2026 Riverside Select Teams Player Profiles
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 now expanded its programming to support not only its basketball players but any young person in their communities.
Former Riverside Hawks coach Zach Kuba returned four years ago to the Church to lead the Riverside Select leg of Riverside’s high school basketball program. Riverside Select provides support and helps place high performing student athletes who aspire to play at the next level at some of the top academic institutions (NESCAC, UAA, etc.) in the country. The Select team is a great blend of high academic prospects. They play a smart, team-oriented brand of basketball and pressures the ball full court all game defensively.
Last year, Kuba’s 17u Select team captured the championship in the newly formed Hoop Group Academic League.
(Click on the highlighted player’s name and their profile will come up)
2026 Riverside Select 17u Hoop Group Showcase League team
#2 Max Sheth (2027) 5’10 point guard, Kingston High - 2025-26 Daily Freeman District Player of the Year.
#3 Luke Baumbach (2027) 6’3 guard, Knox School - Newsday 2025-26 Long Island Top 25 Prep Player.
#5 Dylan Avant (2027) 6’0 guard, Bright School (CT) - 3.6 gpa
#8 Caden Tate (2027) 5’9 point guard, Brunswick School (CT) -
#11 Croix Duval Martin (2027) 6’5 small forward, Woodlands High -
#12 William Yeo (2027) 6’2 guard, Hackley School -
#13 Austin Mclaren (2027) 6’3 guard, Brunswick School (CT) - 3.4 gpa
#23 Shaan Daly (2027) 6’0 point guard, Ethical Culture Fieldston School -
#25 Deven Cephus (2027) 6’4 small forward, Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science
2026 Riverside Select 17u Hoop Group Academic League team
#0 Antonio Tristani (2027) 6’2 guard, Don Bosco Prep (NJ) - 3.6 gpa
#1 Noah Khalid (2027) 6’1 guard, Newman School (MA) - 3.5 gpa
#2 Jack Moynahan (2027) 6’7 forward, Newman School (MA) - 2025-26 1st Team All NYSAIAS at Riverside Country School. 4.0 gpa
#3 Alex Nuzum (2027) 5’10 point guard, Hackley School - 4.1 gpa
#4 Derek Gomez (2027) 6’6 small forward, St Peter’s Prep (NJ)/Post Grad school TBA - 3.2 gpa
#5 William Sapione (2027) 6’5 small forward, Trinity-Pawling School - 2024-25 and 2025-26 All FCIAC Second Team for Darien High (CT). 3.0 gpa
#12 Kayleeb George (2027) Mt St Michael Academy - 3.2 gpa
#15 Kaya Karakaplan (2027) 6’2 guard, Dalton School - 3.6 gpa
#20 Nick Ferdinand (2027) 6’7 small forwards, St Peter’s Prep (NJ)/Post Grad school TBA - 2025-26 All Hudson County Honorable Mention. 3.7 gpa
2026 Riverside Select 16u Blue Team
#0 Martin Corbett (2028) 5’9 point guard, Iona Prep
#5 Ben Moses (2028) 6’4 small forward, Post Grad program TBA
#9 Sadarshan Bains (2028) 6’3 wing, Bronx High School of Science
#10 Justin Buck (2028) 5’9 point guard, White Plains High - 4.3 gpa
#11 Danny Roque (2028) 5’8 point guard, Fordham Prep
#12 Will Weiss (2028) 5’11 point guard, Salanter Akiba Riverdale High
#21 Cole Pantin (2028) 6’3 wing, Ethical Culture Fieldstone School
#22 Patrick McElhatton (2028) 6’2 guard, Fordham Prep
#34 Lucas Bassett (2029) 6’3 point guard, Packer Collegiate Institute
2026 Riverside Select 16u Hoop Group Academic League team
#0 Ethan Myers (2028) 6’1 guard, Fox Lane High
#2 Calvin Higgins (2028) 6’3 guard, Masters School
#2 Eric Turco (2028) 6’1 guard, New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math School
#4 Dylan Boatswain (2028) 5’11 point guard, Riverside High
#6 Jeremiah Turner (2028) 6’5 small forward, White Plains High
#7 Luke Seigel (2028) 6’6 small forward, Riverdale Country Day School
#21 Johnny Wilson (2028) 6’2 guard, White Plains High
#25 Tyler Schwartz (2028) 5’11 point guard, Bergan Catholic High (NJ)
#33 Rocky Rosenberg (2028) 6’6 small forward, Bergan Catholic High (NJ)