2024-25 B.A.C.E. Academy Season Preview
B.A.C.E. (“Be A Community Educator”) is a Queens, NY based nonprofit organization that was organized in 1987 to help Queens youth succeed in life. As part of their efforts, they chose to run a post grad basketball program with the mission to prepare student athletes both academically and in basketball to play at the college level. The president is Charles Coleman, who as player was an All American and Hall of Famer for St. Johns University, a professional for 10 years, and the #9 All-time leading scorer in the PSAL. The Associate Head Coach is Ricardo Blake who has 28 years as a college coach, 7 CUNY championships and 7 NCAA tournament appearances. The head coach is former NYC high school and St John’s University star, Greg “Boo” Harvey.
For 2024-25 B.A.C.E. Academy has joined the newly formed Empire 8 Prep League and the roster is as follows.
Garelle Solomon (2025) 5’11 point guard
Bryan Teixeira (2025) 6’0 guard
Tahleik Taylor (2025) 6’0 guard
Tymeek Stokley (2025) 6’7 forward
Tee-Jay ellier (2025) 6’6 small forward
Jaidan Johnson (2025) 5’10 point guard
Justin Hawkins (2025) 6’3 guard
Hayden Jones (2025) 6’1 guard
Daniel Scringer (2025) 6’5 small forward
Michael Aiken (2025) 6’3 guard
Alsseny Diallo (2025) 6’3 guard