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2026-27 St Francis Prep Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St. Francis Preparatory School is a 168 year old, Franciscan Catholic co-educational secondary school in Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY, and the largest private Catholic secondary school in the United States. The Terriers’ varsity basketball team competes in the Catholic High School Athletic Association, Brooklyn-... Read more
2026-27 Millbrook School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Millbrook School is a coeducational, college preparatory boarding school for students in grades 9-12. It’s 800-acre campus is located in Millbrook, NY. Founded 1931 by Edward Pulling, who taught at Groton and Avon Old Farms before deciding to start his own school. The campus is located in Dutchess County, NY,... Read more
2026-27 Cheshire Academy College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1794 as the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut, Cheshire Academy is the eleventh-oldest boarding school in the United States. It spent part of the early 20th century training young men exclusively for admission to nearby Yale University. Today the Academy enrolls roughly 360 students in grades 9-12 plus a post... Read more
2026 Smartball Classic Top Performers
By Dave Cordova On Wednesday, August 19, we made our way to the Abraham Lincoln Playground in Harlem for the Smartball Classic. This is a prominent, late summer event which has plenty of teams from the tri-state area competing against each other in a single-elimination. On this day, two of the finest teams from the Catholic High School Sports ... Read more
Kent School (CT) 2026-27 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Kent School is a private Episcopal boarding and day, grades 9-12 plus post graduate located in Litchfield County, CT, on a 1,200-acre campus between the Appalachian Trail and the Housatonic River aabout 50 miles west-southwest from Hartford. Founded 1906 by the Anglo-Catholic Episcopal Reverend Frederick Herbert Sill.... Read more
2026-27 Westminster School College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Westminster School is a private, coeducational college-preparatory, boarding and day school located in Simsbury, CT. The total student population is approximately 400, and includes pupils from 25 US states and 30 countries. Founded 1888, they educate grades 9-12 plus post graduate, on a 210-acre campus. Roughly 40... Read more
2026-27 Hotchkiss School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Hotchkiss School is a highly regarded academic, coeducational prep and boarding school in Lakeville, CT on an 827-acre campus, 50 miles west of Hartford. Founded in 1891, one of the first English-style boarding schools in the United States and an early proponent of financial aid, having accepted scholarship student... Read more
Frederick Gunn School 2026-27 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Frederick Gunn School is a private, coeducational boarding and day prep school serving grades 9-12 and postgraduates on a 220-acre campus in Washington, CT, bordering the village green in the Litchfield Hills. Founded in 1850 by Frederick Gunn - a teacher, abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor. The school wa... Read more
2026-27 Hamden Hall Country Day Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Hamden Hall Country Day School was founded in 1912 and is a coeducational private day school in Hamden, CT, educating students in preschool through grade 12. Their boys varsity basketball team competes in New England Prep School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class B (mid size schools) and the Fairchester Athletic Associa... Read more
23 Eight Academy 2026-27 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com 23 Eight Academy is a post grad college basketball prep program located in Dix Hills, Long Island, NY. Tom Patterson is entering his 6th year as the Director/Head Coach. Patterson “Coach P” brings a wealth of basketball knowledge and wisdom to the court. He has coached for over 20 years on almost every lev... Read more
2025-26 Loomis Chaffee School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Loomis Chaffee School is a high academic, coeducational, college preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, including postgraduate students, located in Windsor, CT, seven miles north of Hartford. It was founded in 1874 by James Chaffee Loomis, a lawyer and politician. Seventy percent of Loom... Read more
2026-27 Garden School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1923, Garden School is a co-educational independent school in Jackson Heights, Queens, one of the most diverse neighborhoods on the planet. It is a small, lower tuition nursery through 12th grade independent school. The Garden experience is built upon a professional and caring relationship among teachers, st... Read more
2026 RecruitTheBronx.com Invitational
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On August 16, at the iconic House of Sports in Ardsley, NY, RecruitTheBronx.com and the prolific event operator Manhattan Sports are co-hosting an invitational tournament for ten of the region’s high school teams. Click on the highlighted team names below to pull up the team’s 2026-27 key player profiles ... Read more
2026-27 Paramus Catholic High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Paramus Catholic High School is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school located in Paramus, NJ (Bergen County). Founded in 1965, it has the largest enrollment (around 1.350 students) of any Roman Catholic high school in the state of New Jersey. The boys varsity basketball team competes in the Big North Conference... Read more
