BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fredrick Adams
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Educator
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Founder
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Executive Director of the MCDA​

Brea Dumas
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Educator
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Community Activist
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Founder/President of Shadow Ministries Institute of Wisdom
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Shadow Luxuries Spa LLC
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President of the MCDA​​

Germany Bennett III
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Pastor of Christ Restoration Ministries
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Integrity First Investment Management LLC
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Treasure of MCDA
Coaching Staff
16U Coach
Head Coach: Orlando Thomas

Bio: Graduated from MSU where he played intramural. Upon graduation he entered the financial field and still serves as a financial professional at Synchrony bank. Being a man of the community in which he lives, he decided to help out at the school his son attended and unknowingly became respected as a basketball mind. Now he is currently in year 2 as the head coach at Palmer Park Preparatory Academy for 5/6th Grade boys where he tries to teach fundamentals, skill, integrity, sportsmanship, and discipline simultaneously.
Varsity Boys Basketball
Head Coach Fredrick Adams, Jr.

Bio: Have been coaching basketball entering my 21st year. I started at George Evans recreation center in Detroit, MI at the age of 16. Served as a Detroit Public School Community District coach and athletic director for seven years. Currently serving as a coach at Detroit Loyola High School.
Head Coach: Reka Massey
8th Grade Girls' Team
Assistant Coach: Kajia Rose

Picture coming soon!
Bio: With extensive knowledge of the game and its fundamentals, I have been developing an and coaching student-athletes since 2004. Stated with participating in recruiting and training with middle and high school girl's athletes' programs (mainly basketball). I am a second-year student pursuing a degree in Sport Management from the United States Sports Academy (USSA), as a coach my style combines academic expertise with hands-on coaching experience to teach while improving athletes’ skills. Focused on fundamentals, strategy, and developing basketball IQ, I am committed to fostering a positive, disciplined, supportive environment emphasizing confidence, teamwork, and players character that goes far beyond the basketball court.

Bio: I've taken interest in coaching for a while and finally entering my first year. I’ve played since the fifth grade and have college experiences. My passion the game has grown in so many ways, teaching the fundamental skills to our youth brings me so much excitement.
A'nyla King-Benson
Power Forward/Center
Kendall Webster
Guard
Daylinsia Yates
Guard
More player's pictures coming soon!
Mariah Turner Forward
Juleana Jackson
Power Forward
Media Team
LaHaree Robinson

Bio: I am a student-athlete and an emerging photographer. I began my amazing journey a year and a half ago, due to my passion to capture every moment by me lens (live moments in a still shot, catching beauty in motion). Sports photography started as an emotional outlet by putting all heart into every photo taken. This journey has blessed me to be apart of AAU track and field events, high school track and field events, football and MSHAA basketball games regular and playoffs.
Julius Robert Halsell

Bio: Detroit born and raised, my love for photography/videography help create visuals for others by providing imagery. People feel good when you take a solid photo of them regardless of reasoning, the impact it has especially on our youth, excel to great lengths in whatever their doing. I started the idea of “JBP” when I was trying to get back into college myself for basketball, when I was buying mixtapes from certain companies (most of my tapes that are on YouTube), I always felt I could do better by detail on my own videos I created my own for myself. Due to my background on sports, feeling like I didn’t have any full support, I made the choice to self promote, I got better and excelled. I learned editing when I was younger using video editing apps, the enhanced my craft by enrolling into college, the rest is history. I've always love a good underdog story, I'm a product of those kind of stories. Being a chubby geek in my youth having majority of people around telling me I couldn’t do something and doubting me. I’ve been doing this for a few years, using my talents to help youth all over Michigan as best fit, My past taught me how it feels to want to succeed at something with the long journey without anyone believing in your your vision. I thrive daily to help our youth from going through what I went through. I rather give them an advantage because people like us, in Detroit don’t always get the chance to chase their dreams. A dream is one of the most precious things in our youth lives, I believe if you have a dream, you should cherish it. If you have the right passion, the right drive to make it happen, you should be able to chase it as long as it's possible.