Rising Stars has been providing teams with a opportunity to compete nationally for over twenty years.  Rising Stars is a charter member of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), Basketball Congress of America (BCI), and the Youth Basketball Organization of America (YBOA).                  

National Program Director Dan Gimpel oversees the process and has been doing so for over 10 years.  Dan has been a product of the program as a player and now directs every aspect of team activity for the organization.

Rising Stars sees competetion as a way to apply the skills developed in its instructional camps and clinics.  Competition begins following the K-4 instructional clinic and is available throughout high school.  During this time Rising Stars ultimate goal is to provide kids enrolled in the program with continuity.  Teamwork, sportsmanship, and the benefits of hard work, are recognized and rewarded with the knowledge that players remain with the teams they began with.  Grade point avergae and performance in school, the role they play in the community, and all aspects of life off the court are equally important to the skills demonstrated on the court. 

Rising Stars goal is to keep the players they begin with, not replace them throughout the years.  Thats one of the most important aspects that makes Rising Stars different.  Another is the quality of staff.  Every one of our coaches is a teaching professional, has played at the college level, and has coached at the high school level or higher.

Through the AAU Rising Stars provides all players with the opportunity of college exposure through tournaments and leagues throughout the spring and summer.  Rising Stars has a long list of relationships with divisions 1,2, 3 colleges.  Over the past 2 years over 20 kids have gone to play at the college level.

For more information please contact Dan Gimpel @ clinics4@aol.com or 917-202-2533