2026-27 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
2026-27 St Edmund Prep Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St. Edmund Prep St. Edmund Preparatory High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school for young men and women in Brooklyn, NY. St. Edmund Parish has sponsored the high school since the Great Depression, opening in February 1932. The boys varsity basketball team competes in the Catholic High School Sports... Read more
2026-27 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 (9th year) and he is assisted by Damel Carnegie (5th year). The team competes in the Charter School Scholas... Read more
2026-27 Albany Academy College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx.com Albany Academy, established in 1813, is an independent college preparatory school in Albany, New York. It enrolls students from preK to grade 12. The Academy was originally chartered to educate the sons of Albany’s political elite and rapidly growing merchant class. At the time, Albany was the tenth-largest city in the... Read more
Trinity-Pawling School 2026-27 College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Trinity-Pawling School is an all boys boarding prep school in Dutchess County, NY, located 60 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1907. It’s boys varsity basketball team competes in the Founders League and the and it vies to get seeded in the highly competitive post season New England Prep School ... Read more
Bridgeport Prep 2026-27 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. Their National Team competes in the Power 5 AAA conference, and thei... Read more
2026-27 Avon Old Farms College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Avon Old Farms School is highly regarded boarding school for boys located in Avon, which is in Hartford County, Connecticut. Their athletic program has a deep tradition of placing their grads into college careers. Matt Mihalich is headed into his eighth season as the head coach at Avon. The Winged Beavers compete in th... Read more
2026-27 Masters School - New York Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Masters School is a coed boarding and day college prep school, grades 5-12, on a 96-acre campus in Westchester County, NY. It is a 40-minute Metro-North ride from Manhattan. They educate around 500 upper school students. Founded in 1877 by Eliza Bailey Masters as the “Misses Masters’ Boarding and Day Sc... Read more
2026-27 Pomfret School (CT) Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Pomfret School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory boarding and day school in Pomfret, CT, serving 350 students in grades 9 through 12 and post-graduates. The boys varsity basketball team competes in the talent-rich New England Prep School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class B division, led by second y... Read more
2026 Peach Jam Top Performers
By Dave Cordova This past week of July 17, we made the trip to the Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta, South Carolina for the Nike EYBL Peach Jam and Peach Invitational, a dual event for teams in the Nike EYBL that would conclude EYBL play for the summer. Three teams in the New York area, the New York Rens, the New York Lig... Read more
2026-27 Notre Dame Prep (NY) Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Notre Dame High School is a private, co-educational Catholic school located in Elmira, New York. The school serves roughly 260 students in grades 7 through 12 and provides a college-preparatory education centered on faith, academic growth, and service. It was established in 1955 and is located within the Roman Catholi... Read more
2026-27 South Bronx Prep Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com South Bronx Preparatory School, is a New York City public school serving grades six through twelve. The “Prep” in its name refers to college preparation, not private-school status. Its student population usually averages around 615. It is located on E 145th Street. The school uses a 11:1 student-teacher rat... Read more
2026-27 Inwood Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Inwood Academy for Leadership is a free public charter school in Washington Heights/Inwood, northern Manhattan. Founded 2010, they educate 950+ students K–12, their first senior class graduated in 2018. InsideSchools describes it as a safe school with strong social and academic support, working to offer more for high... Read more
2026 Watson Basketball Classic Top Performers
By Dave Cordova, On Sunday, July 5, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to Parque de Los Ninos Playground in the Soundview section of The Bronx for the high school division games for the Watson Basketball Classic. On this date, several teams based out of the New York City area all took it to the asphalt right before the start of the NCAA Live Period. ... Read more
2026 CHSAA June Live Period Team Camp Top Performers
By Dave Cordova, On Friday, June 26, we got to Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York for the first day of the annual Catholic High School Athletic Association Team Camp (CHSAA). 30 schools representing the Archdiocese of New York, Catholic high schools located in the five boroughs of New York City and also Westchester County, all c... Read more
