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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 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 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 more
2025 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 more
2025 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 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 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 In 1993 Jim Hart along with four other area coaches started the City Rocks program, based in Albany, NY. Now entering their 22th 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 progra... 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 more2025 NY Rens EYBL 15u Roster
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 more2025 New York Lighting EYBL 15u 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 17u team that is coache... Read more
2025 CT Elite Senior Showcase Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On the evening of Friday, April 4, Connecticut Elite’s hard working, high energy college and prep school placement guru, Jason Perrier will again host their Unsigned Seniors Showcase. This year the event will take place at the Newtown Youth Academy in Newtown CT. Each year Coach JP goes out to the highest potenti... Read more
2025 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
2025 2A and 3A PSAL Finals Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Sunday night, March 16, we paid a visit to the Steinberg Wellness Center on the campus of LIU Brooklyn in downtown Brooklyn for the PSAL championships for the 2A and 3A divisions. In the 2A championship game, Benjamin Banneker Academy knocked off Brooklyn College Academy. In the 3A championship game, Achievement First Broo... Read more
2025 4A PSAL Semifinals Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, March 8, we made it to the Maurice Fitzgerald Gymnasium on the campus of Queens College in Flushing, Queens for the PSAL 4A semifinals. The winners of each game will be playing in the championship game on Thursday, March 13th at Carnesecca Arena on the campus of St. John’s University in Jamaica, Queens. In the f... Read more
2025 Kips Bay Mustangs 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Kips Bay Mustangs are a boys grassroots basketball powerhouse based in the Kips Bay section of Bronx. The Mustangs play throughout the year in AAU, YBOA and competitive open tournaments in and outside of the New York City area. The practices are held at the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club. Their 2025 17u team is coach... Read more
2025 CT Takeover 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
Empire 8 Prep League 2024-25 All League Selections
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The path for talented high school basketball players to land a spot on a college roster, more times than not, involves taking an additional year of development as a post grad in a prep school program. This accomplishes a number of things for the prospects. One, it gives them additional year of physical and basketball d... Read more
2025 Super Saturday Showdown Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, February 8, we got to the Hynes Athletic Center on the campus of Iona University in New Rochelle for the Super Saturday Showdown event. It’s a high profile game hosted by Iona Preparatory School, featuring the second matchup between Westchester County’s finest Catholic school programs, Archbishop Stepinac ... Read more
2025 Athletic Club of Connecticut 17u Player Profiles
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
2025 Peekskill Black History Month Showcase
By David Cordova, On Saturday, February 1, we shot up to Peekskill High School in Peekskill, NY for their Black History Month Showcase. The event featured ten of the top schools in New York, Section 1 playing against one another for a good cause. We caught the final two games, where Mamaroneck High played The Bronx’s own DeWitt Clinton and t... Read more
2024-25 Eagle Academy-Harlem Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Eagle Academy for the Young Men of Harlem (which is housed in the Percy Sutton Educational Complex) is one of the six schools in the Eagle Academy School Network. It is an all boys, grades 6-12 public school affiliated with the New York Department of Education. It was opened in 2013 and established by the 100 Black Men... Read more
2025 Pro Level Titans-Dunn 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
2025 Hoophall Prep Showcase Standouts
By David Cordova, This weekend, we traveled to Massachusetts to the Hoophall Prep Showcase at the Butova Gymnasium on the campus of American International College in Springfield. Many of the nation’s top ranked prep school programs came in to compete in front of college coaches and professional scouts. The college scouts were out in sizeab... Read more
2024-25 FCIAC Top Performers
By Trayon Rumley* FCIAC, the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, was established in 1961 and is made up of high schools throughout Fairfield County, Connecticut. Among other things, Fairfield County is a bedroom suburb of New York City whose border starts about 20 miles away from the Bronx. The conference comprises 17 public a... Read more
2025 Slam Dunk NY/Crusader Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova For the January 3-4 weekend, RecruitTheBronx.com joined more than three thousand high school basketball fans at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY for the annual Slam Dunk New York/Crusader Classic. This event is a staple in the Tri-state area and features some of Westchester’s finest talent from both Section ... Read more
2024-25 St Peter’s High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St Peter’s Boys School has proudly served the Staten Island community for more than 100 years. With a rich history and tradition of distinction, St. Peter’s is committed to faith through service, excellence, and cultivating a community of mindful teachers and learners within an inclusive community. The Eagles var... Read more
2024-25 Archbishop Molloy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Archbishop Molloy High School is a co-educational, college preparatory, Catholic school for grades 9-12, located on six acres on 83-53 Manton Street, Briarwood, Queens. It is a top college preparatory school in New York. The boys varsity basketball team competes in the Brooklyn Queens AA Division of the CHSSA. Since 20... Read more2025 New Heights 16u 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 more
2024-25 Mount St Michael Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Mount Saint Michael Academy is an all-boys’ Catholic high school in the Wakefield neighborhood of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Their varsity basketball team competes in the historically talent-loaded Catholic High School Athletic Association AA division. The team is head coached by 30 year veteran, Tho... Read more
