Happy Thanksgiving From Atlanta Select

We wish you a happy and safe Thanksgiving Day weekend. Thanks for supporting Atlanta Select and all of its programs. A reminder, no Skills Development training this Sunday, November 28. Feel free to post your greetings in our "Guest Book".

Made The Team - 11u, 12u & 13u SILVER Team Players

Congratulations to the players from the 11u, 12u & 13u 2010 SILVER Teams. Listed above is the name of the player, his number, the school, the location, the 2010 Select team and the 2010 Select coach.

Sid Freeman (40) Love Joy Middle Clayton County 12u - Yuseff Carpenter,

Travonte White (3) Factory Shoals Middle Douglas County 12u - Yuseff Carpenter,

A.J. Freeman (45) Factory Shoals Middle Douglas County 12u - Yuseff Carpenter,

Yuseff Carpente (6) Mason Creek Middle Douglas County 12u - Yuseff Carpenter,

Decharri Taylor (Not pictured) Factory Shoals Middle Douglas County 12u - Yuseff Carpenter,

Danial Owens (Not pictured) Chestnut Log Middle Douglas County 12u - Yuseff Carpenter,

Isaiah Gaddy (23) Hapeville Charter Clayton County 12u - Yuseff Carpenter,

Myles Webb (right) Peachtree Charter Dekalb County 11u - Jesse Baskeville,

RJ Williams (left) Villa Rica Middle Carroll County 11u - Jesse Baskerville,

Isaiah Thomas (34) Chestnut Log Middle Douglas County 13u - Kenneth Powell,

Jeremy Salley (35) Tucker Middle Dekalb County 13u - Kenneth Powell,

Khalil Wallace (14) Kipp South Fulton Acad Fulton County 13u - Kenneth Powell,

Brandon Collier (44) Chestnut Log Middle Douglas County 13u - Kenneth Powell.

The Atlanta Select SILVER teams players above have completed tryouts and have been added to the rosters of their middle school teams, 2010-2011 season. These players are trained by a clutch of Coaches under the general management of Coach Baskerville with a principle coach assigned to each age group. The 2010 coaching group consists of Kenneth Powell 13U, Jerry Salley 13U, Yuseff Carpenter 12U, Jesse Baskerville 11U, Derrick Lottie 11U, Allen Christopher 10U.

During the season, these coaches maintained a rigorous schedule by applying collective synergy during practices and tournaments. The teams were exposed to tournament level play in 50-70 games during the season. Jeremy Salley number 35 above not only made the Tucker Middle team, he was named Co-Captain. Go Jeremy!

Congratulations DeQwan Mosley - Made The Team

As DeQwan entered Skills Development training last Sunday, he stopped, looked at me, and I saw in his eyes that he had good news. He wanted me to know that he made his basketball team at Chapel Hill High School.

DeQwan is in the 9th grade at Chapel Hill HS. He wanted me know that he attends the same school in which Bobby Tillman, the young man stomped to death in Douglas County a few days ago, graduated. That he was a classmate of Bobby's sister, that he knew Bobby and was very sad and wished the best for Bobby's family.

He told me how he enjoyed Skills Development training and the skills he gained at the several sessions were instrumental in he being prepared to be selected for his high school team. He will be playing for Coach Glenn on the Freshman team.

DeQwan enjoys swimming, track & field and playing football. My observation of DeQwan during training is, that he works extremely hard at accomplishing any task. I am confident that he will excel in the other sports that he love.

Atlanta Select appreciates DeQwan and all the others who consistently attend our Skills Development training. We are proud to know that our training is helping to make better basketball players of our attendees. Good Luck to DeQwan and all our Skills Developers.

14u RED Team Players Selected to Play Middle/High School Ball

Coach Tony Burton announces that several of his 14u RED team players will be playing on high school teams this Fall.

Paul Webb (00) - Varsity/JV at Lanier HS.
Terrance Glenn (23) - South Gwinnett HS.
Tevin Ryles (6) - Freshman Team at GACS.
Kaleb Catching (32) - Center & PF at Berkmar HS.
Trey Lee (21) - SF on the JV?Freshman Team at Berkmar HS.

