Mission Statement TheVincent Robinson Basketball Academy is geared to provide campers with awell rounded knowledge of basketball thru game situation drills inpassing, shooting, defense, rebounding, ball handling and much more.With a camper to counselor ratio of 4 to 1 we provide the individualattention that each camper deserves and needs to become an effectivebasketball player. We provide campers with academic assistance in timemanagement, goal setting, visualization, self-esteem and much more. |
Vincent Robinson played basketball collegiately at Union County College
during the 1989-1990 season earning 3rd team all conference honors. He
transferred to Rutgers University-Newark to continue his academic and
basketball career. Standing all of 5'9 he played power forward and
center!!!!!!! Vincent was 2nd in the conference in rebounding at 9.2
rebounds per game and 6th in the conference in scoring at 16.8 points
per game during the 1993-1994 season. Vincent was one of three players
in the New Jersey Athletic Conference in the top ten in scoring and
rebounding. He earned 2nd team all conference honors during his junior
year and was a unanimous choice by teammates and coaches as team
captain during his junior and senior seasons. A graduate of Rutgers
University-Newark in 1997 He is a Project Director with the Newark School System.
Vincent has a double Master's degree in Special Education and Education
Administration from Somerset University. He's a former varsity coach on the High School Level and has been very instrumental
in the development of a host of high school and collegiate basketball
players. He provides individual instruction to basketball players of
all ages. He has established the Vincent Robinson Foundation to assist
inner city youth with academics. Vincent created Athletes Achieving
Academic Excellence tutoring program. He continually strives to get inner city
youth basketball scholarships thru his various contacts with college
coaches from the junior college level to Division 1 level. Aside from his basketball ties ~ He is the president of Positive Influences Inc. a mentoring and behavioral modification organization. He is also a certified CitiGroup Financial Education Counselor and he guides his efforts to further help people become financially stable.