The Shining Star family is sending our thoughts and prayers to the Davenport family. Darren Davenport passed away last night. He was a tremendous father and husband. In our eyes the Davenport family is basketball royalty. 🙏
Special shout-out to our former player David Larkins! Tonight he had his first college catch and his team App State upset Texas A&M! Congrats David!
#SHINE
#keepgoing
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@Dlarks08
This past weekend two of our Shining Star players Cameron Williams & Cayleb Walters were invited for a visit with
@GoBearcatsMBB
! 🏀
🔥
This is amazing to see!
Keep working hard guys!
#SHINE
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This year, every team has a
#25
and
#33
in their uniform set. We are honoring two of our former players. Ryan Custer(
#33
) who was paralyzed in 2017 and Michael Currin(
#25
) who tragically died in 2021. We will continue to do this every season. ❤️
#SHINE
We are very saddened to hear about the loss of Danny Celenza. He was a great father, coach, and most of all a great person. Our thoughts go out to his family, friends, and Anderson High School.
Shining Star AAU would like to give a birthday shoutout to Sam Whitmer! Sam currently plays on Shining Star 10th Grade Price. Happy Birthday Sam!
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Former Shining Star player Ryan Custer is working hard every day with therapy. Doing 6 hours a week with a therapist and an hour every night on his own. Everyone continues to pull for him on his road to recovery. If anyone can do it...it’s Ryan!
#MotivationMonday
Happy Birthday to our Director Alex Meacham! 🎉
We’re grateful for all that he’s done to create an environment at Shining Star AAU where players can develop their craft and become better individuals on and off the court! 💪
Go wish a happy birthday to Meach 👊
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Special moment in the Elder @ Oak Hills game last night. Former Shining Star Ryan Custer was honored and was presented with a $51,000 check that was raised from the Buckeye/Bluegrass Charity Event. Great gesture from both High Schools!
HEARTFELT MOMENT! Mason Weisbrodt (Shining Star AAU player) gave one his game worn jerseys to Andy (a HUGE fan and friend of Mason’s)! Swipe to read the full story!
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TONS of college coaches have been contacting our staff about players in our program. Many of our players want to play college basketball and it is our goal to help them reach their dreams.
Congrats to the Highlands HS Boys basketball on winning the Kentucky State Championship! S/O former player
@samvinson3
on winning MVP. S/O current players
@olliverharris
, Will Herald and Cole Kocher
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CONGRATULATIONS to Former Shining Star player Sam Whitmer for committing to Delta State!
Hard work pays off, wishing you continued success Sam 🔥
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Very sad to hear about the passing of longtime official Bobby Sagers Sr. He and his family have been dedicated to the game of basketball for years! Our thoughts go out to the family.
Throwing it back to 2011 player
@Kell3nsmith
. Kellen spent 3 years in our program while at Scott High School. He then went on to play college ball at Saginaw Valley State University, and then for the Norwood Flames in Australia.
S/O former player Carlos Garcia for his mission work. Through his organization, Unified for Uganda, the main focus was getting immersed in their culture. They learned about the kids’ and families’ struggles, got to know their stories, and got to know the people.
#MotivationMonday
Today we spoke w/ some AAU tourney directors. There will be AAU tourneys every weekend in July and August in Cincinnati. We are reviewing all these options for our teams. More details to come next week.
S/O DerMarr Johnson for stopping by our Fall Team practice and talking w/ our players. He was a Mcdonald All American, played one year for the Cincinnati Bearcats, was the
#6
pick in the NBA draft and played professionally for years. Great to hear his story.
A tradition like no other! Every year, we get our guy
@samwhitmer3
ice cream at the Expo Center for his bday. This is his last season playing for us 😞 🍦
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Excited to announce
@shiningstaraau
“Kicks Collaborative.” Our program will be donating over 150 pair of brand new Nike shoes to every kid at The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati(Avondale). The presentation will be August 17th at 5pm!
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Tomorrow the Spring/Summer AAU season starts! Excited for our players to be putting on these new uniforms. The 3D numbers and 3D stars look great in person.
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Congratulations to Shining Star 10th Grade Davis!
After starting the season slow, these guys have now won 7 straight and are on fire 🔥
They went 5-0 this past weekend and captured the 10th Grade Queen City Cup Championship! 🏆
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#ThrowbackThursday
- Pictured here is our 2019 Shining Star Price team!
🔥7 of these 10 players are now playing college basketball and one is playing college football.
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Shining Star is excited to announce that we will be partnering w/ one of our former players
@IAM_JCraw
@TheMoneyTeam
aka TMT. Our first Shining Star TMT team will be a Cincinnati based 4th grade group starting in December 2020. This is only the beginning....
#SHINE
#TMT
🌟New Uni Alert🌟
For this years jersey theme we decided to add as many colors and details as we could to insure our players SHINE🌟on court! With an emphasis on a “Lightbulb” and “Block” logo design, We hope to spark the imagination of our players game on court this AAU season!
S/O to former McDonalds All American and Cincinnati Bearcat Hall Of Famer, Roger McClendon for coming out and speaking to our 11th Grade team. He spoke about the balance of academics and athletics.
#SHINE
We are currently speaking w/ tourney directors and facility operators today and tomorrow. This will allow us to formally put together our plan to reopen the Shining Star AAU program. More details by Wednesday.
HUGE S/O to our 4th grade Shining Star TMT team for winning the tournament for their age group! They were exciting to watch every single game!
#SHINE
#tmtbasketball
Shout out to the Schneider family for representing Shining Star well!
@Brady31300033
and
@schneider_ayden
both play at LaSalle and we are excited to watch them play this upcoming season!