Recent trips to Japan and Spain have further solidified our international reach and impact. We will continue to reach out to other parts of the world and share our undying love for education through athletics!
Saved By The Ball's Spotlight
Tony Bagtas' Star is Shining
Tony Bagtas, one of our original members of the Saved By The Ball Program., is coming off of an incredible Summer. With several Division I offers on the table, Tony still wants more.
No organization or program can survive without support from those that truly believe in it. Throughout the past 8 years, B'Ball 101 and Saved By The Ball, have donated countless hours and resources to our youth. We have done so, not just locally, but nationally and internationally as well. We have come to a point that, in order to propel Saved By the Ball forward, we need outside support!
Big Apple vs. Big Peach Battle: Major Success and Impact
On November 23-26, 2011, Atlanta was bestowed the distinct honor of watching history unfold. The Big Apple vs. Big Peach Battle, a state-to-state high school basketball showcase that featured some of the best high school basketball teams and talent from both New York and Georgia. The event brought in over 3,000 spectators including elite athletes, coaches, NBA and WNBA players and avid sports enthusiasts.
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Saved By The Ball (SBTB) is not an athletic organization, but rather an educational organization, designed to expose student-athletes to the endless career opportunities associated with basketball (sports) if students are prepared to take advantage of the opportunities.
We have provided scholarships to nearly 50 athletes over the past 5 years which included SAT/ACT prep, tutoring, high-level athletic training, mental and physical conditioning, nutrition, ethics, parent/student consultations, and social skills training.
Saved By The Ball Foundation, Inc. (SBTB) was founded in 2006 and funded by Dorian A. Lee also the CEO & Founder of B'BALL 101 Elite Basketball Training. SBTB is a lifelong dream of Dorian's and is founded on the premise that learning to play basketball is simply not enough. We must teach kids how to play and excel at the game of life.
Throughout Dorian's successful basketball career, Dorian noticed that many athletes succumbed to various obstacles in their pursuit of their dream of playing basketball. There were academic casualties, standardized test score casualties, social/interpersonal skill casualties, post-playing career casualties, poor family structure casualties and, of course, lack of highly developed basketball skill casualties.
SBTB has and will always provide student-athletes (both male and female ages 14-19), the ancillary resources needed to be successful as students first and then as athletes. We deliver a “complete” player that is grounded, prepared, and confident – both on and off the basketball court.
SBTB is a safe haven for the players, creating a healthy lifestyle mindset of activity while simultaneously reducing the chances of substance abuse, obesity, pregnancy, or delinquency. Participants are transformed into future mentors and leaders, becoming touchable and accessible role models in society.
For nearly a decade B'Ball 101 has been successfully developing the minds and bodies of basketball players at all levels. As Atlanta's premier choice in basketball player development & training, B'Ball 101's unique training system continues to help every athlete reach their career goals. The student-athletes who come through our system continually earn athletic scholarships to colleges and universities and our professional athletes look to us for the tools that will give their career longevity, and increase their demand and overall value in the market.
Project Educate Me Leaning Center offers an array of educational services. Project Educate Me goal is to enrich the lives of children and their families by offering quality educational services geared to improve student academic achievement and social/emotional development.
The vision of Project Educate Me is based on the principle that at-risk children can expand their knowledge base through engagement in stimulating and educational activities. Focus is to improve literacy and numeracy skills and bring students up to Georgia Performance Standards in content subject areas.
Project Educate Me Learning Center is approved by Georgia Department of Education, Louisiana Department of Education, and South Carolina Department of Education to provide supplemental educational services to statewide school districts. Services are provided to schools that are in the needs improvement status according to adequate yearly progress (AYP).
Tutorial Services
During 2010- 2011 school year we serviced approximately 150 students and have seen effective and positive academic improvements based on parental feedback of students, pre and post- test results, and LEA test data.
