PhD Hoops Announces Coaching Staff and Team for 2022 Euro Youth Basketball Cup Tour

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 26, 2022 – PhD Hoops announces the coaches and players who will represent the USA in the U18 Boys Basketball division at the Euro Youth Basketball Cup. The teams will be on tour from June 13-21, 2022 traveling to Spain while competing at the EYBC, one of the most competitive basketball tournaments in all of Europe! The group will experience both high-level basketball and cultural sightseeing before and after the event.

USA TEAM (U18 Boys)

HEAD COACH: Mike Apple (Lakeview, NC)

ASSISTANT COACH: Ruben Leyva (Fort Stockton, TX)

PLAYERS

Colton Cairo (Corvallis, OR)

Isaiah Schwichtenberg (Onalaska, WI)

DJ Aubrey (Fontana, CA)

Trevon Rogers (Las Vegas, NV)

Andrew Serrano (Grand Junction, CO)

Enzo Carvalho (Redwood City, CA)

Mekhi Tribbett (Magnolia, DE)

Max Albinson (Barcelona, Spain)

Jorge Trueba (Santander, Spain)

Nick Sheppard (San Francisco, CA)

Coach Mike Apple, Head Coach (Lakeview, NC) has been recognized his entire career as an outstanding teacher and coach. At the high school level, he was a 5x Coach of the Year recipient and 2x Teacher of the Year winner. Currently, he is the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Sandhills Community College, one of the most successful Junior College programs in the nation. His program has won two NJCAA National Championships while his efforts have landed him two NJCAA Coach of the Year and NABC Junior College Coach of the Year Awards. Also serving as the Athletic Director, Apple has spent many years as both a Math Teacher and Adjunct Math Professor. He has been inducted into multiple Hall of Fames and played college basketball at Guilford College.

Coach Ruben Leyva, Trip Leader & Assistant Coach (Fort Stockton, TX), has spent a lifetime making an impact as a coach and teacher in his hometown community. As a former physical education teacher and head coach, he currently serves as a personal trainer in his private gym and training facility, TTA Sports. He possesses nearly ten certifications in a variety of areas pertaining to coaching or training and has coached multiple sports over the past two decades. He has established himself as a coach who demands discipline, hard work, respect, high integrity and great character. Coach Leyva graduated from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin with a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology.

All of our players went through an extensive Player Application process. For more information on PhD Hoops Travel Tours and Upcoming Tours, click on the links provided or contact us at Travel@PhDHoops.com or (310) 363-0286.