We are The Starz
WE ARE THE STARZ
Who are we? This is the home page of the Southern Starz NIKE EYBL Girls’ Basketball program. The Starz are a highly successful, nationally competitive travel team organization based in Huntsville, Alabama that will be playing in our 23rd year during 2022. We are now part of the very exclusive & prestigious NIKE EYBL family of 32 programs in the USA & Canada. Our players are standouts on college, high school & middle school teams. Come on in and check us out!
What is AAU? AAU is an organization which provides an opportunity for young athletes to learn many of Life’s Lessons through sports. Being a part of an AAU team is about traveling, building new relationships, and getting to compete with and against very talented athletes. Our teams 11th (Class of 2023), 10th (Class of 2024), 9th (Class of 2025), 8th (Class of 2026), 7th, 6th, 5th and 4th Grades competing during 2022 will consist of talented girls from across Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia & Tennessee.
Our Teams – Our teams will compete in a variety of tournaments in North Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia & Illinois during March, April, May and June of 2022. Our top 17U & 16U NIKE EYBL teams will compete on the Top circuit in Girls’ basketball in the Spring/Summer of 2022, including the NIKE Nationals on July 10-12 in Chicago. Also included in this schedule will be the Alabama AAU State tournament. The State tournament will take place on Mother’s Day weekend in May 2022 in Birmingham, AL determines which teams will represent our state at the National AAU tournaments. In addition we plan to participate in various College Exposure & Showcase tournaments and the AAU National Championships to be held at various sites in June & July 2022.
Is there an age limit? For AAU competition, the girls will play on (current school year) GRADE-based Teams. In other words, current Juniors in high school will play in the 11th Grade Division, current Sophomores will play in the 10th Grade Division, current Freshmen will play in the 9th Grade Division, and so on. College coaches evaluate players based upon their YEAR of graduation from high school (Class of 2023 or 2024, etc.). You can find the formal definition of the Age Divisions for AAU at: http://aaugirlsbasketball.org/pages/agedefinition_new.asp. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Starz Director, Doug Bush at (256) 508-7076 on his cell phone.
Email us – Please give us a call or send us an e-mail to jdbushman@aol.com to learn more about our nationally-ranked Southern Starz Basketball program!!