2026 Crown Basketball 16u-MHC 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 program head is Chris Diasparra, a former assistant coach and player at Adelphi University. The 2026 Crown Basketball 16u MHC team is coached by Tray Alexand... Read more2026 CHSAA June Live Period Team Camp College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On June 26-28, The Catholic High School Athletic Association will run their 2026 NCAA sanctioned, Live Period Team Camp at Iona Prep in New Rochelle. Below is a listing of the profiles of some of the college prospects who are expected to be participating. Click on the highlighted players’ names to pull up the... Read more
2026 Fordham Team Camp Top Performers
By Dave Cordova, On Friday evening, June 5, we got to the iconic Rose Hill Gymnasium on the campus of Fordham University in The Bronx for the annual Fordham Team Camp. Some of the Tri-state’s best high school programs met up to battle in preparation for the upcoming high school season with their underclassmen from the previous season. Below ... Read more
2026 NYC Honor 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com NYC Honor is an elite grassroots program that sources its high level D1-bound talent from the Greater New York City area. The team is a strong contender in the Made Hoops Circuit. The program was founded and is coached by veteran AAU coach Nazim “Nas” Perovic and former college assistant coach Mike Murray. Anthon... Read more
Salisbury School 2026-27 College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gamil.com Founded in 1901, Salisbury School is an elite all-boys, private college-preparatory boarding school in Salisbury, CT, located on a 740 acre campus in the northwestern corner of the state. It is funded with a $100 million endowment. It has 330 students from 9th to 12th grade with a student-to-teacher ratio of 5:1. The... Read more
2026-27 South Kent School College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com South Kent School is an all male boarding school, founded in 1924 and located in Litchfield County, CT. Over the years, Its 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 competes in ... Read more
2026 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 more
2026 Pro Level Titans 17u 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
2026 EYBL Session 3 Top Performers
By Dave Cordova, This past weekend, May 23-24, we traveled to the Homefield Kansas City facility in Kansas City, MO for the third session of Nike EYBL circuit play. EYBL is a league for many of the premier grassroots teams in the United States and Canada. Throughout the weekend, we saw some of the finest talent from the New York City metro ar... Read more
2026 SLT Hoops 16u-NXTPRO Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com SLT Hoops is a Queens, NY-based grassroots basketball program serving student-athletes from across the five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester, upstate New York, and the prep school landscape. Founded by Noah Griffith. Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at the City College of New York, SLT Hoops was created to prov... Read more
2026 Level Up 15u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Level Up is in its ninth 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 to he... Read more
2026 Set The Pace 17u-HGSL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Set The Pace was formed with the intent to develop the community of East Hartford and its surrounding areas by providing a high-quality youth sports and mentorship program. They concentrate on at-promise youth, justice-involved youth and families impacted by incarceration. The program leads the participants through a m... 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
2026 Kips Bay 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 2025, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club named Kenny Satterfield Director of Basketball Operations. Satterfield’s own journey began on the courts of Castle Hill (Bronx) and Kips Bay (Manhattan). His drive and talent propelled him to a collegiate career at the University of Cincinnati, followed by the NBA and prof... Read more
2026 Connecticut Elite 17u-HGSL Player Profiles
RecruittTheBronx@gmail.com Connecticut Elite is the largest premier youth basketball and development program in Connecticut. Their 2026 17u HGSL team is so named because they are competing in the Hoop Group Showcase League. The team is coached by Albertus Magnus College Assistant coach and Elite 50 Showcase operator, Jason “JP” Perrier, and... Read more
2026 New Haven Heat 17u-MHC Roster
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. Coach Kennedy was recently named as the head varsity coach at Achievement First Amistad High School in New Haven. He also heat coaches the 2026 New Haven Heat ... Read more
2026 Hoops Showdown Top Performers
By Dave Cordova On Saturday, May 9, we made it to the Bronx River Community Center in the Soundview section of The Bronx for the Hoops Showdown. The event, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this weekend, was a showcase for many of the best players from the five boroughs of New York City and surrounding areas. Through five games, there was ... Read more
2026 Cap City Scrappers National 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Cap City Scrappers AAU program is based out of Albany, NY. Their mission is to help players improve their individual and team basketball skills in a competitive environment, while helping them develop and get the exposure they need to continue playing at the collegiate level. The program Director is Bob Shields. ... Read more
2026 Valentes Rocks 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded/led by former D2 College of Saint Rose head coach, Mike Perno, Valente’s Rocks is a grassroots basketball program based in New York’s Capital Region. The program’s mission is to develop high-character, team-first athletes. The program draws players from across the area who are committed to competi... Read more
