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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
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 Scrapers 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 more
2026 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 more2026 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 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 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 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 more
2026 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 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 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
2026 Slam Dunk NY/Crusader Classic Standouts
By David Cordova On Friday and Saturday, January 2-3, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY for the Slam Dunk New York Tournament/Crusader Classic. This annual showcase is where many of Westchester County’s finest programs come out to participate on the hardwood court which usually reserved for the N... Read more
2025 NYC Invitational Standouts
By David Cordova, On Sunday, December 7, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Cardinal Spellman High School in the Baychester section of The Bronx for the NYC Invitational The event featured some of the best talent from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Teams representing the NEPSAC, NYSAIS, PIAA and CHSAA conferences came out... Read more
2025-26 Mekeel Christian Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com MeKeel Christian Academy is a private school located in Scotia, New York, 20 miles northeast of Albany. They provide a Christ-centered education for students from pre-school through 12th grade. Chad Bowman is the Head of School and the highly successful, longtime head basketball coach for Mekeel. He achieved his 500... Read more
2025-26 Archbishop Molloy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Archbishop Molloy High School is a four-year private, college preparatory, Catholic school for grades 9–12, located on six acres on 83-53 Manton Street, Briarwood, Queens Their varsity boys basketball team is coached by Mike McCleary in his 13th season at the helm. Donald Francois is the veteran assistant coach. They... Read more
2025-26 St Joseph by the Sea Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School is a co-educational Catholic school in the Huguenot neighborhood of Staten Island. The school property was once owned by steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, who was developing it as a summer resort. In 1909, he donated it to the Sisters of Charity of New York, as a seaside home for childr... Read more
2025-26 South Shore High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com At the peak of its enrollment, during the 1972–74 school years, South Shore High School of Brooklyn was the second-largest high school in the United States at the time. It was closed in June 2010 after graduating its last class and the building was renamed South Shore Educational Complex. The complex now houses five ... Read more
2025-26 Putnam Science Academy Elite 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. Their National team has also earned the #1 national computer ranking for their overall season’s performance for both of the past two years of that r... Read more
2025-26 Brunswick School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Brunswick School is a 123 year old, all boys, private college preparatory private school in Greenwich, CT, about 24 miles northeast of Manhattan, NY. Brunswick educates from pre-Kindergarten through grade 12, but no post-grads. Its boys basketball team plays in the Fairchester Athletic Association, and they can earn... Read more
2025-26 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 35 year veteran, Tho... Read more
Center Moriches High is Off to a Strong Start
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Center Moriches High is a public high school, located about 70 miles east of New York City in Suffolk County on Long Island. Their boys’ basketball team competes in the Section XI (Suffolk County) Division A League 6. The Red Devils have started their season impressively with a 5-1 record. The teams’ 2025-2... Read more
2025-26 Monsignor McClancy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School is located in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. Their varsity boys basketball team is coached by Anthony Olszewski in his 12th season at the helm. They compete in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association A Division. McClancy is entering this season with a... Read more
2025-26 Norman Thomas Preseason Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Norman Thomas Campus is a building in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan that previously housed the Norman Thomas High School. Today, the building at is shared by multiple high schools, including Unity High School. The name is also used by the Norman Thomas basketball team, which represents the schools in th... Read more
2025 City is Mine Championship Game Standouts
By David Cordova, On Sunday, October 26, we were at the Eagle Academy for Young Men I in the Tremont section of The Bronx for the championship game of the City is Mine Preseason High School Classic. The Finals pitted The Bronx’s own Cardinal Hayes out of the Catholic High School Athletic Association against and Brooklyn’s Eagle Academy II o... Read more
2025-26 Riverdale Country School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Riverdale Country School (RCS) is an independent coeducational day school located in the Bronx, New York. Founded in 1907, Riverdale is one of the region’s premier academic and athletic institutions, competing in the Ivy Preparatory League. The school enrolls over 1,000 students from Pre-K through Grade 12, with a s... 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
St Albans Launches a College Basketball Prep Program
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 Eleve11 Hoops The Preview Top Performers
By David Cordova, On October 10-11, we were at St. Francis Preparatory School out in Fresh Meadows, Queens for The Preview, an event put on by Eleve11 Hoops. It showcased some of the best teams from the Northeast, including teams from the Catholic High School Athletic Association, New York City Public School Athletic League, New York State Priv... Read more
2025-26 Storm King Builds a College Prep Program
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Storm King School is an independent coeducational boarding and day school in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, 60 miles up the Hudson River from New York City. Established in 1867, it is one of New York’s oldest boarding schools. It is a college preparatory school for students in grades 8 to post-graduate, with an enro... Read more
2025-26 Canarsie Educational Campus Key Players
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Canarsie Educational Campus is in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie. It houses three schools, the High School for Medical Professions, the Urban Action Academy and the High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media. Their boys varsity basketball team competes in the Brooklyn/Staten Island 4A II division. Th... Read more
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 more2025 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 Prestige Prep Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Prestige Prep Academy (The Academy) located in Linden, NJ, about 22 miles southeast of Manhattan, was established in 2011. The Academy was started to teach and develop athletic skills and increase the sports I.Q. Through their post graduate programs, training, showcases, combines and tournaments The Academy enables the... 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 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
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 more2025 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 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
2025-26 Bright School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Bright School is based in Putnam, CT. It was formerly known as We Believe Academy, is an educational institution founded by former NBA basketball player, Ta’Quan Zimmerman. From its original beginnings as a basketball academy, Bright School has evolved into a comprehensive educational institution with the pa... Read more