We had our tryouts for the 2023 Fall Season last weekend and are looking forward to workin with our coaches to form the teams. For the Fall, we do things a little differently with one practice a week and 4 weekend tournaments in October. We feel like this helps our players navigate their time efficiently if they are playing multiple sports and also prepares them for their school tryouts and basketball season.
Regarding individual and group training, we will begin that again after the Fall Season. If you are interested in specialized training for your son as well as the Spring/Summer AAU season, feel free to email Coach Kingsley or Mike Van Hoozer to get more information and be put on the list.
We are excited about the upcoming AAU basketball season and are beginning planning and preparation for what this year will look like. We will be having tryouts for our boys 9th grade team as well as a new 7th grade team on February 7th at Campbell Elementary. The 9th grade team will have tryouts from 9 am to 10:30 am, and the 7th grade tryouts will be from 10:30 am to 12 pm. We will be abiding by Katy ISD health and safety protocols including having every player wear a face covering and socially distancing from others when not engaging in an activity on the court. Please make sure that your son brings a mask or face cover to wear.
It has been a great year for all of our Katy Raptors players who are playing on their respective Jr High and High School teams. After working hard for 3 solid years, all of the players on our Katy Raptors 2025 team made their school’s A Team. Our Katy Raptors 2024 players are showing off their skills and making an incredible impact on their school teams as well. We are so proud of these players and grateful for our coaches and trainers who are building leaders on and off the court and helping them maximize their potential!
Our Katy Raptors 2022 players are also making a great impact on both Varsity and JV teams for their schools. We are so proud of them for setting a great example for our younger teams as they work hard to pursue their goals. For this upcoming season, we are planning to move this team up to be a Varsity team made up of 16-17 year old players. We think this team is ready for the challenge and is already playing at this level for their respective school teams. We also have had a lot of older players ask if they could play for our program, and we have not had a team for them.
As we prepare for this transition, we are accepting inquiries for high school players who might be interested in playing for this Varsity team. Ideally, we are looking for a few post and wing players. If you are interested in playing for a program that provides great coaching, solid and purposeful skill training, leadership and mental toughness development sessions, and helps prepare players for the next level, we would love to hear from you about your experience and interest. You can email Mike Van Hoozer and provide the following information:
Name and Age
School Team including which team you play for (Varsity, JV, etc.)
AAU Experience over the last 3-5 years
Height and Weight
What you are looking for in an AAU experience
Based on the interest, we will conduct some private workouts in the coming weeks.
All of our teams are now full and practicing and playing in tournaments! Our 2024 teams have led the way so far with some impressive finishes in their tournaments including final four finishes in the Rytes Warriors Spring Break Tournament this past weekend! We look forward to making this season a great moment and helping to develop our players to be leaders on and off the court!
If you are still interested in playing on one of our teams, you can email me to be put on a waiting list. While we may not be able to get you into one of our programs this year, there still may be opportunities for your son to train with us either in a group or individual setting with one of our coaches or trainers.
Both of our Katy Raptors 7th grade teams began the 2019 Spring/Summer AAU season this past weekend in a Prime Time Sports tournament. They showed grit, determination, and teamwork, and we are so proud of all of our players! They competed for the top spots for the weekend resulting in one of our teams placing 4th and the other team taking 1st place!
We have had so much interest in our program and are really excited about the growth of our 2024 teams. We know that they will continue to work hard and maximize their potential both individually and collectively as a team. We are also grateful for some of the new coaches and trainers that have joined our academy including Blanchard Layton and Kingsley Oguchi! They are working hard to share knowledge, insight, and coaching that will help the boys develop into leaders on and off the court!
We are in the planning stages for our Spring/Summer AAU season and looking forward to developing our leaders on and off the court! If this sounds like something you would be interested in for your son, check out our teams and programs and email me for more information. If you are not a part of one of our teams or academy, we would love to talk to you to see if it is a fit for your student athlete. All of our teams including our 2022 team, which I personally coach, will be looking for a few select athletes to join us for the Spring/Summer AAU season. We also offer skills and shooting training for players who might be a fit for our program.
If you are interested in joining our program, email me with the following information:
Your name and phone number
Your son’s name
Current grade and school
Current school team and level and any select teams that he has played for
What you are looking for in an AAU basketball program for your son
We are planning some workouts for prospective players in the coming weeks and would be glad to include you in those based on the needs of our teams and the fit within our program. We are very selective on the type of player that will be a good fit for our program and want competitive players who want to develop further as a basketball player and leader on and off the court. We don’t want to just assemble a group of talented individuals. We want to develop a great team of competent and capable leaders who want to be coached and developed to help them maximize their potential and achieve their goals!
