ELEVATE BASKETBALL U13 Club Team Coach & Current Middle School Vice Principal & Coach Coach Alison is a former high school and club basketball player. In university, she played varsity field lacrosse for the Queen’s Golden Gaels and The University of Western Ontario Mustangs. She began her teaching career in Toronto and coached both U13 … Read more
ELEVATE BASKETBALL Club Team Coach & Current Secondary teacher Coach Brown is a former Douglas College point guard and product of Steveston Packers basketball in Richmond. After completing his Human Kinetics degree at UBC, Coach Brown has spent the last 30 years teaching and coaching in Richmond, Vernon, and currently at Semiahmoo Secondary in Surrey. … Read more
ELEVATE BASKETBALL Camp Coach & Former College Basketball Player & Current Elementary School Teacher & Coach Coach van der Waarde is a former Trinity Western Spartan Varsity Rugby player winning a championship in his junior year and co-captaining the team in his senior year. After completing both his Bachelor’s and Teaching degrees, he pursued his … Read more
ELEVATE BASKETBALL Hoops Night, Camp, Small Group/Private Training & Current Secondary Teacher Coach Allen was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She is the youngest of eight children, and her earliest memories include playing sports or watching her siblings play. Coach Maria played basketball, volleyball, and softball beginning in grade school. She attended Regina High … Read more
ELEVATE BASKETBALL Hoops Night, Camp, Small Group/Private Training & Current Secondary Teacher Coach Vaughan is a former Division I basketball player, playing at Santa Clara University before transferring back to her hometown to finish her playing career at Simon Fraser University. While living out her dream of playing basketball at a high level, Coach Vaughan … Read more
ELEVATE Basketball is proud to announce that Carter Van Der Waarde has been given a red shirt position on the 2024-25 Trinity Western University roster! Carter Van Der Waarde started playing basketball at ELEVATE in the Hoops Night and loved coming each week. He would lay his reversible jersey on the ground in his room … Read more
ELEVATE Basketball welcomes Coach Kris Galindez to the ELEVATE Coaching Staff. Kris’s first experience with ELEVATE was as a mentor coach in his senior year (grade 12) at Clayton Heights Secondary (Surrey) for our Thursday Hoops Night program. At that time, Kris was named one of the best point guards in the province. With great … Read more
ELEVATE Basketball presents a new look on the court for their girls club team starting this Spring 24′! Styles were made and colour schemes were created and the product is simply, perfect. There was such hype in the gym when the girls were presented their new uniforms and explained what it means to wear ELEVATE … Read more
ELEVATE Basketball announces that Summer Basketball registration is NOW OPEN! ELEVATE will be hosting 10 Summer Camps this 2024 Summer. Between July 8-26, ELEVATE will be hosting 7 Summer Camps (1 Mini Stars Camps (Boys Gr 2-4 & Girls Gr 1-4), 3 Rising Stars Camps (Boys Gr 3-5 & Gr 6-7, Girls Gr 3-5 & … Read more
PATRICK DUJMOVIC ELEVATE BASKETBALL Hoops Night, Camp, Small Group/Private Training & Club Team Coach, Former UBCO Basketball Player (USports) Coach Dujmovic started playing basketball at the age of 10 years old in Croatia and completely fell in love with the game. Dujmovic idolized Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant and would relentlessly practice their moves in … Read more