2026 CT Takeover Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com CT TakeOver is a Connecticut-based 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 al... Read more
2026 Level Up 17u CC Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Level Up is in its ninth 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 to he... Read more
2026 New York Lighting 15u-EYBL 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 15u EYBL team that is c... Read more
2026 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. His 2026 17u Eddie Lau Elite team is playing in the Made Hoops Circuit. Th... Read more
2026 Rising Stars 17u 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 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 more2026 NY Lightning 16u-EYBL 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 16u-EYBL team is coache... Read more
2026 PSA Cardinals 15u-EYBL
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com ProScholars Athletics is a nationally renowned 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 col... Read more2026 New York Lighting 17u-HGSL 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 more
2026 Crown Basketball 16u-HGSL
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 2026 Crown Basketball 16u HGSL ... Read more
2026 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 more
6th Boro Hoops/Rising Stars College Showcase
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Saturday, May 2, two of the region’s prolific talent developing grass roots programs, 6th Boro Hoops and Rising Stars are hosting a series of games in the beautiful multi-gym facilities at Greenwich Country Day School, 401 Old Church Road, Greenwich, CT. The schedule will be as follows: ... Read more2026 NY Rens 16u-EYBL 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. They have a strong history of sending athletes to high-academic universities at all three levels across the northeast. The 16u-EYBL team compete... Read more
2026 All In Elite 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 2020, Anthony Simmons started All In Elite as a Connecticut-based youth girls program to help young ladies develop their games and play in front of college coaches. In 2022, he expanded the program to include male athletes. All In Elite has since competed in numerous leagues and tournaments, showcasing their skills ... Read more
2026 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
2026 NY Gauchos 17u Roster
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 more2026 6th Boro Hoops ISA 17u Player Profiles
RecruiTheBronx@gmail.com 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. Their mens basketball program competes at the highest of college prep levels. Working in a partnership with the multicultural sports academy, ISA, H... Read more
2026 Level Up 16u-CC Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Level Up is in its ninth 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 to he... Read more2026 Rens United 16u-Shapiro 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-Shapiro team is hea... Read more2026 6th Boro Hoops 17u Scholars 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 more2026 NY Lightning 15u-EYBL
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 15u-EYBL team is coache... Read more
2026 Positive Direction Rosters
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 runs successful programs for both girls and boys teams, achieving their goal of getting them college-ready. Tourron Whitfield, a former... Read more
2026 HG Pitt Jam Fest Top Performers
By Dave Cordova This past weekend, April 18-19, we made it to the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA for the annual Pitt Jam Fest hosted by Hoop Group. The event had hundreds of teams from the East Coast, including several teams from New York City and the New England areas. In this event, some talented gems came out to showcase ... Read more2026 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
2026 Heat Elite 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. 2026 Heat Elite Hoop Group Academic League circuit 17u t... Read more2026 Crown Basketball 17u-MHC Rosters
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 2026 Crown Basketball 17u-MHC te... Read more2026 PSA Cardinals 16u-EYBL Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com ProScholars Athletics is a nationally renowned 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 col... Read more
2026 TS Skills Academy 15u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com TS Skills Academy is a Greater Hartford based grassroots program entering its second year of operation. This year will be their first competing in the ZGXL Circuit. The TS Skills 15u group features athletes who are all currently playing either JV or Varsity at their current high schools. The program is led by Head Coa... Read more
2026 Nate Blue Showcase Standouts
By Dave Cordova, On Thursday, April 9, we attended the 10th annual Nate Blue Showcase, which is a part of the Big Apple Sports Exposure Week. This event is a showcase was held at the Martin Luther King High School Campus and was for high school seniors that are looking to obtain scholarships and are playing in front of NCAA Division II, Divisio... Read more2026 SLT Hoops 17u-NXTPRO Roster
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com SLT Hoops is a Queens, NY-based grassroots basketball program serving student-athletes from across the five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester, upstate New York, and the prep school landscape. Founded by Noah Griffith. Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at the City College of New York, SLT Hoops was created to prov... Read more
