The Buckeye
Prep Report has always been synonymous with youth basketball excellence. With
our ongoing desire to support and recognize academic excellence, we have
developed a program designed to shine a spotlight on youth basketball players
who are not only excelling on the basketball court, but are also taking care of
business in the classroom as well. To
this end, we will be selecting young men in grades 5th-8th
for our “All-Academic Teams.” Through the end of the 2016/2017 school year, we
are once again asking parents and guardians to send us copies of their child’s grade cards
as well as other information relative to academic-related awards, special
recognition and/or community service work, which will serve as nominations for
this very worthy endeavor. Not only will we track and publish the nominations,
later this summer we will publish the names of the “All-Academic Teams” and
will present each selectee with an award.
Most of us
understand a couple of truths; some day the basketball is going to stop
bouncing for everyone. In addition, with
ever tightening NCAA academic standards, it’s becoming increasingly difficult
for many of our youth to qualify for division I, II, or III college basketball
programs. So that we represent more than just basketball exposure, Buckeye Prep
wants to send out a clear measure that EDUCATION MATTERS, and just like
athletic success, academic excellence is worthy of recognition! For this program to be successful, we need
parents, guardians, coaches and concerned adults to take affirmative steps to
get us the information we need in order to recognize these young people.
We will be using the following criteria in our
determinations: GPA (3.0 minimum), honors/AP classes taken, awards received, organizations/clubs,
community service and basketball accomplishments. Please email grade cards and supporting information (copies, as information will
not be returned) to buckeyeprep@yahoo.com or mail to the Buckeye Prep Report at 585 Tall Oaks Dr. Gahanna, Oh.
43230. Decisions will be made at the conclusion of the 2015/2016 school year. Here’s your chance to create something truly unique
special!
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