2024-25 Baldwin Senior High School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Baldwin High School is a public high school located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. This school serves students in grades 9 to 12. It is the eighth-largest high school in Nassau County. Their boys varsity basketball team has a strong recent history. They were the 2022 Long Island Champions, and the 2022, 2023 and ... Read more
2024 Swoosh Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Sunday afternoon, December 15, we showed up at South Shore Educational Campus in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn for the third annual Swoosh Classic, which was presented by Nike. The two boys games featured some of the best boys talent in the Tri-state area. Here are the standouts from both of the games: Amadou “Ha... Read more
2024 NYC Invitational Top Performers
By David Cordova On Sunday, December 8, we paid a visit to James Monroe Educational Campus in The Bronx for the NYC Invitational, put together by E.T.S Academy (Education Through Sports) and the PSA Cardinals. The event had a group of top New York City high school teams and also strong teams from Pennsylvania and upstate New York competing. We... Read more
2024-25 Frederick Douglass Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Located in the heart of Harlem, Frederick Douglass Academy 1 stands out as a premier college preparatory school, renowned for academic excellence and dedicated to equipping students with the tools needed for successful college endeavors. Their boys varsity basketball team competesin the PSAL Manhattan A II Division 2. ... Read more
Kennedy Catholic High 2024-25 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School is an Roman Catholic, co-educational high school located in Somers, New York. It serves 630 students in grades 9–12 from Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam and Fairfield counties and the Bronx. Their boys varsity basketball team is coached by Marcus Matthews in his second year ... Read more
2025 Gotham Hoops Classic Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Gotham Hoops Classic is an in-season, multi-day showcase, being held at the Bronx Community High School. The annual event features high school teams from diverse regions. This platform significantly boosts visibility for aspiring players, offering exposure to college coaches from various two-and-four year programs ... Read more
2024-25 College Achieve Asbury Park (NJ) Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com College Achieve Asbury Park is a free education Kindergarten through high school public charter school committed to preparing scholars to excel in and graduate from top colleges. The stated mission is to produce college graduates who will return to their communities to become leaders. Their boys basketball team has ... Read more
2024-25 Bedford Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Bedford Academy is a high school in Brooklyn that prepares its students for careers in medicine, engineering and law. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in the New York City Public School Athletic League Brooklyn III, Division 3A. The team is coached by Robert Phelps, Sr. Coach Phelps is a former professiona... Read more
2024-25 Canterbury School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Canterbury School is an independent, college preparatory, coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12 and postgraduates, located in New Milford, CT. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in the college prep level NEPSAC Class B (midsized schools) conference. The Canterbury players get addi... Read more
2024-25 Winchendon School NYC Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Winchendon School of Massachusetts has a long tradition of developing student athletes into college basketball players. Last year was their inaugural to also run a program out of New York City in order to directly tap into the deepest metropolitan pool of basketball talent in the world. It went well, and they are e... Read more
2024-25 New Fairfield High Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New Fairfield High is the public high school in New Fairfield, CT. It enrolls approximately 600 students in grades 9-12. Their boys basketball team competes in the South-West Conference of the CIAC (SWC) and is set to put some dynamic college prospects on the floor this year. As head coach Donnell Harvey enters his ... Read more
2024-25 Hotchkiss School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Hotchkiss School is a highly regarded academic, coeducational prep and boarding school in Lakeville, CT that was founded in 1891. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in the college prep level NEPSAC Class A (large schools) and the Founders League. Their players get additional college scout exposure by also pa... Read more
2024-25 St Lukes School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St Lukes School is a secular, private day school serving grades 5-12 in New Canaan, CT. Its boys varsity basketball team is coached by former Quinnipiac College Assistant Coach Tony Newsom and is assistant coached by Evan Downey. St Luke’s has a long history of placing their players onto college teams. They compe... Read more
2024 Achievement First Veterans Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Sunday afternoon, November 10, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to Achievement First High School in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn for the Achievement First Veterans Classic. This event consists of a series of exhibition games for Greater NYC teams before the beginning of the regular season. On this date, we caught three... Read more
2024-25 Our Saviour Lutheran Regional 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
2024-25 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 uber-prolific in producing high level college prospects. This past September, their head coach Raphael Chillious was hired back into the NBA. Accordingly, then A... Read more
2024-25 Rye Country Day School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rye Country Day School is a very high academic, co-educational, independent day school in Rye, NY about 30 miles from New York City. The boys varsity basketball team is coached by Jared Jones in his first year at the helm. Coach Jones has over a decade of experience coaching, including roles in Division I programs at C... Read more
2024-25 New Rochelle High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New Rochelle High School is the public high school in New Rochelle, NY, located 23 miles north of New York City. Its student body is very diverse, with the students’ families originating from 60 countries. The school’s athletic teams, the Huguenots, compete in the New York State Public High School Athletic ... Read more