Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003 with the Phoenix Suns, who selected him with the ninth overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft. He made six appearances in the NBA All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA Team five times, including one first-team selection in 2007.
Oak Hill Academy is a co-educational, private, Baptist-affiliated secondary school in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, United States. Oak Hill enrolls approximately 140 students in grades 8-12, and is 100% boarding. It is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and is authorized to enroll international students.
Joe Louis Caldwell is a retired American professional basketball player. Caldwell played six seasons (1964–1970) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and five seasons (1970–1975) in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Caldwell was one of the few players to be an All-Star in both leagues, making 2 All-Star teams in each league. Caldwell was a member of the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Caldwell was Team USA's fourth leading scorer.
Stephen "Jo Jo" English is an American professional basketball player who starred at the University of South Carolina in the early 1990s and later played parts of three seasons for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. English made his NBA debut on December 2, 1992. He was the top scorer in the 1999–2000 Israel Basketball Premier League.
Lennox Dominique "Terry" Dehere is an American former basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and was an All-American college player at Seton Hall University. Following his playing career, Dehere became active in Democratic Party politics, as well as a restaurateur.
Ousmane Cisse is a Malian retired professional basketball player. Standing at 6' 9" he played both power forward and center positions. In 2005-06 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League, as well as the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year.
Edner Elisma is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Indios de San Francisco in Dominican Republic. In 1997–98 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.
Ligat HaAl, or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL or ISBL. For sponsorship reasons, the league is also referred to as Ligat Winner Sal, lit. Winner Sal League, with "Winner" being the name of a game operated by the league's primary sponsor, Toto Winner, and "Sal" meaning basket.
The 2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2007–08 college basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Frank Martin. The team relied on a talented crop of young players, headlined by true-freshman star Michael Beasley, the #1-ranked player in the high school class of 2007 by Rivals.com and one of the top prospects for the 2008 NBA Draft.
Jeremy Raymon Pargo is an American professional basketball player for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League. Standing at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), he plays at the point guard position. In 2011 he reached the EuroLeague Final with Maccabi Tel Aviv, earning an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in the process. He was the 2015 Israeli Basketball Premier League Assists Leader, and the 2016 Chinese Basketball Association assists leader. He is the brother of Jannero Pargo, who also played in the NBA.
Samardo Samuels is a Jamaican professional basketball player for Libertadores de Querétaro of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional. He is a 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall power forward–center who attended college at the University of Louisville.
Word of God Christian Academy is a private, Christian, coeducational, primary and secondary day school located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Also known as Word of God, the school was founded in 1993.
Lake Wales High School is a high school located in Lake Wales, Florida, serving the city of Lake Wales and nearby communities such as Frostproof, Dundee, and Winter Haven, Florida .
Jeremy Hazell is an American professional basketball player who last played for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for Seton Hall.
Courtney Fortson is an American professional basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Dominique Leondres Sutton is an American basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Sutton played college basketball for Kansas State University and North Carolina Central University.
Jean-Pierre Tokoto II is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for the University of North Carolina before playing professionally in the NBA G League, Australia, Israel and Spain.
Jamar Lascells Samuels is an American professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball for Kansas State University.
Deni Avdija is an Israeli-Serbian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the small forward position.
Brad Leaf is an American-Israeli basketball coach and former player. He played 17 years of professional basketball in Israel, first for Hapoel Galil Elyon and later for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israel Premier League and Euroleague. He won the Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP award in 1989-90. He played college basketball for the Evansville Purple Aces from 1979 to 1982, and was the school's first All-American in NCAA Division I.
