New Jersey Scholars, LLC is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that provides a comprehensive and dynamic year-round athletic, youth development, and community service program. Since our inception, NJ Scholars has proudly served hundreds of scholar athletes, families, and many communities throughout the State of New Jersey.

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At New Jersey Scholars, our mission is to help young adults and their families pursue excellence in all facets of their lives, using competitive basketball as an outreach and development platform. This pursuit of excellence encompasses academics, citizenship, and sportsmanship. Ultimately, we think that advancing educational attainment for many underserved communities in New Jersey will improve equity and opportunity on a statewide basis.

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New Jersey Scholars utilizes its staff, resources and network to providing the best experience to all program participants and elite athletic prospects. We also incorporate our highly visible program participants as ambassadors who model and echo our mission of educational attainment. We focus on the following areas as our resources allow:

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- Academic Resources and Educational Support

- College Preparation, Readiness, and Admissions Support

- Social, Cultural, Community, and Civic Engagement & Events

- Player Development, Mentorship & Guidance

- Emotional Health and Wellness Programming & Seminars

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Our management team, board and network of resources have outstanding professional and athletic backgrounds including substantial experience in higher education, operations, management and governance. Our collective experience allows us to uniquely deliver our mission.

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