Some of our players have gone on to varsity rosters. Some signed with colleges. One made his pro debut overseas. Every one of them started here.
Damascus Shields came up through TPB and Foothill High School before playing two years at Skyline College in San Bruno. He signed with CIS University in Madrid, and recently made his pro debut for Zentro Basketball in Spain.
Tri-Valley, CA · Player development
San Bruno, CA · 2 years, JUCO
Spain · Signed for collegiate basketball
Spain · 12 pts, 4/6 from 3pt
Jack played four years of college basketball at Bethel College in Kansas — one of the top NAIA programs in the Midwest. A full collegiate career, start to finish, after coming up through TPB.
North Newton, KS
Full career
Top Midwest program
Four years at any college program is rare — most kids transfer, get cut, or quit. Jack stayed, played, and finished what he started. That's the standard we point our middle schoolers at.
Tri-Valley, CA · Player development
Pleasanton, CA · Varsity basketball · EBAL
North Newton, KS · NAIA · Top Midwest program
Vedant Mehta earned 2nd Team All League honors at Foothill High School in the East Bay Athletic League — one of the toughest leagues in California. He's now studying at the University of North Carolina, taking the discipline he built on the court into a different arena.
Pleasanton · EBAL
2nd Team
Academics
Earning All-EBAL is a real benchmark — not a participation trophy. Carrying that same focus from the court to the University of North Carolina is exactly the kind of "court is the classroom" outcome the program is built for.
Tri-Valley, CA · Player development
Pleasanton, CA · Varsity basketball · 2nd Team All-EBAL
Chapel Hill, NC · Academics · Off-court excellence
