Gil Basketball Academy and Partners for Peace- Step-Up Mentoring Program collaborated during our final Academy night of the year. We had Mayor Joe Gunter and his lovely wife attend, other notable distinguished guests were Butch Lindley, Miguel Cabrera, DJ Rick Gomez, Officer Lalo Villegas and many other Salinas PD and Law Enforcement officers. It … [Read more...] about 2019 GBA Open House
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GBA Fitness Night
This past Monday night September 24, 2018 @ 6 PM, GBA had a guest speaker and presenter Jeremy McCauley. He is from Australia and was gracious enough to host a "GBA Fitness Night". We had over 600 parents, grandparents, and academy players doing exercises. Everyone had a great time working with Jeremy. … [Read more...] about GBA Fitness Night
GBA Summer Camp 2018
GBA collaborated with the Boys & Girls Club of Salinas and hosted a free Summer Basketball Camp. We were surrounded and supported by great people in our community that care about our youth. We had 125 kids participate. We were honored to have a special guest speaker from Watsonville HS, Adrian Zamora. He is originally from Gomez Farías … [Read more...] about GBA Summer Camp 2018
GBA Summer Field Trips 2017
GBA Summer Tour to Sacramento was amazing today. Kids loved UC Davis! Then we received a VIP tour of the California State Capitol. Thank you to Assembly Member Anna M. Caballero and Francisco Silva for giving us this special treatment. I love Salinas and it's people In Sacramento whom care about our youth. Go GBA! … [Read more...] about GBA Summer Field Trips 2017
GBA Summer Camp 2017
We had great, motivational and inspirational speakers for the summer camp. Ron Johnson, a former NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles and current director of the Boys and Girls club in Seaside. Coach Jim Rear, Hall of Fame basketball coach. Rashid Cann a former professional basketball player, D-1 player, and currently a professional … [Read more...] about GBA Summer Camp 2017