Mission:

To educate and train student-athletes to be skilled, effective and responsible citizens of their communities;

Provide programs designed to adequately prepare student-athletes for the rigors of athletics and academics;

Remove impediments to progress by training across gender, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds;

And to employ services and support from providers that share in our vision to positively impact youth.

We recognize that developing student-athletes have an array of needs that must be addressed in order to achieve success. DAE addresses those needs in a holistic manner, combining innovative basketball skills training with an emphasis on moral character, academic progress, and overall physical and mental health of the student-athlete.