Merging HBCU sports and urban streetball culture, the inaugural HBCU All-Star Dream Classic brings together 40 of the top men’s and women’s basketball players from across the HBCU landscape to Rucker Park in Harlem
Personnel from the NBA, ABA, G-Leaague, WNBA, BIG3, European, and other professional leagues will be in attendance to evaluate the players, who represent HBCUs from the Division I and Division II levels.
The women’s teams will feature “SO JO’s Truth” matching up against “Althea’s Aces.”
SO JO’S TRUTH
- JuToreyia Willis Tuskegee University
- Mia Goolsby Savannah State University
- Daja Woodard Jackson State University
- Jasmine Coleman Rust College
- Charlene Shepherd Morgan State University
- Raven Fields Winston Salem State University
- Shaniyah Jones Johnson C. Smith University
- Nia Bishop Xavier Louisiana
- Deja Francis Norfolk State University
- Jaia Alexander Coppin State University
ALTHEA’S ACES
- Camille Downs Norfolk State University
- Jariyah Covington Jackson State University
- Emari Bell Edward Waters College
- Ta’kyla Austin Savannah State University
- Brittney Seymour Shaw University
- Alexus Lake Livingstone College
- Phylicia Allen Grambling State University
- Kania Pollock Lincoln University
- Ashiala Jackson Tuskegee University
- Bria Gibbs Savannah State University
New York native, former NBA Star, and current Fisk University head coach Kenny Anderson will coach one of the men’s squads, the “MLKings.”
MLKINGS
- Sam Sessions Coppin State University
- Keleaf Tate Virginia Union University
- Cress Worthy Fayetteville State University
- Justin Longstreet Clark Atlanta University
- Cameron Campbell Winston-Salem State University
- O’Koye Parker Delaware State University
- Marquis Godwin Hampton University
- Alex Nunnally Harris-Stowe University
- Yasim Hooker Miles College
- Kobe Dickson Howard University
The other men’s team, the “Booker Tees” will be headed by Clark Atlanta’s head coach, who is also from New York, Alfred Jordan.
- Korey Williams Lincoln University
- Glen Abram West Virginia State University
- Shawndarius Cowart Grambling State University
- Devin Booker Tuskegee University
- Jeremiah Pope Shaw University
- Quinton Drayton Bowie State University
- Terrance Hunter-Whitfield Virginia State University
- Nathaniel Pollard University Maryland Eastern Shore
- Raemaad Wright Virginia Union University
- Najee Garvin Hampton University
Taking place on Saturday, Aug. 5, the women’s game tips off at 4:30 p.m. EST followed by the men’s game at 7 p.m.
