Interested in a Youth Basketball Coaching Position?

Mercer Island Boys’ select basketball feeder program is seeking to fill a few coaching slots for their 5-8th grade teams for the upcoming Fall 2018- Winter 2019 season. The teams participate in 2 levels of select leagues: ETL (Eastside Travel League, http://www.eastsidetravelleague.org) and Cascade (essentially part of the Boys & Girls Club’s Peak League).

• Try-outs in September
• Season: Nov-Feb
• Games on weekends

If you are passionate about coaching youth players and want to join our exceptional organization, please response to mibasketballyouthdir@gmail.com with the following information:

• Coaching experience
• Specific grade interest, if any
• Contact details

Congratulations to the 2017-18 Islanders and Seniors Griffin Emanuels (Co-Captain), Ethan Eason (Co-Captain), Giovanni Rocha and Reid Martinez.  The team battled all season and finished in third place in KingCo with a record of 8 wins, 6 losses, and played a challenging non-conference and playoff schedule to finish the year with an overall record of 12 wins and 12 losses.  

Congratulations to the following Islanders for KingCo honors: 

Senior, Griffin Emanuels, 1st Team 2A/3A All KingCo and named Defensive MVP for KingCo 2A/3A for the second consecutive year;
Senior, Giovanni Cervantes-Rocha, and Junior William Lee, both named 2A/3A KingCo Honorable Mention.
 

Island Hoop Camp is partnering with the Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club this summer to provide high quality basketball camps on MI at PEAK.  

Improve your fundamental skills and have fun with Coach Gavin Cree and his staff, including current and former college basketball players.

Registration is OPEN NOW -- click the link above.  

June 18-21

• Camp 1:  Island Fundamentals, Grades K-4, 9 am-12 @ PEAK
• Camp 2:  Island Fundamentals, Grades 5-8, 1 pm - 4 @ PEAK

June 25-28

• Camp  3:  Island Fundamentals, Grades K-4, 9 am-12 @ PEAK
• Camp 4:  Island  Skills:  Handling the Rock, Grades 5-8, 1 pm - 4 (June 25-26) @ PEAK
• Camp 5:  Island  Skills:  Shooting the Rock, Grades 5-8, 1 pm - 4 (June 27-28) @ PEAK

July 2-3

• Camp  6:  Island Skills:  Scoring the Rock, Grades 5-8, 9 am-12 @ PEAK

ALL CAMPERS SHOULD REGISTER FOR THE GRADE THEY ARE ENTERING FOR THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR.

Camps 1-3 are considered a prerequisite to Camps 4-6.  IHC uses an 8:1 coach ratio.

Please contact Coach Gavin Cree with any questions at gavincree@yahoo.com.

Thanks to  the generous contributions of our MI basketball community, including your membership with the MI basketball booster club, scholarships are available for the upcoming Boys Basketball Select Season.  Stay tuned for tryout dates in the Fall. 

Our scholarship application form is below.  If you are interested, please download the form and send to mibasketballyouthdir@gmail.com.

Go Islanders!

Thanks to all for participating in the Little Dribblers program run by MIHS Head Coach Gavin Cree and his staff.  

Look for updates in the near future on training opportunities at all levels.  

Register for Little Dribblers https://mibasketball.sportngin.com/register/form/071191975