This thursday evening at 7:15 at the Jake Nevin Fieldhouse, some of the areas finest prep basketball players will be playing in the Sonny Hill League All-Star Classic. Participants will include Mustafa Shakur, Will Sheridan, and Rob Kurz (among others). This will be a great chance for Villanova fans to see some of our recruiting targets up-close and personal!

Here are the details...

Some of the Philadelphia area young basketball stars will play against the Sonny Hill League's Junior All-stars and Sophomores All-stars. This event will serve as the kickoff of the league's summer high school basketball program that will begin Monday, June 3, in McGonigle Hall on the campus of Temple University.

*Thursday, May 30, 2002

*Sophomore game will begin at 7:15 PM.

*Junior game will begin at 8:15 PM.

Villanova University

Jake Nevin Field House

Adults - $5.00

Children - $3.00

(The Sonny Hill League is a non-profit 501 (C)(3) Charitable Organization. All fees collected will help aid the operation of the summer basketball program. Receipts will be given on request.)

For more information contact Guy Moore, tournament director at (215) 474-2801.

The Sonny Hill League was founded by Sonny Hill in 1968. The League was established as a safe haven to the gang warfare and violence that plagued the city of brotherly love and provided a safe environment for youth to showcase and hone their athletic skills. The League began as an extension of the Charles Baker Memorial League (founded in 1960), the nation's oldest professional summer basketball league. During our inaugural season, the League consisted of only five teams. Today, the league consists of more than 60 teams serving more than 800 student-athletes.

Alumni of the Sonny Hill League have achieved success in various fields including athletics, medicine, law and religion. League alumni include Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers), Eddie Jones (Miami Heat), Aaron McKie (Philadelphia 76ers), Cutino Mobley (Houston Rockets), Rasheed Wallace (Portland Trailblazers), Alvin Williams (Toronto Raptors), Marc Jackson (Minnesota Timberwolves), Ric Brunson (Portland Trailblazers), Malik Rose (San Antonio Spurs), Matt Maloney, Emmanuel Davis, Doug Overton, Lionel Simmons, Bruiser Flint (Head Coach - Drexel University), Phil Martelli (Head Coach - St. Joseph's University), Monte Ross (Assistant Coach - St. Joseph's University), Jay Wright (Head Coach - Villanova University), Nate Blackwell (Assistant Coach - Temple University), Danny Leibowitz (Assistant Coach - Temple University) and Roland Houston (Assistant Coach - LaSalle University).

Ben Nwachukwu C SO 6’8”’ St. Augustine (NJ)

Charron Fisher F SO 6’4” Roman Catholic

DeSean White F SO 6’7” Cardinal Dougherty

Shane Clark F SO 6’6” Cardinal Dougherty

Rob Kurz F SO 6’8” Penn Charter

Danny LaPone F SO 6’5” Abington Friends

Sean Singletary G SO 5’11” Perkiomen School

Cedric Jackson G SO 6’2” N. Burlington (NJ)

Kyle Lowry G SO 5’10” Northeast

Antoine Brown G SO 6’2” Southern

Omar Wynn G SO 6’0” Dobbins

Kasmon Bowman G SO 6’2” Timbercreek (NJ)

Melvin Smith G SO 6’1” Burlington Twp.(NJ)

Kyle Hines F SO 6’4” Timbercreek (NJ)

Joe Johnson F SO 6’8” Timbercreek (NJ)

Bryon Gaddy F SO 6’6” Lutheran

Maurice McPherson F SO 6’4” Lincoln

Muhammed Carr F SO 6’7” Friends Select

Matthew Walden F SO 6’8” Simon Gratz

David Ben F SO 6’5” Coatesville

Saheem Perkins G FR 6’3” Simon Gratz

Brandon Edelstein G FR 6’1” Harriton

Chris Henley G FR 5’11” Octorara

Will Sheridan C JR 6’8” Sanford Prep (DE)

Wayne Marshall C JR 6’9” M. L. King

Jason Cain F JR 6’9” Bartram

Tyrone Walker F JR 6’7” York County Day

Dustin Salisbury F JR 6’5” McCaskey

Arnaud Dahi F JR 6’6” Life Center (NJ)

Artie Bowers G JR 6’3” St. Benedict (NJ)

Ray Barbosa G JR 6’2” William Allen

Mustafa Shakur G JR 6’3” Friends Central

Kashif Payne G JR 5’9” Archbishop Carroll

Brian Smith G JR 5’10” Ben Franklin

Javon Alston G JR 6’0” Parkway

Ramik Roberts G JR 6’2” Olney

Marcus Harley G JR 6’0” Harriton

Tyree Watson G JR 5’11” Simon Gratz

Paul Graham F JR 6’3” Simon Gratz

Jason McGirt F JR 6’3” Simon Gratz

Mike Boles F JR 6’4” Penn Charter

Maurice Thomas F JR 6’7” Olney

Aaron Gray C JR 6’11” Emmaus

Kechan Myers G SO 5’11” Eng. & Sci.

Matt Weisbrot C SO 6’7” Harriton