Program Recap: March '16

Program Recap: March '16

Enrollment

  • SEED Academy:  40 student-athletes
  • Live, Learn & Play // SEED Rise:  1,387 weekly participants
  • SEED Scholars:  105 SEED alumni

Live, Learn & Play Tournament

The second annual LLP Tournament is an opportunity for our students and coaches to display their incredible progress on and off the basketball court.  Beginning on March 16th, our 1,387 youth from 17 different schools currently enrolled in LLP started a month long tournament.  22 of 28 games were completed before students headed home for the Easter Holiday.  The tournament will resume on April 13th with 36 more games scheduled, and the finals will be featured during the Hoop Forum event (May 19-21).

This year, under the supervision of SEED Athletic Director, Moussa Toure, the tournament introduced several format changes.  To increase competitiveness and emphasize the fundamentals of the game, the first two rounds of the tournament featured teams of 3x3, the semi-finals 4x4, and the finals 5x5.  This format was designed to show the students how to properly space on the basketball court, while allowing equal opportunities for each player to touch the ball and participate on the team.  Additionally, this format allowed for coaches to better asses and teach their players.

FIBA Coaching Certification

Over the past several months, SEED coaches have been preparing for the FIBA certification exam in April in hopes of becoming FIBA certified coaches.  FIBA certification will make SEED coaches eligible to coach Senegalese national teams.

Live, Learn, & Play Tournament Pictures

United Airlines NYC 1/2 Marathon

NYC 1/2 Marathon x Team SEED

Five runners helped SEED raise more than $4,000!

For the third straight year, SEED participated in the NYC 1/2 Marathon.  On Sunday March 20th, five runners completed the 13.1 mile course and, along the way, helped to raise $4,311 to directly support SEED programs.  

Thank you to all of our runners and donors !!

United Airlines 1/2 Marathon Pictures

SEED Alums x March Madness

Papi Ndao celebrates with St. Joe's teammates after beating VCU in the A-10 Championship

Daniel Gomis finished his college career with a berth in the NCAA Tournament

Dethie Fall, Assistant Coach, and his fellow Grand Canyon coaches lead their team to the CollegeInsider.com Second Round

Remy Ndiaye and his Dallas Baptist teammates win the Heartland Conference Championship

Serigne Mboup finished his college career with a double-double in his final game

March 14th, 2016 // NCAA Tournament

Once again, March Madness will feature several SEED alums who will try to lead their teams deep into their respective NCAA Post-Season tournaments! 

 

NCAA Division I

Boubacar Toure, a red-shirt freshman, and Dethie Fall, an assistant coach, and their Grand Canyon University teammates earned an At-Large bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament:  Grand Canyon vs South Carolina State (First Round) - Grand Canyon defeated South Carolina State and will face Jackson State in the Second Round.

Daniel Gomis, a 5th year senior pursuing his Masters degree, and his Oregon State teammates earned an At-Large bid to the NCAA Tournament:  #7 Oregon State vs #10 VCU, 1:30PM 3/18 (First Round)

Doudou Gueye, a junior, and his South Carolina State teammates earned an At-Large bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament:  Grand Canyon vs South Carolina State (First Round) - Grand Canyon defeated South Carolina State.

Papa Ndao, a 5th year senior pursuing his Masters degree, and his St. Joe's teammates earned an Automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament by winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament:  #8 St. Joseph's vs #9 Cincinnati, 9:57PM 3/18 (First Round)

 

NCAA Division II

Remy Ndiaye, a former team captain and current graduate assistant coach, and his Dallas Baptist University teammates earned an Automatic bid in the NCAA Division II Tournament by winning the Heartland Conference Tournament:  #7 Dallas Baptist University vs #2 Fort Lewis - Fort Lewis defeated Dallas Baptist University.

Serigne Mboup, a 5th year senior pursuing his Masters degree, and his Union University teammates earned an Automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament:  #7 Union vs #2 Eckerd - Union defeated Eckerd and then lost to Barry College in the Semi-Finals.

 

NJCAA Tournament

Cheikh Bamba Diallo, Cheikh Djiby Fall and Ndene Gueye, all freshman student-athletes, and their Kilgore College teammates earned a big in the NJCAA Tournament:  #9 Kilgore vs #8 Blinn

Fatou Diagne, a freshman and the first SEED Girl to attend a U.S. university, and her Florida Gulf Coast State teammates finished the season as the #1 team in the country and earned the top overall seed in the NJCAA Tournament: #1 Gulf Coast vs #17 team

International Womens' Day

March 8th, 2016 // Thies, Senegal

To celebrate International Womens' Day, our students and staff joined the UN Women's #HeForShe campaign to raise awareness about gender equality.  The 4-hour event included gender equality workshops for our SEED Academy Boys and Girls, and lectures from local community members on the importance of womens' role in Senegal.

The day also allowed us as an organization to reflect on the progress we've made towards improved programming for young women.  In just the past two years we launched our first programs for girls, including SEED Academy Girls for high potential student-athletes, and we now serve more than 1,000 girls every year.

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