Our curriculum is based on several key elements; complete diagnostic assessment, individualized learning plan, research proven materials, benchmark test, and post diagnostic assessment. Data from pre diagnostic provides the functioning grade level, strengths, and weaknesses of each student. Post diagnostic test provides growth data on each student and have revealed a positive impact on academic achievement of the low achieving students that were served.
PEM stakeholders’ completed a survey on our effectiveness and overall satisfaction of tutorial services provided. Parents reported that test testing strategies enabled their child to overcome testing anxiety and consequently scoring higher on the CRCT and GHSGT. 99% of parents surveyed stated that they would choose PEM again as a tutorial provider for their child.
Anecdote evidence is received from parents on how their students' grades, attendance, class participation, and discipline have improved as a result of attending PEM after school program. Parents provided the program director data of current grades, attendance record, standardize test scores, and discipline records from each child that participated in PEM after school program to track student’s progress. Data revealed a substantial gain in the performance level of students that participated in Project Educate Me after school program in both reading and math. Students that attended tutorial sessions for a minimum of three hours a week increased an average of 2.02 GE (grade equivalent) in Reading comprehension scores and 2.00 in Vocabulary scores and 73% of students made gains in Mathematics. The results presented are based on students’ who completed 32 session hours of instruction with Project Educate Me after school program.
The instructional component of the tutorial program is researched based and proven to be an effective key element in increasing student academic achievement. PEM differentiate instruction and presents instructional content in multiple formats that have proven to be effective practices for at-risk students. A variety of instructional materials are used to accommodate various learning styles. Curriculum used will address student’s individual needs based on identified gaps in knowledge as indicated through testing data on each student.
Method Test Prep specializes in standardized test preparation and has been preparing students to excel on the SAT for over 12 years. Due to our success and commitment to serving our students, we have grown rapidly.
We have partnered with Naviance, the largest provider of students’ educational solutions worldwide, and become the sole test prep provider of hundreds of high schools across the country.
We also provide expert private tutoring across Long Island, New York and have students from more than 50 high schools.
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Academic & Eligibility
Social Skills Training
Basketball Development
The ASSIST PROGRAM
(Mentoring Program)
Career Counseling
College Recruiting Assistance
Saved By The Ball is dedicated to making our program accessible to student-athletes from diverse backgrounds and economic situations. Our year round Hoop University Program ensures that those student-athletes who participate are given the tools needed to succeed in school, life, and athletics. Our program also forces our participants to be held accountable for their success. Student-athletes who participate in our program have to continuously comply to our guidelines for academic, athletic, and personal excellence.
Saved By The Ball will review all applications. Once applications have been submitted, you will be contacted with more information on our academies and various scholarship opportunities.
Saved By The Ball takes into consideration many components in assessing scholarship eligibility. The components include, but not limited to, athletic achievements, academic history, grade level, involvement in extracurricular activities/community service and space availability.
Saved By The Ball Foundation, Inc. founded by Dorian A. Lee. Mr. Lee brings over 26 years of basketball experience as a player, coach, and trainer to the Company. He started playing basketball at age 8 and went on to win scholarships to play at the college level. He finished his college basketball career with over 1,600 points and over 200 steals, and graduated with a degree in Health Sciences.
He later served as an assistant coach for the Gwinnett Gwizzlies and has trained countless athletes over the years, including WNBA and NBA players. He developed his own effective training system based off proven psychological and physiological methods to improve the game of basketball players of all skill level. Mr. Lee also has over 10 years of experience as a sales representative; he generated over $3.7 million in sales for Norwest Mortgage and was ranked first out of 294 sales representatives in his territory while working for Bristol-Myers Squibb
He was most recently a Consultant for Affiliation Enterprises where he located funding sources and investment capital for business expansion and conducted leadership seminars and personal growth related programs for staff and executives. Mr. Lee’'s basketball experience, training expertise, proven leadership abilities, and business knowledge will ensure the foundation’s success.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Todd
Vice President, CBRE
Bubba Withington
Whithington & Associates
C. Anthony Mulrain
Managing Partner
Gordon & Rees, LLC
Tamara brings a wealth of knowledge of the business of basketball to Saved By The Ball Foundation. As a former professional athlete, and Director of Public Relations for The Cound Group Sports Management and Marketing Agency, she focused on marketing, public relations and community efforts for the agency's NBA, WNBA and International athletes
A four-year letter winning member of the University of Florida women's basketball team, Tamara graduated with numerous honors and accolades both on and off the court.