These young men traveled all over the United States last Summer, gaining experience playing against the best in the nation. I am positive that they will demonstrate their added skills on the basketball court for their schools this Fall. Go Select!

PLATINUM Players - Made Their HS Teams

Coach La'Teef Pyles announces his PLATINUM Team players that made their high school teams.

Marquis Clark (3) - Washington HS.
Jerell Walton (33) - Lithonia HS.
Gerald Davis (8) - Landmark Christian HS.
C.J. Beazer (12) - Holy Innocence.
Deion Alexander (55) - MLK, Jr. HS.
Malichi Dozier (1) - Landmark Christian HS.
Parys Middleton (45) - Washington HS.

These young men distinguished themselves last summer as hard working student athletes. They have justifiably earned positions on their high school teams. Good Luck to all. Go Select!

The National Champs - All Made Their HS Teams.

The Atlanta Select 15u Boys Team RED won the YBOA Consolidation Division National Championship. Every member of this team coached by Coach Dionne Mason earned a position on their high school team.

Pierre "Primetime" Mason, JV, Shiloh HS.
Jeremy "Skittles" McKenzie, JV, Arabia Mountain HS.
Matt "Mr. Fundamentals" Surls, JV, Brookwood HS.
Evyn "Easy E" Smith, Varsity, Shiloh HS.
Devante "Diezel" James, Varsity, Shiloh HS.
Daniel "Big D" Lerner, Injured Reserve, Brookwood HS.
Cordell "C-Deezy" Rhymer, JV, Shiloh HS.
Chad "C-Smooth" Winfrey, Varsity, Grady HS.
Bryan "Grasshopper" Thompson, Varsity, Shiloh HS.
Brandon "Big Easy" Banks, JV & Varsity, Berkmar HS.

We are proud of our National Champions. Go Select!

They Made The Team - 14u Team WHITE North

We are excited to announce that all but one of the Atlanta Select 14u WHITE North team made their high school teams as freshman.

Jonathan Bucker, Jared Ijitimehin and Abed Nelson are playing on South Gwinnett's freshman team.

Kendall Joseph and R J Smith are playing on the freshman/JV and freshman teams, respectively, for Brookwood HS.

Hussein Kahrimanobic is playing on Central Gwinnett's freshman team.

Austin Morris is playing on Grayson's JV Team while Marquis Bumpas is on the freshman team.

Isaiah Wilkins is playing for Parkview HS.

Trey Moore and Camden "Tank" Terry are playing freshman/JV and freshman, respectively, for Berkmar HS and Bradley Holmes will be playing JV/Varsity for Berkmar as a freshman.

We are ecstatic because these boys worked very hard this past summer to improve their skills. Thanks to Coach Ayers for his dedication and support. It is going to be interesting watching these Atlanta Select players compete against each other during this high school season. The best against the best. Go Select.

Made the Team - The Mighty 16u RED Team Players

The Atlanta Select 16u RED Team players made their high school teams. They will be making an impact throughout the metropolitan area of Atlanta.

Johnnie Gavin, playing the 3-4 for Coach Johnson at MLK,Jr.,HS.
John Penn, playing the 1-2 for Coach McKinney at SWD HS.
Devin Morgan, playing the 2-3 for Coach McKinney at SWD HS.
Greg Crooks, playing 1-2 for Coach McKinney at SWD HS.
Thomas Cox, playing 3 for Coach Slade at Grady HS.
Chris Thronton, playing 1-2 for Westlake HS.
Jalen Hubbard, playing 3 at SW Atl Christian HS.
Dontae Hampton, playing 1-2 for Coach Kenley at Lithonia HS.
Saveyon Edwards, playing 1-2 for Coach Hunter at Towers HS.
Brendan Goshay, playing 2-3 for Coach Hunter at Towers HS.
Quincey Tiller, playing 4 for Coach Hunter at Towers HS,(not pictured).

These student athletes played for Coaches Sanders, Hubbard and Goshay last summer. They demonstrated the tenacity to be the best. Look out Atlanta, here they come.