in the Tri-state area. While the Pride develops enhanced skillsets, they also place a great emphasis on te... Read more2025 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 21-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
2025 Rens United 17u-Smith Player Profiles
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 17u-Smith team is head ... Read more2025 New Haven Heat 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. Their 16u Select Team and their 16u MadeHoops Circuit teams are coached by Saany Frazier and he is assisted by Deivon “Dae” Moore. Coach Frazier has lo... Read more
The TS-S Scouting Report
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Ty Staples-Santos Sr. is a player development coach and Co-Founder of New England Supreme Basketball Academy. He is also now a contributing scout for RecruitTheBronx.com, focused on exposing under-the-radar talent from the ranks of Connecticut basketball. Below, we detail his recap of a couple of the college level pote... Read more
2025 Real Scout Uncommitted Showcase Top Performers
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Saturday afternoon, April 12, we got to Adlai Stevenson Educational Campus for the Real Scout Uncommitted Showcase, which was an opportunity for many of the players from New York City and surrounding areas to compete in front of coaches from NCAA Division II and Division III schools, as well as junior colleges and p... Read more
2025 Above the Rim Elite 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Above the Rim Elite is a Central Massachusetts based AAU basketball program committed to helping student-athletes of all backgrounds. They compete in the PRO16/NXTPRO League which is sponsored by Puma Hoops. Their 17u team is coached by Deandre “Supa” Ortiz and his roster is as profiled below. #00 Rodrigo Dos ... Read more
2025 Team Relentless 15u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Team Relentless is a basketball program serving Long Island and NYC. Their primary purpose is developing student athletes that can use basketball to pursue academic opportunities, build relationships and develop character and leadership skills. The Team Relentless coaches are Jason Pinsky and Kevin Dickey who are ba... Read more2025 Team Relentless 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Team Relentless is a basketball program serving Long Island and NYC. Their primary purpose is developing student athletes that can use basketball to pursue academic opportunities, build relationships and develop character and leadership skills. The Team Relentless coaches are Jason Pinsky and Kevin Dickey who are ba... Read more2025 DTX Red 17u Team College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com DTX Basketball is a Connecticut based grass roots program that has over the years become a deep source of college prospects. The program is run by Dave Taylor, with assistance from college placement guru, Noel Roman. The program runs its practices out of the three court, InSports Center facility in Trumbull. They run... Read more2025 Riverside Hawks 16u 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 16u team is coached b... Read more
2025 City Rocks Hope Long Island 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The City Rocks Hope is a Rochester, NY based grassroots basketball program was started by Chris Fox two years ago in partnership with the renown, Albany, NY based City Rocks EYBL program. HOPE is a non profit, non-sponsored program that has become Rochester’s leading AAU youth basketball program. HOPE provides year-rou... Read more2025 New Haven Heat Select 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. Their 17u Select Team is coached by Lawrence McGill . He is assisted by Craig Wilson, Jr. a current player at Rhode Island College. Below is the New Haven Heat S... Read more
2025 Next Best 8th Grader Showcase Top Performers
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Saturday, April 5, two former college basketball players Drew Sawyer and Jordan Pettway hosted the 2025 Next Best Showcase for high potential Connecticut 8th graders at Weston High School (CT). Their crew of coaches and former players ran drills, gave coaching tips and hosted game play. The following players drew... Read more2025 New Heights 17u Regional Team 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 more2025 New York Lighting HGSL 17u 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 HGSL team that is c... Read more2025 New Heights 16u National Team 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 more2025 New York Lighting EYBL 16u Roster
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 16u team that is coache... Read more