SSA Elite Basketball Program and Basketball Skill Development Academy for boys and girls ssahoops55
@gmail
.com. Proud Members of the
@rl_hoops
Circuit
Electric Day 1 of our Training Camp!
15U, 16U, and 17U groups all brought the juice, competitive edge, and hunger right away! Three high level practices between the groups!
Appreciate the college programs who stopped in to check out our 17U teams tonight!
Day 2 will be a 🎥
Year 7 is in the books!
A HUGE THANK YOU to our players, coaches, parents, families, and friends who helped make this one of our best springs/summers yet!
Our 2023 group means a lot to us and will be moving in to BIG things!
What a FUN RIDE!
Another great year for the program, we truly can’t believe it has already been 6 years since this family was built! Each year gets better and better and we can’t do it without our tremendous coaches, players, and most importantly FAMILIES! Thank you parents for all that you do!
Huge congrats go out to 2018 Wing Gabe Pieschl (
@Gabe_Pieschl
) who now holds the all-time scoring record at Marysville with 1603 points and has the best single season scoring average at 22.4 ppg.
We are deeply deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one our Middle School coaches
@Humble95_
. He was a big part of our family and the kids just loved playing for him. The smiles he brought to us will never be forgotten. Sending prayers to the
@mccmbb
family and those affected
The 7 Year Journey: The great players, great coaches, and great support system has all led up to this!
ITS TIME
#SSAFAMILY
Can’t wait to compete in the
@NB16League
on the NB48! Excited to rock
@newbalancehoops
gear from head to toe.
15U Girls are tourney champs! Congrats ladies!
Won against NW Blazers Fierce 15u 48-35
Taryn Sides (
@taryn_sides
) had 19
Maddi Amekporfor (
@maddiamekporfor
) had 11
2,000 followers! Hard to fathom how far we have come in 6 years as a program and Skills Academy‼️ We can’t thank the trainers, coaches, players, and parents that helped us along the way push forward our goal of advancing the game of hoops and improving young men in KS
#Family
After a great two weekend stretch playing in
@HardwoodEvents
6’3 2025 PG
@amare_jones3
has been reached out to by The University of South Dakota
Just the beginning of the grind!
15U Black wins
@PHSpringKickoff
championship! Trevor McBride (
@Trevor_McB15
) drops 23, Always Wright and Howard Johnson (
@howaaard4
) each with 15
Koen Hula (
@koenhula00
) comes up huge scoring 10 straight points during a 3 minute span late in 2nd half!
Awesome team performance!
2021 G Dawson Zenger with 22 points and won the 3 Point Shootout at the Central Kansas All Star Game today! (
@DawsonZenger
)
Coach
@CoachSimmonsM
of our SSA staff was selected to coach in the game as well!
Been a great weekend for the program, that winning pedigree is back‼️
Records before championship games
@HardwoodEvents
17U Black➡️4-0
17U White➡️3-1
16U Black➡️3-1
16U White➡️2-2
15U Black➡️4-0
15U White➡️2-2
Total: 18-6
Add in our 15U Girls impressive 7-0 run at Nike TOC
Some highlights from
@PHCircuit
#PrepHoopsLiveATL
from 6’6 W
@TysonRuud
Offers from: Washburn, Southwestern
Involved/Newly Involved after this weekend: UND, USD, Abiline Christian, Pitt State, Indiana State, Air Force, and others
@scottybscout
Year 6 is in the book‼️Truly one of our greatest seasons in program history‼️
➡️Toughest and largest tournament schedule in
@PHCircuit
➡️Great coaches
➡️Most expansive collection of talent across KS we’ve had
Thank you to the parents and families who mean so much to us‼️
More good news to report!
The 3 🏀 ASSASSIN IS BACK!
6’1 G
@KHurla
IS CLEARED AND PLAYING with our 2023 Black group
@HardwoodEvents
‼️
51 point game this high school season w/ 14 made threes!
The St Marys crew with a huge 1 point win over 6A Topeka High in the TIT!