Wiz Kids Class of 2029/15u 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 more2026 Level Up 17u-MHC Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Level Up is in its ninth 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 to he... Read more
2026 Riverside Select Teams Player Profiles
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 more2026 New Haven Heat 16u-MHC Roster
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-MHC team is coached by the veteran, Lawrence McGill . They play on the MadeHoops Circuit 16u. Their roster for this season is as below. (C... Read more
2026 Rens United 15u-ECYL 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. They have a strong history of sending athletes to high-academic universities at all three levels across the northeast. The 15u-EYCL team is head c... Read more2026 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 more
2025-26 All Fairchester Athletic Association Honors
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Fairchester Athletic Association (FAA) is an athletic conference of nine, high academic private college-preparatory schools from the suburban counties of Westchester County, NY, New Haven County (CT) and Fairfield County CT. The FAA’s boys varsity basketball teams are from Brunswick School, Greenwich Country Day Sc... Read more
2026 Hoop House Premier Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Hoop House Premier Inc. is a Stamford, CT based basketball development program founded by a partnership of veteran basketball skills trainers. Mirna Lemy is the founder of Hoop House ATL a player development program in the Connecticut area. Lemy played at the collegiate level and was a women’s team assistant ... Read more2026 Rising Stars 16u-MHA 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 more2026 6th Boro Hoops 16u-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 C... Read more2026 Rising Stars 16u-MHC 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
SECC All Stars Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The newly-formed SECC All-Stars basketball program has been founded by the veteran successful program builder, Tony Bergeron. Bergeron is also the Springfield Commonwealth Academy Head Coach and Athletic Director and the South End Community Center Executive Director. The teams are so named due to being based out of the... Read more
2026 City Rocks-Jones 16u Player Profiles
RecruittTheBronx@gmail.com In 1993 Jim Hart along with four other area coaches started the City Rocks program. Now entering their 21th 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 more2026 Connecticut Elite Select 17u Player Profiles
RecruittTheBronx@gmail.com Connecticut Elite is the largest premier youth basketball and development program in Connecticut. Their 2026 17u Select team is coached by Albertus Magnus College Assistant coach and Elite 50 Showcase operator, Jason “JP” Perrier, and below is his roster. (Click on the player’s highlighted name a... Read more
2026 NYSPHSAA Section 2 Tournament Top Performers
By David Cordova, This weekend, March 7-8, we headed upstate to the Harding Mazzotti Arena in Glens Falls, NY for the Section 2 Tournament, where the teams from the Capital Region compete against each other for the chance to advance to the NYSPHSAA (New York State Public High School Athletics Association) Regional Tournament. We were able to se... Read moreWiz Kids Class of 2027/17u 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 moreWiz Kids Class of 2028/16u 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
2026 Rising Kings 17u 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 more
2026 CHSAA AA Quarterfinals Top Performers
By David Cordova On Sunday, March 1, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to the legendary Rose Hill Gymnasium on the campus of Fordham University in The Bronx for the CHSAA AA quarterfinals, of which we caught the final three games. In addition to Holy Cross advancing to the semifinals in the earlier game, we saw Archbishop Stepinac, Monsignor Scanlan ... Read more
2026 CT Prospects 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com CT Prospects is a newly founded AAU team based out of Windsor, CT however has participating players from all over Connecticut. The program is run by Josh Grenier, while Bobby Moore helps run practices. Moore is a legendary New Haven, CT basketball figure, renowned as a top high school guard at Hillhouse High in the lat... Read more
2026 Catholic High School Semi-finals Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Tuesday night, February 17, we made it to Mount St. Michael Academy in the Wakefield section of The Bronx for the CHSAA Archdiocesan semifinals. The Final Four teams from the AA division, St. Raymond, Cardinal Hayes, Monsignor Scanlan and the three-time defending champions, Archbishop Stepinac played to advance to the title... Read more
2026 Crusader Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, January 31, we paid a visit to the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx for the annual Crusader Classic Invitational, which took place at Monsignor Scanlan High School. Although there were several games that took place on that date, we caught the final two games, as Queens’ own Forest Hills of the PSAL’s AAAA div... Read more
2026 Shooting Stars Showcase Standouts
By David Cordova On Sunday, we joined the crowd at St. Francis Prep High in the Fresh Meadows section of Queens for the 11th annual Shooting Stars Showcase. The event always features a good mix of schools from two of New York City’s most prominent leagues in the CHSAA and the PSAL, and also teams from New Jersey, as well as prep school teams ... Read more