Meet the Team

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Sergio Sanchez 

"Basketball is been part of my life since I was born and will continue to be. Many services and recruiting programs do not have the most honest intentions for our young generation.

 I have been blessed to be surround my good people in my life that have good intentions for the success of our basketball community. NOVA, is credible and the integrity of the staff is strong because we have played in college, pro and now are in the network of either High school or college programs."

South San graduate class of 2001. 

  San Antonio Express News 5A Player of the year 2001. Played two years at D1JUCO Temple college. While at Temple JC, NTJCAA Player of the year 2003, NJCAA All American 2003. Played 2 seasons at D1 UTRGV and 2x D1 Independent conference from 2004--2005. 

Professionally played a total of 9 seasons.

7 seasons in Mexico playing in the LNB. 

2X AllStar LNBP. Stints in Saltillo, Coahuuia, Cordoba,Veracruz, Cancun & Quintana Roo. 

1 season in LNB Venezuelas top league. Puerto De La Cruz, Anzoategui.1 season in the NBA G league Rio Grande Vipers.

Current Teacher/Real Estate Owner.

Justin Berry

"As the world increases in population, competition at the next level has gotten tougher. Players from all over the world have the same dream, and it is important to standout and put yourself at an advantage.

I have been fortunate on my own basketball journey, but it certainly came with some crucial lessons along the way. It is my aim to help aspiring young athletes not only to develop as players and people, but to provide the best and most honest advise to aid in the pursuit of their goals."

Graduated from Lytle High School in 2007 as a two-time district MVP, two-time 1st Team All-Region selection, the 2007 Texas Region IV 3A MVP, the 2007 San Antonio Express 3A Area MVP, a TABC All-Star, and a TABC 1st Team All-State selection. Played collegiately at Williston State and Newman University. 

Played professionally for 7 years including stints in UK, Germany, Spain, Iceland, and Sweden. Coach Berry has experience running camps and development of youth players in numerous countries abroad, and is now a professional development coach overseas."

Valentino Maxwell

"Basketball has always been one of the biggest passions in my life. I had a vision at a young age to play professionally. That vision came true. Now I’m a high school head coach that helps the young try to accomplish their goals of college basketball and hopefully professional with hard work. Basketball is important to our community because it instills work ethic, perseverance, and teamwork. Now I’m using the teamwork part to help others pursue their dreams of playing basketball at the next level."

Graduated from Harker Heights HS 2002

I played college basketball at Concordia University of Texas. In just over 3 years I became a top 5 leading scorer in the school’s history, first team all-region, first team all conference X2, and preseason player of the year.

Professionally Played 3 seasons overseas i

Stops in Hungary for a team called Debrecen, in Italy for Venice, and in Iceland for Keflavik. I played a Total of 3 years before severely injuring my back.Current head basketball coach at Cedar Creek High School in Texas helping young athletes realize their dreams of college basketball and more.