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The story of our BYF Sports senior travel team is one of resilience, heart, and unshakable belief. These young athletes didn’t just play basketball — they fought through one of the toughest times in recent history and came out stronger on the other side. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, everything changed. Gyms were shut down,…

Khadaizha Sanders has added another title under her belt. Now, she is know as Coach KK. She has came back from New Jersey to Kankakee (Illinois) to give back to her community. She has been named assistant coach for Kankakee High School. She now will be teaching other young ladies her knowledge of the game,…

Baylor Youth Foundation is proud to announce through our recruiting service, we have placed Jailyah McCain, 5’9, 3/4 guard from Chicago, Illinois. Jailyah is an athletic guard who was under the radar of recruitment. But Super talented. She can play the 2-4. She can take you off the dribble and knock down the midrange. She…

Baylor Youth Foundation is proud to announce through our recruiting service, we have placed Justin Boyd, 6’3 guard transfer from Chicago, Illinois. Justin is a very talented player who we are looking to see big things from him in the future. Justin has been playing in our events since 8th grade. His last year he…

Congratulation to our Khadaizha Sanders on receiving the Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship. She also was awarded the three-time Academic All Big Ten selection. She finish at Rutgers University with 764 points and 421 assist. She will be finishing her masters in Education.

We are so proud of Nojel Eastern who will be headed to the University of Michigan under Illinois’s own ex-NBA Legend Juwan Howard. Nojel will learn and grow under Coach Howard’s leadership. Nojel Eastern has always been a very talented young man. He was blessed with a gift at a very young age. He always…

Baylor Youth Foundation’s Michal Miller is a graduate baby! She joins the crew of the 2020 class with this blizzard year. She graduated from Wright State University with honors. She will be finishing her masters in the fall. Michal has been apart of our program since the 8th grade, she graduated from Michigan City High…

Baylor Youth Foundation’s alumni player Monica Barefield has graduated from Iona College and now will be starting her Master at Sam Houston State University . Monica played for our program for two years and after graduating she attended Kansas Garden City Community College and then earned a scholarship to Iona College. She had two successful…

Baylor Youth Foundation Alumni Asia Strong is headed to Wichita State University. Asia played for our program for only one year and was able to obtain a scholarship at Bradley University. She was a 2019 high school graduate from Riley High School in Southbend, Indiana. She realized that in order to see the floor that…

A Special “Coach’s Chatter” Edition Of The High School Holla Sports Show We Talk With Toi Baylor One Of The Only African-American Women Involved In The Grassroots Efforts Of AAU Basketball, Who Has Placed Thousands Of Young Athletes In College Through Her Non-Profit Baylor Youth Basketball Foundation It’s A Wealth Of Information And Advice On…

Baylor Youth Foundation is ecstatic for their very own, Jada Duckett, a strong, 6’3, Center who will be attending Miami University. Jada dominated the paint this spring and summer especially at the TOC and the National Exposure Events. She is a great shot blocker and rebounder. Jada only played one season with us and was…

2020 Tahrra Davvis

Baylor Youth Foundation is proud to announce Tahra Davis commitment for the 2020 season. Tahra, 5’9 , G/F commits to the Kaskaskia Community College. She will now be under the new leadership of new coach Jay Jenkins who is originally is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Tahra is a graduation from Dunlap High School near Peoria,…

Baylor Youth Foundation is proud to announce its own Alycia Patterson will playing at the collegiate level. She is true definition of heart over height. The 5’5 PG, who I call Patterson has committed to Kentucky State University. She will now be will be playing under Head Coach Terence Slater. Patterson played two season with…

We are proud to announce BYF’s Jaida Carson has graduated from Wiley College. Jaida started with Baylor Youth Foundation in the 9th grade. She attended Bishop McNamara High School in Illinois and graduated in 2016. Jaida was always a high academic student. We placed Jaida in junior college after high school. After graduating we placed…

Baylor Girls are getting accolades at MDC Sharks Women’s Basketball program . They concluded their regular season play with an overall 19-11 and finished 7-5 in conference play. Our former Baylor players received acknowledgement from the Southern conference. The Sharks will go into the tournament as the #2 seed of the Southern Conference and will…

Baylor Youth Foundation alumni Darrell (DJ) Johnson has turned his professional international career into the G-League. We were fortunate enough to have DJ apart of the Baylor Youth Foundation since the 8th grade. Baylor Youth Foundation had 8 teams under its umbrella from St. Louis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Chicago and Gary. DJ was a part of…