2023 G
@KHurla
with the game winning FT’s with 4 secs left
Congrats fellas 💪 keep rolling
@JaxonHurla
@FredCriqui
@KHurla
‼️
SSA Elite 2025 Black Player Profile
Kaden Ballard
Handle:
@kadenlballard
5’10
Point Guard
Washburn Rural High
12 ppg
3.3 rbpg
3.3 aspg
44 made threes
6A All State Hon Mention, 2nd Team All Centennial
@RL_HoopsKS
@RL_Hoops
17 White win 73-72 to open up Prep Hoops tourney
Dawson Zenger (
@DawsonZenger
) had 27 on 10-12 from the field and Owen Braxmeyer (
@obrax5
) had 17. Jerrod Gillett (
@GillettJerrod
) hit 4/5 from deep.
Our very own
@levi25braun
is one of 5 players in the country shooting the 3 ball at a 50% or better clip with over 40 made!
A special talent shooting that ball and an even more special person!
Keep hooping Levi 💪
6’6 2023 Wing
@TysonRuud
is putting on a dunking and shot blocking clinic today at
@MNUHoops
@mnusports
Team Camp today
Having a monster Saturday all over the floor
Recent Iowa WBB commit Ava Jones and her family were the ones involved in this terrible accident.
Her and her parents are both currently in the hospital.
They are in Louisville for an AAU Tournament with Wheat State Elite.
Keep them in your thoughts throughout the day today.
Nate Awbrey is a Manhattan, Kansas native and now a walk-on for
@KStateMBB
.
@CoachJTang
calls him an answered prayer. His journey to joining the team started with an Instagram DM. The whole story is fascinating. My exclusive interview with
@Nawbrey33
airs tonight on K-Nation.
Not bad for your COLLEGE DEBUT for
#11
in the country
@IchabodMBB
‼️
Freshman Guard Jaden Monday
30 minutes
10 points (4/6 from field)
4 assists
Way to be ready
@jaden_monday21
😤
Congrats to former SSA PG
@Nawbrey33
on earning a walk on spot with
@KStateMBB
🔥
One of the hardest workers and highest bball IQ players to come through the program, going to do big things!
TRYOUT DAY 1 IS HERE‼️
March 19th Tryout Schedule
📍 Manhattan Christian College
15U: 12-2pm
16U: 2-4pm
17U: 4-6pm
Remember canned goods for tryouts to go to a local food bank!
#JointheFam
Junior Nate Awbrey
@Nawbrey33
and Freshman Caden Hurla
@caden_hurla
step up for the short handed Manhattan Christian College to help them to a big win last night. Nate had 15pts and 8 boards. Caden finished with 5pts
Former SSA 6’4 Guard Gabe Pieschl (
@Gabe_Pieschl
) is off to a really solid start for
@fhsuathletics
Fort Hays this season ⬇️
➡️ 6 ppg
➡️ 4 Rbpg
➡️ 27.5 mpg
➡️ 1 Spg
Year 5 of the program starts Sunday! The constant growth and expansion of the program, high level coaching and college playing experience, great kids and families, and getting kids to the right events for the exposure they need have us ready for a HUGE spring and summer!
#SSAFam
If there’s a rim around better believe Tyson Ruud is dunking on it, check out a few of the 6’6 2023 Wings rim rockers from
#TheStage
@PHCircuit
⬇️
(
@TysonRuud
)
Baller TV missed two nasty windmills he had on the break as well
Adding a program with over 70 players who have played or currently playing college basketball at all levels. Team that’ll compete for a spot in the finale at all levels
#RLHoops
We are excited to announce our merger with GameBall Kansas. Our Girls programs will combine forces to form an elite grassroots program SSA GameBall!
@GameBallBasket
Stay tuned for for updates in the coming weeks.
2022 6’2 Pg Trevor McBride (
@Trevor_McB15
)
Capped off his stat stuffing weekend in the back court with
8 points
7 Assists
4 Rebounds
Does everything you need as your lead guard and can play off the ball as well
@PHCircuit
#PHLive