Upon graduation, she was drafted as the 25th overall player selected in the 2001 WNBA draft to the Washington Mystics and subsequently had stints with both the Charlotte Sting and Los Angeles Sparks before taking her talents overseas for six years, playing in various countries throughout Europe and Asia.
Chick-Fil-A Signs on as Sponsor for Big Apple Big Peach Battle
The Cow will be in the building!!!The Snellville Chick-Fil-A has signed on as a major contributing sponsor for the Big Apple Big Peach Battle that will take place November 23-26, 2011. READ ARTICLE
Holdsclaw Donates $10,000 via the WNBA to the Saved By The Ball Foundation
Argubaly one of the greatest basketball players to ever grace the hardwood continues to show that her impact on the court will one day be overshadowed by her generosity off of it. READ ARTICLE
Holdsclaw Donates $10,000 via WNBA Press Release.pdf
Big Apple vs. Big Peach: Life lessons learned
November, 25, 2011
11/25/11
By Adena Andrews
Khadeen Carrington, a sophomore shooting guard at Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) escaped the littered streets of New York City for a bit of Southern Hospitality in Atlanta, Ga. this Thanksgiving weekend for the Big Apple vs. Big Peach Battle. The holiday tournament showcased some of the top high school teams from New York and Georgia alongside providing off-court life lessons for the participants.
“I’m from Brooklyn, so there is a lot of stuff going on, like shootings and gangs,” Carrington said. “Every day you hear about someone dying. It’s nice to come down here and take a break from all of that.”
Dorian Lee and Robert “Bobby” Parker Jr., who saw life beyond their small town hoop dreams in Mobile, Ala., established the inaugural Big Apple vs. Big Peach Battle. They played basketball together at Spring Hill College in Mobile and found ways to stay involved in the game after their playing days. Lee and Parker created the Save the Ball Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps guide young adults through the labyrinth of being a student-athlete.
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The idea of the Big Apple/Big Peach Battle came from B'Ball 101 creators Dorian Lee and Bobby Parks who had a vision of pitting talented teams against each other from the New York City area and the state of Georgia. In addition to the on court action, the day before Turkey Day the Big Apple/Big Peach staff held some life lesson sessions for the players. The series of workshops included collegiate eligibility center registration, a financial literacy seminar, and key note messages from former Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward and WNBA player Chamique Holdsclaw.
As far as what happened on the floor, both states took the floor with similar styles. All teams looked to play with an uptempo style and with this being the early part of the high school basketball season spectators were subjected to some sloppy play, but non the less most of the games went down to the wire. At the events end the teams from NYC and Georgia finished the weekend with identical 3-3 records with Lovejoy HS(GA) and South Shore HS(NY) being the big winners by winning both of their games.
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The Big Apple Big Peach Battle
November 23-26, 2011
Games November 25 & 26, 2011
The Big Apple/Big Peach Battle is a weekend celebration of athletics, academics and community service, featuring a basketball showcase between the top boys and girls high school basketball teams from both New York and Georgia. The primary purpose of this event is to raise awareness and funds for the Saved By The Ball Foundation, Inc., Atlanta-based non-profit organization, which provides student-athletes with the academic, athletic and social tools necessary to become well-rounded, independent, confident leaders in the community.
Bigapplebigpeach info sheet-updated 2.pdf
SAVED BY THE BALL FOUNDATION
261 Parkway Dr. NE, Atlanta
Tel: + 404.438.2645
Email: info_savedbytheball.org
