Seattle Select Basketball

About

Seattle Select Basketball is an elite High Academic/GPA AAU basketball program dedicated to developing student-athletes who excel in the classroom. Our teams exhibit fundamental team basketball and compete against the top AAU programs from around the region and nation.

The Seattle Select coaches are dedicated to the improvement of their athletes and teams. With collegiate and over-seas experience, our coaches train team members to build the necessary skills (physically and mentally) to be prepared for HS and College basketball.

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Athletics Highlights

Our teams exhibit fundamental team basketball and compete against the top AAU programs from around the region and nation. Our HS student-athletes also participate in a high academic camp circuit that travels around the nation to help connect our student-athletes with prestigious colleges. Sportsmanship, effort, and attitude are the core values for all of our teams, players, coaches, parents, and organization.

Session Plan

Chase Young was born and raised in Seattle, where he was a decorated athlete at Roosevelt HS playing under coach Bill Elleby, Forrest Ward, and Jeff Denny. He went on to start all 4 years at Occidental College under coaches Brian Newhall, Jim Hennacy, and Brad Hall. His senior year he helped drive his Oxy team to an undefeated league record, then advancing all the way to the NCAA D3 Elite 8, both of which had never been done in SCIAC league history. After graduating from Oxy in 2003 with an advanced BA in Economics for Business Management, Chase played overseas in Denmark for two seasons before returning home to Seattle. After returning from Denmark, Chase coached under Bart Brandenberg at Roosevelt HS from 2004-2006 and became the athletic director and lead trainer at Emerald City Basketball Academy from 2005-2014. During his time at ECBA Coach Chase directed 100’s of teams and traveled around the nation as one of the largest and most successful basketball academies in nation.