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.

Made Their School's Team - Atlanta Select 13u BLACK 8732 Team Players

The Atlanta Select 13u Boys Team BLACK 8732 (Coaches G. Stewart and Gates)have had an extremely successful year. They have been honored as being the 17th best team in the nation by AAU. All members made their school's team. The nine that are pictured are:
Sylvester "Go Hard Slim" Bacon, South Atlanta.
Jordan "Sky Walker" Burrows, North Atlanta.
Ben "B" Miller, Mt. Pisgah.
John "Da Leader" Hill, Paideia.
Demetrius "Meat" McNeal, Grady.
Christian "OG" Gates, Inman.
Cameron "Mr Amazing" Wiley, Marist.
Ayinde "Take Two" Russel, Brown.
Ethan "Iceman" States, Westminster.
Natrez "Westside Muscle" Patrick, Young,not pictured.

Atlanta Select is pleased to have players at these 10 different schools. We are confident that they will play a key role in the success of their school's 2011 basketball season. Go Select.

Atlanta Select Players Selected For South Gwinnett HS Basketball Teams

The head basketball coach (Scott Bracco)at South Gwinnett High School has selected six Atlanta Select players for his Freshman and JV teams this season.
Jerry Vincent, Gerald Washington, KV Walker all 9th graders and Alex Johnson (10th grade) and Shirquan Henry (11th grade)will be playing for Coach Kantrail the JV coach. Dante Hibbert (9th grade) will be playing on the Freshman team for Coach Howell.

All of these young men worked extremely hard over the last season. They played for either Coach Vincent's Atlanta Select 14u WHITE North or Coach Mason's 15u Atlanta Select RED. They also participated in the high school summer league with South Gwinnett HS. Dante, Jerry, Gerald and KV were four out of five Freshman that were invited to begin training with the varsity team at the beginning of the school year while others had to wait until tryouts. Others trained with several other coaches to include our own Coach Jason Brown, 14u WHITE North Assistant Coach.

The coaching staff at South Gwinnett has expressed their excitement of working with these young men and are eager to see their development on the court over the next four years. We are proud of these Atlanta Select players and positive that they will perform well in the classroom and the court this season. Go Select.

Made the Teams at Grady High School - Mr. Cox & Mr. McNeal

Congratulations to Thomas Cox and Demetrius "Meat" McNeal for making the Grady High School Varsity and Junior Varsity team, respectively. Thomas who played for Coach Sanders' 16u Atlanta Select RED team will be playing the 3 position for Coach Slade. Meat who played for Coach G Stewart's 13u Atlanta Select BLACK 8732 team last season will be demonstrating and implementing his skills as point guard, under the watchful eye of Coach Stewart who is also on the coaching staff at Grady.

Congratulations to these two outstanding student athletes. They have represented Atlanta Select extremely well and I am positive that they will play a significant role and major impact at Grady High School. Go Thomas, Go Meat, Go Select!

Made the Team - Trey Archambeau

Congratulations to Trey Archambeau for making the Varsity team at Northview High School. Trey (who played on the 15u Atlanta Select 15u SILVER Team last season, coached by Coach Copeland) will be starting at the 4 position. He spent a lot of time this fall after the AAU season working on his game, thus, this 6'4" forward is dunking over everybody.

He is the only sophomore on the team and his coach, Steve Bombard, has made it clear that he is expecting Trey to be an intricate part of the team. Coach Bombard took the time to make it clear in front of his team the confidence he has in Trey's ability to help bring the ball up the floor.

Trey is extremely excited about his selection and can not wait until the season begins. Their first scrimmage is this Thursday and the season begins on the 20th. Atlanta Select is justifiably proud of Trey's accomplishment and feel confident that he will lead his team to much success. Go Trey. Go Select!

Made the HS Team - Congrats - Bakari Copeland

Bakari Copeland, (Guard, Atlanta Select 15U SILVER last season) made the JV team at Arabia Mountain High School. He will play the 1 & 2 positions. His coaches (Coach Daniels, Varsity, and Coach Campbell, JV) expect Bakari to lead the team this season.

Bakari worked extremely hard during the off season, incorporating into his strength conditioning workout, a "secret" workout that has increased his vertical leaping abilities to over 7" in 30 days. His persistence in working out has enabled him to increase his speed significantly, improved his footwork and now he is able to dunk the ball consistently. The number of tough games he played during the AAU season assisted in building his confidence and drive to excel.

He has grown over the summer, now 6' tall, has maintained a "B" average in school, earning the respect and accolades of his teachers, coaches and classmates. His coaches at Arabia Mountain indicated that Bakari (this Sophomore)is being prepped to be a leader in the future of Arabia Mountain high school basketball.

Atlanta Select is extremely proud of Bakari. He exemplify the motto of Atlanta Select - Confident, Aggressive, Relentless, SYNERGY. We are proud to have another Atlanta Select player to promote these principles and is prepared to play a major role on their high school team. Hard Work = Good Luck! Congratulations - Bakari. Go Select.

Skills Development Training Pictures, Oct 31, 2010

Always something interesting happening at Skills Development training. Coach Z in the top picture is recognizing three Atlanta Select players that were featured on last Sunday's "Run It Back" TV episode on the Cartoon Channel. These three young men were shown between segments of the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics game that was the game shown last Sunday.

Several weeks ago a casting call for basketball players to film a segment for TNT was made to Atlanta Select. These young men responded, were filmed playing basketball by TNT and will be featured repeatedly on the "Run It Back" episodes on Sunday Mornings, 10 AM, on the Cartoon Network. Great Exposure, Go Select.